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1. Dell Targets Hitachi, Toshiba In TFT-LCD Antitrust Case

Monday, Mar 15, 2010

Dell Inc. has accused Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and three other technology companies of conspiring to artificially inflate prices of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels, the latest addition to multidistrict litigation alleging a massive price-fixing scheme.

2. Intel Wants Derivative Suit Over Antitrust Claims Axed

Monday, Mar 15, 2010

Intel Corp. and current and former company board members are seeking to dismiss a shareholder derivative suit claiming they failed to stop anti-competitive business practices that led to billions in fines and settlements.

3. Nintendo, Microsoft Didn't Infringe Joystick IP: Fed. Circ.

Monday, Mar 15, 2010

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a lower court decision that Nintendo of America Inc. and Microsoft Corp. didn't infringe a patent-holding company's joystick technology.

4. The Impact Of In Re Sones

Monday, Mar 15, 2010

Companies have long been unsure about the requirements for submitting an Internet-based specimen of use. The Trademark Manual of Examination Procedures had likened the sale of goods over the Internet to catalog sales, and this led to confusion for companies trying to register their trademarks. A recent Federal Circuit case has modernized the rules, say J. David Mayberry and Lindsay R. Kaplan of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP.

5. W.Va. High Court Declines To Revisit Massey Ruling

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals said Thursday that it won't review its November decision to toss a $50 million verdict against Massey Energy Co. in a long-running coal contract dispute, despite requests from embattled mining company owner Hugh Caperton.

6. Dell Escapes Suit Over DVD Parental Control Patent

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

Digital Choice of Texas LLC has dropped its infringement suit against Dell Inc. over a patent for parental control technology in DVD players.

7. AT&T, Home Depot Sued Over Ethernet Patents

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

AT&T Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., Home Depot USA Inc. and several other retailers have been accused of infringing four Ethernet technology patents that U.S. Ethernet Innovations LLC purchased from networking giant 3Com Corp.

8. Stragent Sues Huawei Over Wireless Patent

Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010

Patent-holding company Stragent LLC has accused Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary of infringing a patent for wireless technology.

9. VarTech Resolves Mass Engineered Display IP Spat

Friday, Mar 05, 2010

VarTech Systems Inc. has become the first defendant to resolve Mass Engineered Design Inc.'s suit accusing more than two dozen technology companies — including Human Scale Corp. and Targus Inc. — of infringing a patent for multiscreen display units.

10. BenQ Loses Duty Dispute Over LCD Monitor Imports

Monday, Mar 01, 2010

The U.S. government has won its bid for summary judgment in BenQ America Corp.'s suit challenging the determination of tariff classifications for the company's liquid crystal display monitor imports from China.

11. PACid, Aruba Networks Settle Data Encryption IP Suit

Monday, Mar 01, 2010

Network security company Aruba Networks Inc. has become the latest defendant to reach a settlement in PACid Group LLC's lawsuit accusing dozens of companies of infringing two patents related to data encryption.

12. Micron Unit Dropped From Suit Over Memory Patents

Thursday, Feb 25, 2010

Ring Technology Enterprises of Texas LLC has agreed to drop a unit of semiconductor maker Micron Technology Inc. from a suit accusing more than a dozen companies — including Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp. — of infringing a patent for memory device technology.

13. Apple, HP, Others Sued Over Memory Device Patent

Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010

A handful of electronics giants including Apple Inc. and Dell Inc. are facing a new lawsuit from an arm of Acacia Research Corp., which has accused them of infringing a patent relating to the art of power management for computers.

14. HP Drops Database Patent From Software Tree Spat

Monday, Feb 22, 2010

Hewlett-Packard Co. has dropped counterclaims asserting one of its database patents in Software Tree LLC's suit accusing HP and others of infringing a patent related to a Java-based application server.

15. ITC Probes Toshiba Patent Claims Against Wistron

Monday, Feb 22, 2010

The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Toshiba Corp.’s claims that Wistron Corp. laptop computers infringe Toshiba’s patents and should barred from import to the United States.

16. Prudential Coverage Denials Breached ERISA: Suit

Friday, Feb 19, 2010

Prudential Insurance Company of America policyholders have lodged a putative Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action against the insurer for allegedly subjecting them to an unfair long-term disability benefits claims denial process.

17. Saxon, Acer Settle Feud Over Computer System Patents

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010

Saxon Innovations LLC has agreed to drop Acer Inc. and its subsidiary, Gateway Inc., from a suit accusing several technology companies of infringing seven patents related to common personal computer tasks.

18. Lowe's Fires 1st Strike In Battle Over Ethernet Patents

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010

Lowe's Cos. Inc. has gone on the offensive against U.S. Ethernet Innovations LLC, the owner of Ethernet technology developed by 3Com Corp., to secure a court ruling that it has not infringed a portfolio of computer networking patents.

19. 9th Circ. Won't Hear Appeal Of Huge SRAM Class Cert.

Friday, Feb 12, 2010

Semiconductor companies facing price-fixing litigation over static random access memory have lost their request to appeal the certification of a nationwide class of indirect purchasers, a ruling that could create a class of more than 100 million people.

20. Pegasus, Allscripts Software IP Spat Headed To Jury

Friday, Feb 12, 2010

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by software developer Pegasus Imaging Corp. against health records software company Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. over software code, paving the way for a jury trial in March.