http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Dell Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132820 Advertising by Sony Electronics Inc. significantly overstates how long the batteries last in its Vaio series of laptop computers, according to a proposed class action alleging breach of contract and violations of Missouri and California consumer protection laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/132820 http://www.law360.com/articles/132409 New York's attorney general on Wednesday launched an antitrust action against Intel Corp., alleging the microprocessor giant bribed and threatened computer manufacturers to block the sale of rivals' products in a “worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal conduct.” http://www.law360.com/articles/132409 http://www.law360.com/articles/132367 After reviewing a putative class action accusing computer makers including Dell Inc. and Gateway Inc. of exaggerating the battery life of laptops, a federal judge on Wednesday told the plaintiffs to file a new version of their complaint properly establishing the court's jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act or face dismissal. http://www.law360.com/articles/132367 http://www.law360.com/articles/131770 A federal judge has rejected a second attempt by Microsoft Corp. to invalidate three network services technology patents asserted by WebXchange Inc. against Microsoft software clients, concluding that no controversy exists between the technology giant and WebXchange. http://www.law360.com/articles/131770 http://www.law360.com/articles/131650 Casio Computer Co. Ltd., one of dozens of technology companies named in an infringement suit over patents related to digital transmission and wireless communications, has reached a deal with patent-holding company SPH America Inc. and been dismissed from the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/131650 http://www.law360.com/articles/131626 Dell Inc. has reportedly resolved a collective wage-and-hour action accusing the computer company of making call center employees work off the clock and cheating them out of overtime compensation. http://www.law360.com/articles/131626 http://www.law360.com/articles/130988 A putative class of Dell Inc. consumers has won its bid to toss an order compelling arbitration of its suit over allegedly defective laptop computers, with a federal judge ruling that the arbitration clause and class action waiver of Dell's service agreement are unenforceable. http://www.law360.com/articles/130988 http://www.law360.com/articles/130586 Palm Inc. has hit back at WIAV Networks LLC, which sued dozens of electronics companies in July for infringing two patents related to wireless technology, saying one of WIAV's patents should be declared unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. http://www.law360.com/articles/130586 http://www.law360.com/articles/128630 A recent court order in Hines v. Overstock.com Inc. addresses a question Internet users have debated for years: Are Web site terms and conditions of service enforceable absent explicit assent to them by a user of the Web site? The answer, of course, is that it depends, say Jane I. Song and Todd M. Schneider of Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/128630 http://www.law360.com/articles/130250 Sony Corp. has disclosed that it received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division seeking information about its optical disk drive business. http://www.law360.com/articles/130250 http://www.law360.com/articles/130177 U.S. antitrust authorities are reportedly close to filing a lawsuit against Intel Corp., following the European Union’s record-breaking fine against the microprocessor giant this year. http://www.law360.com/articles/130177 http://www.law360.com/articles/129958 IBM Corp. has fallen short in a federal appeals court in its ongoing quest to stop a former employee who allegedly violated a noncompete agreement and shared trade secrets with his new employer, rival Dell Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/129958 http://www.law360.com/articles/129478 Computer makers including Dell Inc. and Gateway Inc. deceived consumers by using a benchmark designed by Intel Corp. that exaggerated the battery life of laptops, according to a putative class action targeting the three companies and others. http://www.law360.com/articles/129478 http://www.law360.com/articles/129340 A judge has ruled that Linex Technologies Inc.'s claims against the final remaining defendant in its wireless transmission patent enforcement action must proceed to trial, rejecting Linex's bid for dismissal. http://www.law360.com/articles/129340 http://www.law360.com/articles/128275 Information technology services provider Perot Systems Corp. has hit Key Plastics LLC with a suit claiming that the automotive supplier improperly terminated an IT services agreement. http://www.law360.com/articles/128275 http://www.law360.com/articles/127592 U.S. Ethernet Innovations LLC, the owner of Ethernet technology developed and sold by 3Com Corp., sued several of the largest technology companies Friday for patent infringement, including Apple Inc., Dell Products LP, Gateway Inc., Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP, Sony Corp. of America and Toshiba America Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/127592 http://www.law360.com/articles/127505 A Perot Systems Corp. shareholder called the Booth Family Trust has filed a class action in a Texas court seeking to block the proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of the technology solutions company by computer giant Dell Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/127505 http://www.law360.com/articles/127419 A federal judge has rejected Dell Inc.'s counterclaims of noninfringement and invalidity in tossing its abandonment defense and refusing its request to dismiss a suit accusing the computer giant of infringing an Abstrax Inc. patent related to a method for assembling products with a computer. http://www.law360.com/articles/127419 http://www.law360.com/articles/127466 Lawyers for Motorola Inc. have asked a judge to disqualify the opposing counsel in a wireless patent fight with patent-holding company SPH America Inc., saying the ex-Howrey LLP attorney has represented their client before and has now switched sides. http://www.law360.com/articles/127466 http://www.law360.com/articles/127162 Inventor Leon Stambler has launched another expansive infringement suit against a slew of retailers — including Target Corp., Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. — accusing them of violating two patents related to keeping information secure during online transactions. http://www.law360.com/articles/127162