http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Google Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135485 Aloft Media LLC has dismissed Oracle Corp. from a patent infringement suit that targets several leading financial products companies over their software, less than two weeks after the patent-holding company asserted a second patent in the suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/135485 http://www.law360.com/articles/135398 RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks have opened talks that could see the U.S. digital media company give up its majority stake in online music seller Rhapsody.com to the company best known as the first music video channel. http://www.law360.com/articles/135398 http://www.law360.com/articles/135336 A federal judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a revised settlement among Google Inc., the Authors Guild Inc. and publishers that governs the use of copyrighted works displayed on the Google Books online library. http://www.law360.com/articles/135336 http://www.law360.com/articles/135067 Intellectual property lawyer Paul Garrity has joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/135067 http://www.law360.com/articles/134911 Joining the movement to make online legal documents more accessible, Google Inc. has introduced a new tool that indexes and searches a vast array of federal, appellate and state court decisions by case title, keyword, topics and other criteria. http://www.law360.com/articles/134911 http://www.law360.com/articles/134491 In light of the enormous number of patents out there — and the enormous amount of patented content in products like laptops, cell phones, set top boxes — there has got to be a better way and better guidelines for assessing patent damages, says Robert Van Nest of Keker & Van Nest LLP, who specializes in intellectual property litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/134491 http://www.law360.com/articles/134359 In response to antitrust and copyright concerns from the U.S. Department of Justice and a host of other complaints about the original $125 million class action settlement between Google Inc. and authors and publishers groups, the two sides have announced a revised agreement in their dispute over the Google Books online library. http://www.law360.com/articles/134359 http://www.law360.com/articles/133791 California technology company Spring Design Inc. has urged a federal judge to block the release of Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Nook e-reader scheduled for the end of November, claiming that the bookstore giant violated a nondisclosure agreement by using Spring's confidential design information to develop its new device. http://www.law360.com/articles/133791 http://www.law360.com/articles/133843 A former SAC Capital Advisors analyst is reportedly being investigated as part of a sweeping federal probe into insider trading that has already ensnared hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group, and several others. http://www.law360.com/articles/133843 http://www.law360.com/articles/132192 Anyone with Internet access can use copyrighted material and draw inspiration from a seemingly endless source of content. Luckily for some, the “fair use” doctrine defense is available. For those, however, whose unauthorized use does not fall under “fair use," copying from the Internet likely is unlawful, say Patricia S. Rogowski and Tamika A. Crawl-Bey of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/132192 http://www.law360.com/articles/133812 API Technologies LLC has dropped business media outlet Thomson Reuters Corp. from a suit accusing two dozen companies of infringing its data network patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/133812 http://www.law360.com/articles/133580 Facing a drop in share value, stiff competition in the smartphone market and open speculation that it might become a takeover target, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. has announced it will buy back more than $1 billion worth of its shares. http://www.law360.com/articles/133580 http://www.law360.com/articles/133318 As part of a string of recent patent infringement litigation, Aloft Media LLC has asserted a second newly issued patent for computer software technology in a pending infringement action against a slew of companies including Oracle Corp., E-Trade Securities LLC and TD Ameritrade Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/133318 http://www.law360.com/articles/133329 Plaintiffs who claim Electronic Arts Inc.'s exclusive licenses with various football leagues have killed off competition for its hugely popular Madden NFL series, among other video games, have asked a judge to certify a class of potentially millions of people. http://www.law360.com/articles/133329 http://www.law360.com/articles/133237 Google Inc. has announced plans to pick up mobile display advertising technology provider AdMob for $750 million in stock, in an effort to expand and build out its mobile ad delivery platform. http://www.law360.com/articles/133237 http://www.law360.com/articles/133167 Electronic Arts Inc. has bought social network game maker Playfish Ltd. to operate within its Web and wireless division EA Interactive, the video game developer announced Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/133167 http://www.law360.com/articles/132458 Leading up to a Nov. 9 deadline for a revised settlement between book authors and publishers and Google Inc., a federal judge on Wednesday rejected the efforts of photography and graphics interests to intervene, saying their entrance would risk torpedoing the long-running negotiations. http://www.law360.com/articles/132458 http://www.law360.com/articles/132408 Censorship of the Internet is not only contrary to basic concepts of freedom, but it might also violate trade agreements and be open to challenges in the World Trade Organization, according to a new study by a European think tank. http://www.law360.com/articles/132408 http://www.law360.com/articles/132178 Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are among more than a dozen high-profile companies targeted in a patent infringement lawsuit over technology for making interactive maps on the Internet. http://www.law360.com/articles/132178 http://www.law360.com/articles/132071 California technology company Spring Design Inc. has accused Barnes & Noble Inc. of stealing its design for a new e-book device and incorporating the features into the Nook e-reader the company announced last month. http://www.law360.com/articles/132071