News Topic: TechBankruptcy

BBC News reported a couple of months ago about a British court allowing service of a court order using Twitter. Twitter is, for those who do not yet know, an on-line network allowing users to post short messages that are then broadcast to a list of ... Read full article

I came across the following article yesterday: E-BOOK TRANSACTIONS: AMAZON “KINDLES” THE COPY OWNERSHIP DEBATE, 12 YALE J.L. & TECH. 147 (2009). It struck a chord, mostly because it cites fairly extensively to an article I wrote back in 2005 on the law ... Read full article

I've probably missed a few recent tech failures since I've been too busy the last few weeks to track this stuff, but this one is too big to ignore. ... Read full article

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Mobile UI developer UIQ Technology, recently filed for insolvency relief in Sweden. nTag Interactive Corp. filed a chapter 7 petition in Massachusetts at the end of December, according to an article in the Boston Business Journal. nTag sold systems that ... Read full article

Neonode, Inc.'s Swedish subsidiary, Neonode AB, filed a petition for bankruptcy in compliance with the Swedish Bankruptcy Act (1987:672) December 9, 2008. Neonode is a cell phone manufacturer, with patented touch screen technology according to this ... Read full article

Yesterday, I received the following e-mail from John Lynn, the president of a patent incubator of sorts called Discovery Alliance : ... Read full article

About February 20, 2009, Qimonda Richmond, LLC, and its parent, Qimonda North America Corp., filed chapter 11 petitions in Delaware. The docket number is 09-10589. I wrote about Qimonda previously . ... Read full article

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According to the Seattle TechFlash , RPX Corp. is launching a "defensive patent aggregation." This is essentially a capital pool used for purchasing patents from bankrupt companies to keep them out of the hands of patent trolls . Supported by ... Read full article

In October I reported on a rather unusual decision by a Kentucky Judge holding that domain names were "gambling devices" under Kentucky law. In the case, Kentucky v. 141 Internet Domain Names , Judge Wingate considered a request by the ... Read full article

CIO Magazine recently published an interesting article about the sometimes loose treatment of business and customer data in liquidations. It talks about improper disposition of sensitive customer data and the habit of trustees and liquidators of auctioning ... Read full article

On Sunday, chip maker Spansion, Inc. filed a chapter 11 petition in the District of Delaware, case number 09-10690. I haven't heard of them, but this is a big one - more than a billion in assets. Spansion is the world's largest manufacturer of ... Read full article

IT outsourcing and datacenter firm, Incentra Solutions, Inc. , filed a Chapter 11 petition in Delaware yesterday. The lead case is named In re Managed Storage International, Inc., case no. 09-10368. ... Read full article

I've probably missed a few recent tech failures since I've been too busy the last few weeks to track this stuff, but this one is too big to ignore. ... Read full article

Mobile UI developer UIQ Technology, recently filed for insolvency relief in Sweden. nTag Interactive Corp. filed a chapter 7 petition in Massachusetts at the end of December, according to an article in the Boston Business Journal. nTag sold systems that ... Read full article

FierceWireless reports: "Nortel Networks, despite having $2.6 billion in cash, is contemplating bankruptcy because of uncertainty about some of its long-term financial problems as well the future market for its voice-only wireless equipment, which has ... Read full article

As predicted back in December , Midway Games, Inc. filed its Chapter 11 petition on February 12, 2009, in Delaware. The case number is 09-10465. A maker of computer games available through retail outlets and on-line, Midway Games claims in its press ... Read full article