Technology Archive » March, 2010

Technology - March, 2010

255 articles

• Corrected: Sprint Nextel Loses Appeal On DBSD Claims
• 1st Circ. Affirms Toss Of Raytheon Copyright Suit
• SEC Loses Summary Judgment Bid In Qwest Exec Suit
• Motorola Asks ITC Judge To Force RIM To Divulge Info
• Shearman Represents EAccess In $1.6B EMobile Buy
• 'Sopranos' Photo Game Infringes AMI Trademark: Suit
• Novell Handed Off Windows Antitrust Claims: Judge
• AT&T, Others Seek Docs In Mobile Media Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Power-One Win In Converter IP Spat
• Sun Settles Acacia Unit's Computer Processor IP Suit
• CNet Founder Owes Sotheby's $4.4M For Paintings
• Toshiba Strikes Deal In Innurvation Circuit Patent Row
• Samsung Loses Round In Spansion Chip Patent Spat
• Ex-Exec Indicted In Cathode Tube Price-Fixing Scheme
• AT&T, Others Win Dismissal Of Network Patent Suits
• Jury Hands Win To Novell In Unix Copyright Battle
• Bharti Scoops Up Zain's Africa Telecoms For $11B
• Online Sales Patent Suit Survives Bid To Dismiss
• Elan Asks ITC To Keep IPhone, IPad Out Of US
• Malpractice Suit Against Paul Weiss Time-Barred
• Acacia Unit's Cell Phone IP Suit Remains In Play
• MySpace, Others Win Bid To Toss Software IP Suit
• GUI Patents Survive Red Hat, Novell Challenge
• Red Hat Strikes $20M Deal In Shareholder Action
• Sybase, TCS Settle Text Message Patent Feud
• Classes In LCD Panel Antitrust Cases Certified
• ITC To Probe Panasonic, Others In New 337 Case
• Squire Sanders, Allen & Overy Rep Avnet On Bell Deal
• Alcatel Lucent Settles Data Compression Patent Spat
• HP, MMCA Settle Suit Over Investigative Services Pact
• Rimini Files Counterclaims To Oracle's Copyright Suit
• Nortel Deal With PBGC OK'd After Canadian Deal Nixed
• Fenwick Helps Cisco Close $3.4B Deal For Tandberg
• Antitrust, IP Claims Cut In Roller Bearing Software Suit
• Amkor ITC Win Reversed In Semiconductor Patent Suit
• Judge Rejects Dish, Sprint Challenges To DBSD Plan
• 'Independent Contractors' — What's In A Name?
• PACid Launches New Suit Over Data Encryption Patents
• F-Secure Settles IPAT Data Security Patent Spat
• SAP Loses Bid To Toss $139M Versata Patent Win
• Ex-Brocade CEO Again Convicted In Backdating Case
• Sidley Adds Wilson Sonsini M&A Attorney In Palo Alto
• BackWeb Drops Symantec From Software Patent Suit
• ITC To Review Ruling For Rambus On DRAM Patents
• Verimatrix Licenses Widevine Data Encryption Patents
• Intercede Settles ActivIdentity Smart Card Patent Suit
• 3 More Banks Settle Online Banking Patent Suit
• Intel Loses 2nd Bid To Stay Processor Patent Suit
• Philips Beats FRAND Defense In CD Patent Spat
• BenQ Seeks To Revive LCD Monitor Imports Duty Spat
• FotoMedia Fights Re-Exam Of Photo-Sharing Patents
• Philips Units Sue To Protect LED Patents
• Infineon, Others Sued Over Memory Access Patent
• Copyright Office Affirms Judges' Subpoena Powers
• Delta Barely Survives Summary Bid In Wi-Fi IP Spat
• Cognex, Fuji Settle Feud Over Machine Vision Patents
• Gateway Loses Bid To Force MPC Ch. 7 Conversion
• Slacker Settles In Fowler Woods Online Ad Patent Suit
• Midway Games Inches Closer To Ch. 11 Exit
• Arbitron To Pay $4.5M To License Digital ID Patents
• Oracle, Intuit Dropped From Software Security IP Spat
