Legal/privacy

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. is suing Starbucks, Expedia, Capital One and Bank of the West, alleging these companies infringed several patents with their mobile payment apps.

M-Qube is suing Zong for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California over a mobile trigger messaging system.

DataQuill is looking to cash in on the legal wrangling taking place in mobile and sell patents that cover the ability to shop via a mobile device.

PayPal’s suit against Google claiming the latter misappropriated trade secrets reflects the urgency around being the first to market with a viable mobile payments solution.

Retailers operating in the mobile space need to take consumers’ privacy concerns seriously or they risk a backlash from customers as well as the legal community.

Of the 340 mobile apps and Web sites analyzed by TRUSTe, a mere 20 percent were found to have a privacy policy.

Cramming – putting unauthorized charges on consumers’ wireless bills – is increasingly becoming an issue that mobile subscribers face, forcing an investigation by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) into this illegal practice.

Where Inc. has been awarded Patent No. 7,848,765 by the United States Patent Office. The patent safeguards the company’s technology related to the use of geofences in the delivery of applications, content and mobile coupons.

MIAMI – Mobile shoppers demand trusted standards and as options for mobile commerce expand and retailers start to leverage the platform’s unique functionalities, the industry might be in danger of ignoring vital security and privacy concerns.

Truste has launched a new privacy program for businesses to certify their mobile applications and mobile Web sites with the Truste Privacy Seal.