http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: American Express Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135007 American Express Co. has inked a $300 million deal to acquire Internet payment company Revolution Money from Revolution LLC, the companies said Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/135007 http://www.law360.com/articles/134813 JPMorgan Chase & Co. and several subsidiaries have reached a settlement with DataTern Inc. in an infringement suit targeting more than a dozen companies over a patent related to database access systems. http://www.law360.com/articles/134813 http://www.law360.com/articles/133211 The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take on Every Penny Counts Inc.'s appeal of a claims construction ruling that the company claimed misapplied the high court's 1996 ruling in Markman v. Westview Instruments. http://www.law360.com/articles/133211 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/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/128217 Every Penny Counts Inc. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve what the patent-holding company claims is ongoing confusion over the application of the high court's 1996 ruling in Markman v. Westview Instruments, which EPC argues is reflected in two cases it is pursuing against credit card companies and gift card issuers. http://www.law360.com/articles/128217 http://www.law360.com/articles/127735 DataTern Inc. and American Airlines Inc. have asked a judge to approve the airline's dismissal from a database technology infringement dispute, making it the latest to join American Express Co. and Wells Fargo Corp. in settling out of the Texas-based patent holder's lawsuit. http://www.law360.com/articles/127735 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 http://www.law360.com/articles/127204 Visa Inc. — one of more than a dozen financial institutions and communications companies named as defendants in an infringement suit over a patent related to secure credit card transactions — has reached a deal with the patent's inventors and asked a federal judge to dismiss it from the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/127204 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/125913 TQP Development LLC has dropped ING Groep NV from an ongoing patent infringement lawsuit accusing a slew of major companies — including Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. MetLife Inc., Apple Inc. and eBay Inc. — of infringing its online encrypted data transmission method. http://www.law360.com/articles/125913 http://www.law360.com/articles/122793 Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., Apple Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are among a slew of major companies that have been sued by TQP Development LLC, alleging infringement of a patent related to an online encrypted data transmission method. http://www.law360.com/articles/122793 http://www.law360.com/articles/121975 CA Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire privately held software maker NetQoS Inc. for $200 million, the company announced Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/121975 http://www.law360.com/articles/120736 A federal judge has closed NextCard LLC's patent infringement suit over online credit approval technology now that the company has settled with HSBC USA Inc. and HSBC North America Holdings Inc., the last remaining defendants. http://www.law360.com/articles/120736 http://www.law360.com/articles/118112 Actus LLC has dropped all claims against Marketing Technology Concepts Inc. in its wide-ranging patent infringement suit targeting more than a dozen firms — including Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., eBay Inc. and American Express Co. — over four patents Actus holds related to electronic payment systems. http://www.law360.com/articles/118112 http://www.law360.com/articles/117532 A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a derivative shareholder class action alleging that America Online LLC engaged in illegal short-swing trades with InfoSpace Inc. and its founder and former CEO Naveen Jain. http://www.law360.com/articles/117532 http://www.law360.com/articles/116866 American Express Co. and American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. have reached an agreement with TQP Development LLC ending the credit card company's part in TQP's suit accusing nearly two dozen banks and several major credit card companies of infringing its patent related to an online encrypted data transmission method. http://www.law360.com/articles/116866 http://www.law360.com/articles/116951 Fighting to restore its reputation following a more than $180 billion bailout from the U.S. government and numerous questions about its corporate governance practices, American International Group Inc. has amended its bylaws to separate the position of board chairman from the company's management structure. http://www.law360.com/articles/116951 http://www.law360.com/articles/115884 NextCard LLC has reached a partial settlement with two HSBC Holdings PLC units — the last defendants in an infringement suit brought by NextCard over patents for online credit approval technology — with both sides agreeing to trim their claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/115884 http://www.law360.com/articles/115875 DataTern Inc. has entered a settlement agreement with American Express Co. over a widely asserted patent covering database technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/115875