Technology Archive » April, 2010

Technology - April, 2010

226 articles

• Stragent Targets Slew Of Tech, Car Cos. In IP Suits
• Chi Mei Execs Plead Guilty To TFT-LCD Price-Fixing
• Qwest Fights Colo. Regulator's Win In FCC Rules Fight
• Judge Keeps TQP Encryption Patent Suit Alive
• ITC Initiates 337 Probe Over Panasonic Chip Patents
• ITC To Probe Microsoft's Xbox Controller Patent Claims
• The Future Of US Internet Gambling Regulation
• Sanyo Settles In Saxon Communications Patent Suit
• Intel Did Not Steal Silvaco's Trade Secrets: Court
• Google Wins Dismissal Of Rosetta Stone AdWords Suit
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Oracle Win In Website Patent Suit
• German High Court Nixes Suit Over Google Thumbnails
• 1 Of 5 Voltage Regulator Patents Cut From Infineon Suit
• Unisys, Fidelity Off Hook In ERISA Class Action
• CNet Founder Appeals $6.6M Award For Sotheby's
• Best Buy '3-Way' Speakers Actually Only 2-Way: Suit
• Ricoh Still Wants Injunction After $14.5M Patent Win
• Is The Future Of Broadband Video At Stake?
• HP Adds Palm For $1.2B In Bid To Enter Phone Fray
• Geomas Settles Cityhub Patent Theft Suit
• AIBT's Antitrust Suit Should Be Pared: Magistrate Judge
• EBay Settles TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• Another Suit Filed Over $11B Qwest-CenturyLink Deal
• Russia's DST To Snap Up AOL ICQ Unit For $188M
• 5 Things Patent Examiners Wish You Would Do
• ITC Merges Apple 337 Cases Against Nokia, HTC
• Vigilant Off Hook For Novell Defense In Unix Fight
• Spansion Noteholders Appeal Plan Confirmation
• DDB Takes Shot At NBA Over Web Broadcast Patents
• Eastern District Of Texas Rocket Docket Still Has Fuel
• AVX To Pay $26M For Cleanup At Aerovox Mill
• Mitsubishi Settles In AtratechJapan TV Patent Suit
• NetLogix Seeks $28M For T-Mobile Engineering Work
• DE Hits Fiftyone, Others With E-Commerce Patent Suit
• Samsung Loses Bid For Quick Win In ITC Memory Spat
• Plan Dynamics — Lessons From Spansion
• Buffalo Exits SanDisk Flash Memory Patent Suit
• St. Clair, Pantech Reach Accord In Camera IP Spat
• Meisenheimer Ducks $1M In Sanctions In Secrets Suit
• Accenture Hit With Age Bias Class Action
• Buffalo Seeks Exit From Infineon-Elpida DRAM Spat
• ITC To Investigate Apple Over Touch-Screen Patents
• Nokia Loses Bid To Pare Down Apple ITC Dispute
• Microsoft Fails To Toss Antitrust Suit Over Xbox Parts
• Jury Finds Maxim CFO Liable In SEC Backdating Case
• Trademark Rights And Domain Name Overhaul
• Novell Appeals Tossed Microsoft Antitrust Claims
• DOJ Ends Probe Into Switch And Data, Equinix Merger
• Colo. Lawmakers Fear Job Losses In $11B Qwest Sale
• DVD Standards Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Amazon Prevails In Trademark Suit Over Search Results
• Motorola, RIM, Others Slammed With Phone Patent Suit
• Huawei Dropped From Wireless Networking IP Suit
• Nintendo Tries To Boot Acacia Unit's Attys In IP Case
• Microsoft Unit Wins Invalidity Bid In Voice Patent Suit
• Fla. Court Revives Investors' Suit Over RIM Patent Deal
• Biamp Appeals $1M In Fees In ClearOne Secrets Suit
• Fish & Richardson Kicked Off Openwave IP Suit
• Fujitsu Inks Deal In Acacia Unit's Data Storage IP Suit
• Case Study: Princo Corp. V. ITC
• Yahoo Faces Suit Over Web Sports Broadcast Patent
• Ukraine To Rethink $22B VimpelCom-Kyivstar Merger
• Wachtell, Jones Walker Rep CenturyLink In Qwest Deal
• Vivid, Other Porn Cos. Settle Video-Streaming IP Suit
• Kyocera Targets 2 Norman Wireless Patents
• Online Security IP Suit V. Ticketmaster, Others Survives
• Northern Ill. Patent Rules Have Yet To Boost Filings
• Swiss Regulators Crush €1.5B Orange-Sunrise Deal
• Microsoft Wants New Venue For Software Patent Spat
• DropShots Exits EasyWeb Photo-Sharing Patent Suit
• NY Sprint Nextel Workers Sue For Overtime Wages
• ES&S, Datacard Sued Over E-Voting Registration IP
• Acacia Unit Sues IBM Over Remote Computing Patent
• Trademark Owners Must Watch Out Post-MedImmune
• Sony, EA, Others Settle Voice Recognition Patent Suit
• Apple Wins Bid To Transfer Monopoly Suit To Calif.
