http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Jones Day Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132801 A group of paying customers has banded together in a newly amended complaint to accuse Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH of prosecuting a patent it knew to be invalid in order to stymie generic-drug makers in their efforts to get cheaper versions of the Parkinson's drug Mirapex to market. http://www.law360.com/articles/132801 http://www.law360.com/articles/132806 Citing critical differences among the plaintiff blocs, a group of pension funds has urged a federal judge to reconsider a recent decision to consolidate actions accusing KeyCorp.’s investment management unit of channeling $186 million into Madoff feeder funds. http://www.law360.com/articles/132806 http://www.law360.com/articles/132541 Innurvation Inc. and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. have agreed to settle a patent suit brought by the medical device maker accusing several major electronics companies, including Sony Corp. and Toshiba America Inc., of infringing a patent for integrated circuit technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/132541 http://www.law360.com/articles/132304 A district judge has ruled that electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. breached its franchise agreement with several franchisees when it failed to sell them certain merchandise at a 20 percent discount when RadioShack had a sale at its company-run stores. http://www.law360.com/articles/132304 http://www.law360.com/articles/132169 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has found that Applied Medical Distribution Corp. is entitled to an injunction barring The Surgical Co. BV from pursuing a contract suit against it in a Belgian court, saying the issues in the case must be resolved in a related case in a U.S. court. http://www.law360.com/articles/132169 http://www.law360.com/articles/131924 Former Morrison & Foerster LLP employment and labor practice co-chair Rick Bergstrom has moved over to Jones Day’s San Diego office, adding to the firm’s growing California presence. http://www.law360.com/articles/131924 http://www.law360.com/articles/132065 A landmark case against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Myriad Genetics Inc. over the patentability of human genes can move forward, a federal judge has said. http://www.law360.com/articles/132065 http://www.law360.com/articles/131764 The official committee of unsecured creditors in the Metaldyne Corp. bankruptcy has asked the court to toss an appeal from BDC Finance LLC, which claims the auction was really a gussied-up private mergers and acquisitions negotiation. http://www.law360.com/articles/131764 http://www.law360.com/articles/131839 The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Internet pharmacy Rx.com Inc.'s challenge to the dismissal of its case accusing pharmacy benefit managers Caremark Rx Inc., Medco Health Solutions Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. of violating the Sherman Act by instituting a group boycott. http://www.law360.com/articles/131839 http://www.law360.com/articles/131567 Shepard Fairey — creator of the iconic “Hope” image of President Barack Obama — has asked to switch attorneys in a copyright dispute with The Associated Press, following revelations that the artist concealed facts about the photograph used and attempted to falsify evidence. http://www.law360.com/articles/131567 http://www.law360.com/articles/131488 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. only has to partially disclose a settlement with Royal Dutch Shell PLC in a suit alleging price-fixing of engineered rubber components by affiliates of Bayer AG, Dow Chemical Co. and Polimeri Europa SpA, a judge has ruled. http://www.law360.com/articles/131488 http://www.law360.com/articles/131404 The United Kingdom's highest court ruled Thursday that the remaining assets of failed structured investment vehicle Sigma Finance Corp. should be spread equally among its creditors, a decision that participants in the case say could have a dramatic effect on so-called waterfall clauses in other bankruptcy cases. http://www.law360.com/articles/131404 http://www.law360.com/articles/128343 The Supreme Court should reverse Bilski because the inventors have been denied equal treatment and access to the patent system. A new analytical approach should be developed in which the exceptions to patentability — the toxic trio: a law of nature, a natural phenomenon and an abstract idea — are overruled, says intellectual property attorney Joseph Golant. http://www.law360.com/articles/128343 http://www.law360.com/articles/131289 Sony Corp. and AmTran Technology Co. Ltd. have reached a confidential settlement in a dispute over three AmTran patents related to television and PC monitor technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/131289 http://www.law360.com/articles/131261 Gregory G. Katsas, the former assistant attorney general for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has said he will return to his former firm Jones Day after spending the last eight years in government work. http://www.law360.com/articles/131261 http://www.law360.com/articles/130914 Vizio Inc. and Sony Corp. have reached a settlement in an infringement dispute over patents related to digital television technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/130914 http://www.law360.com/articles/130814 A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the state of Montana's practice of disapproving insurance policies with clauses vesting discretion in insurers does not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/130814 http://www.law360.com/articles/130255 While other legal experts spoke out against the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Ashcroft v. Iqbal at a congressional hearing Tuesday, Jones Day partner Gregory G. Katsas testified that overruling the decision would lead to costly discovery on implausible claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/130255 http://www.law360.com/articles/123725 This term, the U.S. Supreme Court is taking on a host of major criminal cases, including litigation that focuses on the scope of a statute that has been instrumental for the government in bringing corporate fraud and public corruption suits and another case that questions whether individuals considered to be sexually dangerous can be detained after serving their prison sentences. http://www.law360.com/articles/123725 http://www.law360.com/articles/130642 A federal judge has dismissed a declaratory judgment claim from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. without prejudice, saying the company's contention that Federal Insurance Co. owes it $10 million on an excess insurance policy in a case accusing an underlying insurer of breaching contract is not ripe for adjudication. http://www.law360.com/articles/130642