• ProtoStar Creditors Appeal $5M Satellite Sale Bonuses
• Dell Strikes Deal In Software Tree's Server Patent Fight
• Ariad Ruling Bolsters Written Description Requirement
• Sanofi, Toshiba, Others Hit With False Marking Suits
• Oracle Fights $75M Spheris Sale To MedQuist, CBay
• ITC Launches Probe Over Infineon DRAM Patents
• Open Source Co. Hits IBM With EU Monopoly Claim
• RemoTech Sues Belkin Over Remote Control Patent
• LSI Chip Patent Invalid Due To Prior Art: ITC
• Google Off Hook For Infringement In EU AdWords Case
• Nortel Pensioners Appeal Stay Of $3B UK Suit
• Retirees Seek To Revive Philips ERISA Class Action
• Google, AOL Triumph In Web Advertising Patent Suit
• Inventor Claims Microsoft's Zune Infringes Patents
• Swiss Watchdog Tries To Revive $310M Swisscom Fine
• Lonestar Targets Nvidia In Capacitor Patent War
• Samsung Can Depose Witnesses Outside Japan: ITC
• DataTern Cuts SunTrust From Database Patent Suit
• Bluefly Resolves Sales Processing Patent Suit
• AT&T Sues Contractor For $5M Over Fuel Spill
• Aldav Settles With Last Defendants Over Web Radio IP
• Sony Asks ITC To Probe Display Patent Infringement
• Intel Can't Escape N-Data Indirect Infringement Claims
• IP Agreement With Spansion Can't Be Rejected: Apple
• Britannica Sues Dickstein Shapiro For Lost Map Patents
• German Reforms Could Force Splits For Telecom Giants
• After $106M Patent Win, VirnetX Sues Microsoft Again
• Mosaid Sues LSI, Agere Over Patent Assignment Deal
• Timex, Paragon End Exercise Monitor Patent Suit
• MetLife Resolves TQP Data Encryption Patent Suit
• Samsung Dealt Blow In Spansion ITC Flash Patent Fight
• YouTube Founders Encouraged Infringement: Viacom
• Video Game Designer Trims IP Suit Against Facebook
• Siemens Settles Acacia Unit's Server Patent Suit
• 3M, Employees Seek OK For $5M Deal In FLSA Suit
• Seagate, National Union Resolve Litigation Costs Spat
• Akin Gump Sued By Client SAS Over Patent Secrets
• HP Settles ITC, US Court Suits Over Cartridge Patents
• XM Radio Hit With Patent Suit Over MP3 Player
• Avago Sues STMicroelectronics Over Optical Sensor IP
• Patent Damages Taking Center Stage At Fed. Circ.
• Dun & Bradstreet Exits API Data Network Patent Suit
• ConnectU's Bid For Facebook Stock Info Falls Flat
• Verizon Sues To Block Cablevision TV Boxes
• Spansion Blasts Rival Tessera's Expense Claims
• Clear Channel Exits Aldav Web Radio Patent Suit
• MicroUnity Sues Apple, Others Over Media Patents
• Sony Resolves Ennova Patent Spat Over Flash Drives
• Microsoft Hit With $106M Verdict Over Online Security IP
• Google Voice Infringes One Number Patents: Suit
• Bruker Unit Escapes Magnetic Resonance IP Suit
• Samsung Conduct Claim Against AMD Nixed
• BearingPoint Trustee Sues Yale To Recover $8M
• Musicland Investor Teo Pays $1M For Insider Trading
• German Grocery Cos. Face Suits Over MPEG-2 Patents
• KLA-Tencor Shareholder Case Settled For $42.6M
• Emcore Infringes Avago Fiber Optics Patent: ITC
• Samsung, Toshiba Hit Over Energy-Saving Chip Patent
• Sprint Strikes Deal In Traffic Alert Patent Suit
• Fujitsu, Others Face Videoconferencing Patent Suit
• Tsera, Philips Agree To Touch Pad Patent License
• Stragent Targets 2 Chip Cos. Over Data Patents
• Is It Time To 'Friend' Iran?
