American Society Of Composers VS. At&t Charge: Ringtones copyrights violaion Ringtones qualify “as a public performance under the Copyright Act.” The American Society of Composers want mobile operators to pay royalties, not individual consumers.Link to article: ringtones-heard-in-public/' title='' target='_blank' >http://moc...in-public/ Case Status: Closed Case Closed: 12 Months ago. Category: Business and Commerce Tags: Rington At&t Ascap Copyright

	Shields VS. Arrington Charge: Talking on your cellphone while driving TechCrunch's Michael Arrington was stopped at a red light, talking on his cellphone to get directions to his meeting. Citizen on patrol, Michael Shields lept to the safety of all of Mountain View and stood in front of Arrington's vehicle refusing to move. According to Arrington, Sheilds finally left after he got out of his vehicle. Case Status: Closed Case Closed: 5 Months ago. Category: Authorities Tags: Techcrunch Michael Arrington

	Techcrunch VS. Fusion Garage Charge: Theft of the CrunchPad intellectual property The CEO of our partner on the project, Chandra Rathakrishnan, notified us we were no longer involved with the CrunchPad project. Chandra said that based on pressure from his shareholders he had decided to move forward and sell the device directly through Fusion Garage, without TC involvement. We jointly own the product intellectual property, and we solely own the CrunchPad trademark. It’s legally impossible for Fusion Garage to build and sell the CrunchPad device without our agreement. Case Status: Closed Case Closed: 8 Months ago. Category: Science and Technology Tags: Techcrunch Michael Arrington Crunchpad Fusion Garage Chandra Rathakrishnan