• Nintendo Strikes Deal In Saxon Wireless Patent Suit
• Company Electronic Systems: What's Private?
• Consumer Group Urges DOJ To Trustbust Google
• Telus To Sell Ownership Rights To Wi-LAN Patents
• Ill. OKs $8.5B Frontier-Verizon Deal Over Objection
• Fenner Trims Ethernet Switch Patent Suit V. Dell, HP
• Quanta Appeals $14.5M Hit In Disk Drive Patent Suit
• Ex-Maxim CFO Blames Top Exec In SEC Options Suit
• Netgear Settles In Acacia Unit's Data Storage IP Suit
• Skadden Advises Visa On $2B Deal For CyberSource
• Salesforce.com To Buy Jigsaw For $142M
• Ericsson To Buy Stake In LG-Nortel Venture For $242M
• Delta, Others Exit Cognex's 337 Case Over Software
• Compellent Dropped From Data Storage Patent Suit
• Howrey IP Litigator Jumps To Akin Gump's DC Office
• The Discoverability Of Patent License Negotiations
• Goldman, Sears Targeted In New DataTern IP Suit
• Sierra Fires Preemptive Strike Over Networking Patents
• Ricoh Must License Drive Patents To Quanta: Judge
• TomTom Finds Way Out Of Auto Navigation Patent Suit
• O2 Micro Backlighting Patent Not Infringed: ITC Judge
• Eka Exits Wireless Technology Patent Suits
• The Evolution Of FINRA E-Mail Disciplinary Cases
• Best Buy Accuses Rival Of False Ad Campaign
• Power-One, Artesyn Strike Deal In Converter IP Suit
• Motorola, ClassCo Seek End Of Caller ID Patent Suit
• Apple Fires Back At Kodak With ITC Suit Over Cameras
• Intuit Reaches Deal In Alcatel-Lucent Web Patent Suit
• Ribbit Settles In Klausner's Visual Voice Mail IP Suit
• Activision Free Speech Bid For 'Band Hero' Canned
• Spansion Ch. 11 Plan OK'd Over Objections
• ITC To Probe Alleged Infringement Of Sony Patents
• Cox Didn't Infringe Verizon Phone Patents: Fed. Circ.
• Facebook Exits Interactive Gaming Ad Patent Suit
• Samsung Could Face Antitrust Claims Over DRAM Again
• Indirect Purchasers Reach $25M Deal With SRAM Makers
• Davis Polk Reps Oracle In $685M Phase Forward Deal
• Xerox Internet Search Patents Are Invalid: Google
• ITC Takes On Verizon Patent Spat Over TV Boxes
• 3 Lessons From Google's China Fiasco
• Investors Raise $425M For Competing Spansion Bid
• MedQuist, CBay Get Bankrupt Spheris For $116M
• Viacom Says New YouTube Docs Bolster Its Case
• Verizon Sues FDIC For $24M In WaMu Contract Losses
• Fujitsu Accused Of Defaming Sandringham, Advisers
• CMS Forex Faces Patent Suit Over Trading Software
• UTStarcom Pays $1.5M To Settle SEC Action
• Handango Resolves Network Messaging Patent Suit
• Avnet's $34M Deal To End Benefits Spat Approved
• Judge OKs Amended ProtoStar DIP Financing Package
• Coaxial Cable — Clarifying 'Domestic Industry'
• ITC May Merge Apple 337 Probes of Nokia, High Tech
• Japan To Levy $171M Fine On Fiber-Optic Cable Cartel
• Claims Pared In Motorola's Trade Secrets Suit V. Lemko
• YouTube Loss In IP Suit Would Hurt Web: Amici
• Kirkland Leads Charter In $1.6B Debt Buyback
• NFL Tackled With Internet Broadcast Patent Suit
• Nokia Wants Swift Markman Hearing In Apple 337 Spat
• Fed. Circ. Axes $21M Patent Verdict Against Nintendo
• 9th Circ. Affirms AT&T, Oldcastle Antitrust Win
• SEC Renews Bid For Judgment In Nacchio Case
• Former EBay Counsel Rejoins Bingham IP Group
• Sony Dropped From Apeldyn Patent Suit Over LCDs
• Cognex Wants Inequitable Conduct Defense Barred
• Synchrome Drops Hitachi From Disk Drive IP Suit
• Workers Say ITT Violated Kuwait Employment Contracts
• Suzuki Exits Traffic Alert System Patent Suit
• Developing Effective Web 2.0 Policies
• Saxon, Dell Resolve Computer System Patent Spat
• MIG Appeals Loss In Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Broadcom Win In GPS Patent Spat
• Sprint Takes DBSD Plan Fight To 2nd Circ.
