http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: eBay Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132779 The founders of Skype Ltd. have laid down their swords in a battle over eBay Inc.'s $2.75 billion sale of the majority of Skype to a group of private investors, agreeing to drop an intellectual property suit and other litigation in exchange for a stake in the Internet telephony company. http://www.law360.com/articles/132779 http://www.law360.com/articles/132870 A New York jury has handed a $600,000 verdict to publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. in a lawsuit it filed accusing a man of unlawfully importing and reselling textbooks in violation of various intellectual property and competition laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/132870 http://www.law360.com/articles/130191 In a case that has captured widespread attention and fueled a debate over whether methods made by the software, medical and financial services industries are patentable, the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear oral arguments in the Bilski matter on Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/130191 http://www.law360.com/articles/131498 Greenberg Traurig LLP and its client Diane Von Furstenberg Studio are off the hook in a lawsuit alleging they abused their search warrant privileges while combing through the residence of an alleged counterfeiter during a trademark lawsuit brought by DVF. http://www.law360.com/articles/131498 http://www.law360.com/articles/130048 Patent-holding company Actus LLC has dropped its claims against Google Inc. in a lawsuit against nearly two dozen technology companies over patents related to an electronic payment system. http://www.law360.com/articles/130048 http://www.law360.com/articles/129827 EBay Inc.’s CEO has reportedly said the company’s plan to sell a majority stake in Skype Technologies SA to a group of private investors for $2 billion is nearing completion, despite antitrust concerns and lawsuits seeking to block the sale. http://www.law360.com/articles/129827 http://www.law360.com/articles/129491 Patent-holding company Clear With Computers LLC has accused dozens of major companies, including Bergdorf Goodman Inc., eBay Inc., Boeing Co. and Halliburton Co., of infringing a brand-new patent for an electronic proposal preparation system, even as CWC continues to negotiate settlements over allegations regarding similar patents in other suits against many of the same companies. http://www.law360.com/articles/129491 http://www.law360.com/articles/129706 A federal judge has barred certain defenses, including the first sale doctrine, from being raised in an upcoming jury trial in publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc.'s suit accusing an individual of unlawfully importing and reselling textbooks in violation of various intellectual property and competition laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/129706 http://www.law360.com/articles/129451 Following in the footsteps of numerous other banks, Citigroup Inc. and its subsidiaries have reached a truce with TQP Development LLC in a patent infringement suit over technology for online encrypted data transmissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/129451 http://www.law360.com/articles/129221 Washington powerhouse Williams & Connolly LLP has sued former client IDT Corp., alleging that the communications company owes the firm $2 million in unpaid legal bills stemming from a patent case. http://www.law360.com/articles/129221 http://www.law360.com/articles/129267 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and two of its subsidiaries have become the latest defendants to reach a settlement with TQP Development LLC in one of its ongoing and wide-ranging patent infringement suits over technology governing online encrypted data transmissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/129267 http://www.law360.com/articles/129068 With the Federal Communications Commission expected to vote on hotly debated net neutrality rules Thursday, 72 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the agency to soften the proposals to avoid stifling broadband competition, while Google Inc. and other top Web-based companies have stressed the need for a more open Internet. http://www.law360.com/articles/129068 http://www.law360.com/articles/128335 Two companies owned by the founders of Internet calling service Skype Ltd. are calling for an injunction to prevent Index Ventures and one of its partners from further participating in eBay Inc.'s sale of 65 percent of the Internet telephony company to a group of private investors, arguing that the alleged misappropriation of their confidential information is causing them irreparable harm. http://www.law360.com/articles/128335 http://www.law360.com/articles/124702 Litigating cases involving gray market goods, or those sold outside a brand owner's authorized sale channels, can appear to be a relatively straightforward proposition, but the murky legal nuances involved can present some complex legal challenges, according to experts. http://www.law360.com/articles/124702 http://www.law360.com/articles/126864 A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court's decision to dismiss patent claims against Skype Technologies SA and parent company eBay Inc. relating to uniform network technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/126864 http://www.law360.com/articles/126832 TQP Development LLC has reached a settlement agreement with Capital One Financial Corp. and two subsidiaries, potentially releasing the group from one of several ongoing and wide-ranging patent infringement suits over a TQP technology governing online encrypted data transmissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/126832 http://www.law360.com/articles/126722 U.S. antitrust regulators have sped up Adobe Systems Inc.’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Web analytics firm Omniture Inc., terminating the waiting period for the tender offer ahead of schedule. http://www.law360.com/articles/126722 http://www.law360.com/articles/126606 Eolas Technologies Inc. has hit nearly two dozen companies — including PepsiCo. Inc., YouTube LLC, Amazon.com and Blockbuster Inc. — with a patent infringement suit over interactive Web site technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/126606 http://www.law360.com/articles/126477 The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the solicitor general to file a brief expressing the U.S.' perspective on Costco v. Omega, a case currently awaiting the high court's cert call that asks whether imported goods made overseas can enjoy copyright first-sale doctrine protection. http://www.law360.com/articles/126477 http://www.law360.com/articles/126448 A federal judge has handed Craigslist Inc. a win in minority shareholder eBay Inc.'s suit accusing the online classifieds company of thwarting its economic interests, tossing claims concerning indemnity agreements Craigslist's top executives planned to implement. http://www.law360.com/articles/126448