• Dell Targets Hitachi, Toshiba In TFT-LCD Antitrust Case
• Intel Wants Derivative Suit Over Antitrust Claims Axed
• St. Paul Ducks Liability For $22M Software Settlement
• Nintendo, Microsoft Didn't Infringe Joystick IP: Fed. Circ.
• Xante, Roland Exit Whetstone Printer IP Suit
• Trustee Gives Vinson, Genovese Bribery Claims To Feds
• Modified Plan Would Up GSI Shareholders' Stake
• The Impact Of In Re Sones
• Ex-Macquarie Adviser Admits Market Manipulation
• Ex-Mobile Ready CEO Reaches Deal With SEC
• Cumulus Strikes Deal In Aldav Web Radio Patent Suit
• McKenna Can't Rep Apeldyn In Samsung LCD Suit: Judge
• FairPoint Wins Approval Of Disclosure Statement
• MPC Computers Fights Gateway To Stave Off Ch. 7
• Italy Broadens Google AdSense Competition Probe
• Antitrust Claims Cut From Philips, Masimo IP Spat
• Nortel Fights UK Fund Trustee's Bid To Sidestep Stay
• FTC May Probe Google's $750M AdMob Acquisition
• Claims Pared In Convolve IP Suit Over Disk Drives
• Avid Unit Claims Digital Mixers Should Be Duty-Free
• Google, Yahoo Don't Infringe Search Patent: Judge
• HP Wants Court To Toss Cursor Problem Class Action
• Cablevision, Comcast Lose Challenge To FCC Rule
• Aloft Drops SAP From 3 Software Patent Suits
• Nokia Rips Apple's Nonpatent Claims In Dismissal Bid
• Citizens United: A Congressional Opportunity
• Social Media: Give 'Em Something To Talk About
• Canadian Court Certifies Class Against Microsoft
• Dell Escapes Suit Over DVD Parental Control Patent
• TQP Hits New York Mellon, Others Over Data Patent
• 5th Circ. To Hold On To Patent License Contract Suit
• Polish Telecom Loses Tying Battle In EU Court
• New Line, Others Sued Over Video Indexing Patent
• AT&T, Home Depot Sued Over Ethernet Patents
• CSX, Avaya, Others Sued Over Software Patent
• Microsoft Denied Willfulness Rehearing In I4i Patent Suit
• Ill. Judge Throws Wrench Into Frontier, Verizon Deal
• Adobe Smacked With False Patent Marking Suit
• Loeb Snags Video Game Guru From Nixon Peabody
• Sony Claims Victory In 'God Of War' Copyright Spat
• Google Books Deal Violates NAFTA: Canadian Authors
• Google, Facebook Hit With IP Suit Over Mobile Sites
• Internet Radio Escapes Online Ad Patent Suit
• Western Union Strikes Deal In Actus E-Payment IP Suit
• Instinet Nabs Partial Win In 40-Year Licensing Feud
• Presstek Settles SEC Fair Disclosure Investigation
• Howrey Int'l Dispute Team Jumps To Chadbourne
• USTR Mulls Action Over China's Internet Policies
• GroupCast Cut From Mass Messaging Patent Suit
• US OKs Iran, Cuba, Sudan Exports To Boost Web Use
• Guidewire Can't Escape Insurance Software IP Claims
• Swisscom Escapes $310M Fine For Termination Fees
• Charter, Verizon Resolve Fiber Optics Patent War
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Invalidity Of Siemens Sensor Patent
• Stragent Sues Huawei Over Wireless Patent
• EU Extends Review Of Cisco's Bid For Tandberg
• Pierce Atwood Lures Foley Patent Partners
• HP Blasts Asian Rivals Over Ink Cartridge Thefts
• Nintendo Gets Flying Wii Remote Case Tossed
• Discovery Bid Granted In Fraud Suit Over YouTube
• ES&S Must Shed Assets Under DOJ Deal
• Coke Slapped With IP Suit Over Face-Matching Program
• Time Warner Cable Box Antitrust Suit Tossed
• AMD Resets Claim After Patent Ownership Mix-Up
• Google Dodges Small Rival's Antitrust Suit Over Ads
• Novell Free Speech Defense Allowed In Fight Over Unix
