SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in a lawsuit brought by private patent owner Intellectual Ventures against Google Incs Motorola Mobility unit, according to a Intellectual Ventures statement. The decision, by U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson in Wilmington, Delaware, came after jurors could not unanimously agree on a verdict, […]

Few things are more despised in the tech community than patent trolls, and to many, Intellectual Ventures is the biggest one around. The case is against Motorola Mobility and by extension Google, which hasnt yet turned the company over to Lenovo; While the jury deliberates, the court of public opinion has largely made up its […]