Law360, New York (September 08, 2011, 7:29 PM ET) -- A New York federal judge on Thursday refused Time Warner Inc.'s bid to force Bascom Global Internet Service Inc. to disclose a settlement reached with Yahoo Inc. in the patent fight over parental control technology, nixing claims the settlement is needed to calculate a reasonable royalty.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlene Rosario Lindsay said Thursday the settlement Bascom reached with Yahoo, which included a royalty agreement, is irrelevant, rejecting Time Warner's arguments that a recent Federal Circuit decision in ResQNet.com v. Lansa Inc. should give the court...