TechCrunch was being sued by Earthcomber for absurd reasons and will be countersued by TechCrunch for this act. On October 8,Earthcomber,a Chicago based startup filed a lawsuit against TechCrunch,adding it as a defendent in a patent infringement lawsuit which the former earlier filed against Loopt,a location based social network.The reasons behind penalizing Loopt still seem logical but putting TechCrunch under the scanner seems way illogical to us.  

And Michael seems quite pissed off with this stuff and with Earthcomber President Jim Brady.According to Michael's conversations with Jim,it's not something that needs to be taken so seriously and can be worked out before going to the court.His ultimate target is taking Loopt to the court and not TC. This seems a pure publicity gimmick