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/135321 Dell Inc. and Abstrax Inc. have reached a confidential settlement and licensing agreement in a suit accusing the computer giant of infringing an Abstrax patent related to a method for assembling products with a computer. http://www.law360.com/articles/135321 http://www.law360.com/articles/135383 The highest court in West Virginia has overturned a $4.2 million jury verdict against Erie Indemnity Co., ruling that the decision by Erie and its subsidiaries to terminate a contract with Princeton Insurance Agency did not constitute restraint of trade under the Sherman Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/135383 http://www.law360.com/articles/134915 The European Union's ombudsman has rebuked the EU's antitrust watchdog for failing to properly record a meeting with a top Dell Inc. executive during its investigation of alleged antitrust abuses by computer chip giant Intel Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/134915 http://www.law360.com/articles/134769 A Silicon Storage Technology Inc. shareholder has filed a putative class action aiming to block Prophet Equity LP's $201 million acquisition of the flash memory manufacturer, arguing that the offer is inadequate in light of SST's bright prospects and high demand for its products from companies including Apple Inc. and Intel Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/134769 http://www.law360.com/articles/134267 The PACid Group LLC is seeking to drop claims against a group of Alcatel-Lucent entities in its lawsuit alleging dozens of firms have infringed its two data encryption patents and is looking to consolidate the action with a related case that has targeted only Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/134267 http://www.law360.com/articles/134207 West Virginia's highest court has upheld on remand its decision to overturn a $50 million verdict against Massey Energy Co. in a dispute over coal contracts, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the court should have disqualified a judge who received campaign funds from a Massey executive. http://www.law360.com/articles/134207 http://www.law360.com/articles/134046 Nearly a year after a federal jury awarded Mass Engineered Design Inc. $3 million in an infringement action against Dell Inc. and three other companies, the Canadian technology firm has brought a new suit accusing more than two dozen companies — including Human Scale Corp. and Targus Inc. — of infringing the same patent for multiscreen display units. http://www.law360.com/articles/134046 http://www.law360.com/articles/133799 The $1.25 billion truce between Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. may have put an end to a long-running and bitter antitrust and intellectual property dispute between the rival computer chip makers, but it doesn't resolve ongoing regulatory scrutiny of Intel. http://www.law360.com/articles/133799 http://www.law360.com/articles/133263 WIAV Networks LLC has dismissed Toshiba America Inc. from a suit that accuses dozens of electronics companies of infringing two patents related to wireless technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/133263 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