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Fact, Fiction, and the New $1 Billion Lawsuit Against Mark Zuckerberg

Larry Klayman has sued Facebook and Zuckerberg for its failure to shut down the "Third Intifada" Facebook page sooner than it did. Who is this "one-man litigation explosion," and what does he represent?READ»

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Chop Sue-y: Benihana Takes Blogger to Court Over Poor Review

One good reason for food bloggers not to move to Kuwait: The Benihana restaurant chain is seeking $18,000 in damages for a poor blog review.READ»

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Live, From Your iPad!

FilmOn.com lets you see NBC, Fox, and ABC shows for free from your iPad browser--right now, at least. The networks, who haven't approved this, have filed suit to shut it down.READ»

Why Apple's Patent Infringement Payout Is Still in Play

Last week, a jury smacked Apple with a $625 million bill in a lawsuit over Cover Flow. Alexander Poltorak, CEO of General Patent Corporation, explains why the damages could go down by two thirds -- or even increase.READ»

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Rainn Wilson and "I'm With Coco's" Aviv Hadar Sue Each Other Over Soul Ownership

Rainn Wilson (best known as Dwight Schrute on "The Office") is now countersuing Aviv Hadar, creator of both "I'm With Coco" and the Think Brilliant design house. It's a mess, involving broken contracts and one odd hacking escapade.READ»

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iFive: Hayward's Exit Strategy, Social Network Overload, Private Pirates Served, Large Wind Turbines, Small Cows

While you were sleeping, innovation was supersizing--no, downsizing--no, supersizing--decisions, decisions--itself and wondering whether it's better to be big or small.1. For the past 24 hours Tony Hayward has, apparently, been ...READ»

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Man Sues Facebook, Claiming to Own an 84% Stake in the Company

Wellsville, NY resident Paul D. Ceglia is suing Facebook, claiming he was given a whopping 84% claim in the company back in 2003. Facebook, unsurprisingly, sees it a different way.READ»

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Google Hands Over "Rogue Data" to Euro Authorities, Apologizes Again

Google said yesterday that it will comply with European rulings and hand over the data it snagged from private, unsecured wireless networks. READ»

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Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com, Alleging a Whopping Nine Patent Violations

Microsoft filed a suit against business software distributor Salesforce.com, alleging violation of nine separate patents, mostly for back-end technologies. It's a rare show of force for the Redmond giant.READ»

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Judge Rules LimeWire Liable for Its Users' Rampant Copyright Infringement

A judge ruled today to move forward with the case against LimeWire, one of the biggest peer-to-peer downloading sites in recent history. Turns out a little checkbox isn't enough to remove liability.READ»

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Plagued by Lawsuits, McAfee Founder Hunts for Cures in Belize

John McAfee, the antivirus-software pioneer, says he's lost most of his fortune -- but doesn't care. To the contrary, he now hopes to give something back by deriving antibiotics from jungle plants in Belize. Really?READ»

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HP Executives Under Investigation for Russian Bribery Charges

HP is currently under investigation in Russia and Germany for alleged bribery of Russian officials. The best part? Those Russian officials are in charge of criminal prosecution...for corruption cases.READ»

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Arkansas Teenager Sues Mom for Facebook Harassment

Oh boy, this is a fun one: a 16-year-old Arkansas boy is suing his mother for harassment after she used his Facebook account to post supposedly slanderous items, and then blocked him from accessing the service.READ»

"Steal It" and Other Internal YouTube Emails from Viacom's Copyright Suit

The U.S. District Court has just made public the documentation in the controversial Viacom vs. YouTube case. It's a goldmine of data, most of which is really dirty mud-slinging by Viacom, based on internal emails from YouTube's ...READ»

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HTC Responds to Apple's Patent Lawsuit, Rejects Accusations

HTC finally stepped up and responded to Apple's lawsuits claiming patent violation of several of HTC's Android handsets--and, unsurprisingly, the Taiwanese manufacturer plans to fight.READ»

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Netflix Ditches Beat-Our-Recommendation-System Contest Due to Privacy Questions

Netflix's grassroots competition to best its recommendation algorithm was a bit popularity booster for the company--but thanks to concerns over privacy (backed up by one troubling example), the company has decided to kill the ...READ»

Former Sun Microsystems CEO: HTC Isn't the First Company to Face Legal Threats From Steve Jobs

Jonathan Schwartz, former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has stepped up to defend Google (in a roundabout way, via HTC) from the patent attacks recently leveled by Apple. If you want to be truly disturbed at how virulent the patent ...READ»

Apple Sues HTC for Infringing on 20 iPhone Patents

Whoa, Apple just sued HTC for infringing on 20 patents "related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware." The guns are out. Steve Jobs' biting take on the lawsuit: "We can sit by and watch ...READ»

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E.U. to Investigate Google for Antitrust; Microsoft Giggles in the Background

The E.U. has just opened an investigation into Google's possible monopoly in Europe, based on the claims of three companies who accuse Google of intentionally anticompetitive policies in its search and advertising. The E.U. is ...READ»

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LOLspats: Cheezburger Network Sues Failbook.com for "Confusing and Defrauding Our Users"

In one corner: Christian Castillo, owner of Failbook.com, who embedded the popular site Failbooking.com--a hub for LOL-worthy Facebook updates--to "show what the domain could be used for." In the other: Cheezburger Network CEO Ben ...READ»