• Morgan Lewis Seeks To Limit Damages In Fraud Suit
• Raymarine Exits Honeywell Navigation Patent Suit
• Suit Over Samsung Printer Error Messages Tossed
• Activision Countersues 'Modern Warfare' Studio Heads
• FTC Seeks More Info On Monster-Yahoo Jobs Site Deal
• DOJ Probes Tech Giants Over Hiring Practices
• Samsung Dropped From Flat-Screen TV Patent Spat
• T-Mobile Exits Cell Phone Locator Patent Suit
• Signaling A Stricter Damages Standard In Fed. Circ.
• Access 1st Settles In Wolf Run Messaging Patent Suit
• Ebaum's World Settles In Web Game Ad Patent Spat
• No Quick Relief For Knowles In ITC Case Over Mics
• Hitachi Should Be Sanctioned For Answer: LCD Class
• Apple IPad Added To EMG Touch Screen Patent Suit
• Last Defendant Settles In Variant Marketing Patent Suit
• Qualcomm Cuts Deal In PACid Data Encryption IP Suit
• €41M France Telecom Antitrust Fine Remanded
• OnStar Wins Bid To Disarm Emergency System Patent
• FCC Moves Ahead With Broadband Plan After Loss
• AT&T Online Access Tax Cases Merged Into MDL
• DDB Tech Hits ESPN With Patent Suit Over GameCast
• Whetstone Drops 2 More From Printer Patent Suit
• Spain Probes Abertis Over TV Infrastracture Use
• Crossroads, Postvision Resolve Data Storage IP Spat
• Another Weapon In The Midsize Firm Arsenal
• IPhone Antitrust Plaintiffs Want New Class Counsel
• Aerospace Co. Appeals U. Chicago Sensor Patent Suit
• Spansion Again Pares Down ITC Flash Memory Case
• Net Neutrality Law After Comcast A Long Shot: Attys
• ProtoStar Bankruptcy Plan 'Unconfirmable': Creditors
• Suit Calls Accenture Background Checks Race-Biased
• Court Won't Alter Stay In Infineon Shareholder Case
• Wi-LAN Hits Apple, Intel With Bluetooth Patent Suit
• Judge To Review $52M Disk IP Verdict Against Quanta
• AT&T Faces Contract Suit Over Service Agreement
• Mobile Marketing And The TCPA
• Panasonic Exits Suit Over DVD Auto Play Patents
• Gracenote Settles In Song Identification Patent Suit
• FairPoint Creditors Press Verizon For Merger Docs
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Google Win In AdWords IP Suit
• RIM Dropped From Raylon Software Patent Suit
• Aware Settles Acacia Unit's Medical Imaging IP Suit
• Apple Fights Nokia Sanctions Bid In Cell Phone IP Feud
• Plaintiffs Seek Class Status In Nvidia GPU Suit
• AmEx Settles Suit Over Secure Transaction Patent
• Fujitsu Ex-Prez Threatens To Sue Over Lost $53M Deal
• HTC Faces Suit Over Caller ID Display Patent
• Broadening COPPA In Light Of New Technologies
• Google, Others Ask Obama To Up Energy Monitoring
• Kohl Wants FTC to Scrutinize $750M Google-AdMob Deal
• US Cellular Dropped From Phone Locator Patent Suit
• Qualcomm Atty Discovery Sanctions Overturned
• HP Settles Ink Cartridge Patent Dispute With Print-Rite
• IBM Fails To Trim Actuate Suit Over Tivoli Software
• Personal Audio Seeks More Info From Apple In IP Spat
• FCC Can't Enforce Net Neutrality: DC Circ.
• Ex-Symbol Tech CEO Fights SEC Bid To Disgorge $66M
• Vizio Loses Bid For LG Display Docs In ITC Patent Row
• Toll, Honeywell Settle Web Site Trade Secrets Suit
• The 2nd Circ. Stance On Tiffany V. EBay
• Fed. Circ. Hears Arguments In Rambus Patent Suits
• Panasonic Seeks ITC Probe Of Freescale, Motorola
• Apple, HTC, RIM Face Patent Suits Over Smartphones
• Fed. Circ. Bolsters Hearing Components' Audio IP Win
• Honeywell Sues Rival Over Magnetic Sensor Patent
• Microsoft Takes Aim At Datel Over Xbox Controllers
• Dell, HP, IBM, Samsung Settle Memory Patent Suit
• AT&T Loses Bid To Toss Song Identification IP Suit
• USPTO Revises Appeal Briefs Procedure
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Microsoft's En Banc Bid Against I4i
• ITC To Probe HP Ink-Jet Patent Claims V. Asian Rivals
• Facebook Gets Video Game Copyright Suit Tossed
• Panasonic Settles In Ambato Navigation Patent Spat
• ITC To Investigate Apple Patent Claims Against HTC
• Microsoft To Intervene In TiVo, AT&T Patent Dispute
• Gem Doesn't Infringe Coaxial Cable Patents: ITC
• EDS Loses Judgment Bid In OT Class Action
• Alternative Fee And Billing Arrangements: A Primer