• Class Action Over AT&T Internet Contract Kept Alive
• Google, Rescuecom Drop Web Ad Trademark Spat
• Google Asserts Contract Claim In AdWords Dispute
• VarTech Resolves Mass Engineered Display IP Spat
• Sandata, Infocrossing Settle Monitoring-System IP Feud
• 'Intellact' Trademark Suit Survives Intel Dismissal Bid
• Philips Retiree Benefits Class Action Foiled Again
• Citadel Strikes Deal In Aldav's Web Radio Patent Suit
• Seyfarth Adds Winston & Strawn IP Partner In DC
• Best Buy, Garmin Settle In Traffic Alert Patent Suit
• Case Study: Penzer V. Transportation Insurance
• 9th Circ. Affirms AT&T Competitor-Rate Decision
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Dish Sanctions In DVR Patent Suit
• Backflip Strikes Deal In Advertising Patent Suit
• Court Hangs Up On AT&T Phone Line Sharing Suit
• SEC Settles Accounting Claims With Ex-Comverse Unit
• EU Nixes Vivendi Antitrust Claim V. France Telecom
• Stay Lifted In Microsoft Data Encryption Patent Case
• Apple, RIM, Others Sued Over Smartphone Patents
• RealNetworks Agrees To Kill DVD-Copying Program
• Netflix, Quito Call Truce In Web Media Patent Feud
• White & Case Atty To Open Kaye Scholer Valley Office
• Amid Buying Spree, Google Hungers For Bigger Deals
• ASCAP Fights For Online Music Fees Before 2nd Circ.
• LG Strikes Deal In Ambato Navigation Patent Dispute
• Private Equity Firm Offers $2B In Novell Takeover Bid
• Skadden Adds Patent Litigators From Dechert
• Coudert Bros. Administrator Blasts Statek $85M Appeal
• RemoTech Launches 2 More IP Suits Over TV Remote
• Verizon Fights $182M Sale Of Nortel Unit To Genband
• Panasonic Plasmas Fading To Black?
• Nokia Reaches Settlement In GPS Patent Suit
• JPMorgan Settles Suit Over Secure Network Patent
• Eon, SmartSynch Ink Deal In Telecom Patent Suit
• Acacia Unit, Optics Co. Reach Deal Over LED Patent
• Sonnenschein Duo Opens Internet Law Boutique
• Jury Hands Novellus Win In Linear's Fraud Suit
• Accenture, Guidewire Patent Fight Stayed For Bilski
• Uniloc Targets 15 Cos. In Software Patent Suit
• Atty Hits LexisNexis With $500M Faulty Software Claim
• Fairchild Targets Rival In Chinese Microchip IP Suit
• Superseding Stoneridge
• WilmerHale Corporate Atty Jumps To DLA Piper
• Google AdWords Suit Gets Whittled Down
• Apple Wages IPhone Patent Battle With HTC
• Container Store Settles Lawsuit Over Web Patent
• Pandora, Onecast Dropped From Web Ad Patent Suit
• Ex-Execs Of WebMD Unit Convicted Of Conspiracy
• Zund, RTI, Mimaki Exit Whetsone Printer Patent Suit
• New Trial Ordered In Comaper Computer Patent Spat
• Microsoft Rolls Out EU Antitrust Deal For 100M Users
• NetVeda Dropped From IPAT Data Security Patent Spat
• EchoStar To Buy Mexican Satellite Co. For $374M
• BenQ Loses Duty Dispute Over LCD Monitor Imports
• Some Claims Nixed In RSI's Licensing Spat With IBM
• Craigslist Files Copyright Suits Over Autopost Software
• CSIRO Targets AT&T, Others Over Wireless Patent
• ITC Seeks Immunity From Stay In Spansion Ch. 11
• Intel, Others Renew Bid To Stay Processor Patent Suit
• Saxon Drops UTStarcom From Communications IP Suit
• The Art Of Writing License Invitation Letters
• EU Accuses Polish Telecom Giant Of Blocking Rivals
• PACid, Aruba Networks Settle Data Encryption IP Suit
• Orange, T-Mobile Get OK For Deal After Concessions
• GraphOn's Firewall Patent Suit V. Juniper Sent To Calif.