http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: McKool Smith Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135095 JPMorgan Chase & Co. has struck a partial settlement with Affiliated Computer Services Inc. in its patent infringement case over debit card services and check-imaging technology used to process child support payments. http://www.law360.com/articles/135095 http://www.law360.com/articles/133631 Patent-holding company MHL Tek LLC’s suit will continue against major automakers including BMW AG and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. after a judge refused to throw out its sole remaining claim of infringement of a patent for tire pressure monitoring systems. http://www.law360.com/articles/133631 http://www.law360.com/articles/130678 After successfully defeating a motion to dismiss filed by J.M. Smucker Co., Kraft Foods Global Inc. and others, Balsam Coffee Solutions Inc. has opted to drop its second lawsuit against the coffee makers in order to concentrate on an earlier suit over patented coffee processing technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/130678 http://www.law360.com/articles/128514 A federal judge has allowed Balsam Coffee Solutions Inc.'s infringement suit over coffee-processing technology to proceed, ruling that J.M. Smucker Co., Kraft Foods Global Inc. and others failed to prove the Canadian coffee technology company doesn't own the rights to the disputed patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/128514 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/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/126665 Realtimezone Inc. has agreed to drop fraud claims in its patent suit accusing Halliburton Energy Services Inc. of infringing a patent covering hydraulic fracturing in petroleum and natural gas reservoirs. http://www.law360.com/articles/126665 http://www.law360.com/articles/126079 A group of individuals and trusts has lodged a putative class action accusing the U.S. arm of energy giant BP PLC of breach of contract for withholding royalties on natural gas sales. http://www.law360.com/articles/126079 http://www.law360.com/articles/125892 Ottawa-based Wi-LAN Inc. accused Conexant Systems Inc. of infringing a patents related to data transmission Thursday, the Canadian licensing company's latest suit over the broadband technology patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/125892 http://www.law360.com/articles/125890 After 41 years at Andrews Kurth LLP, Hugh M. Ray has made the jump to McKool Smith PC, where he will manage the firm's new Houston office and be part of its first wave of bankruptcy attorneys. http://www.law360.com/articles/125890 http://www.law360.com/articles/122620 A federal judge has split up Balthaser Online Inc.'s Web patent infringement lawsuit against Friendster Inc., Nike Inc. and two dozen other defendants, sending more than 20 of them to a California federal court and keeping just four in the Texas federal court where the case originated. http://www.law360.com/articles/122620 http://www.law360.com/articles/119926 A federal judge has denied United Diamond LP’s request to dismiss the drilling technology company from a suit brought by ReedHycalog UK Ltd. accusing UDLP and several other related entities of infringing a dozen patents for fixed diamond cutter drill bits. http://www.law360.com/articles/119926 http://www.law360.com/articles/118686 TiVo Inc. has hit AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. with suits accusing the communications giants of infringing three of its digital video recording device patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/118686 http://www.law360.com/articles/118745 McKool Smith PC has expanded its Washington office with the addition of an intellectual property litigator from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP who spent many years as an electrical engineering professor. http://www.law360.com/articles/118745 http://www.law360.com/articles/118760 A jury has awarded Versata Software Inc. nearly $139 million on its claims that SAP America Inc.'s Business Suite software infringes two of Versata's patents for pricing software — a decision SAP expects to appeal, a spokesman for the company said Thursday. http://www.law360.com/articles/118760 http://www.law360.com/articles/118089 Microsoft Corp. has reportedly won expedited review of its appeal of a federal judge's decision in a patent infringement suit to ban the technology giant from selling certain versions of the popular word processing program Word beginning in October. http://www.law360.com/articles/118089 http://www.law360.com/articles/118191 The U.S. International Trade Commission announced Monday it would begin investigating several major technology companies using, importing or making Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. flash memory chips, at the behest of BTG International Inc., which claims the chips infringe several of its patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/118191 http://www.law360.com/articles/117606 Patent-holding company FotoMedia Technologies LLC has reached a settlement with lone remaining defendant Shutterfly Inc. in a suit accusing more than a dozen photo-sharing Web sites of infringing three patents related to a process that allows users to upload and share photos online. http://www.law360.com/articles/117606 http://www.law360.com/articles/117336 Microsoft Corp. is seeking an expedited appeal of a $290 million federal court judgment holding the company liable for infringing a patent for document-formatting software held by Canadian company i4i Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/117336 http://www.law360.com/articles/116372 FotoMedia Technologies LLC continues to notch settlements over its widely asserted photo-sharing patents, with numerous defendants, including CBS Interactive Inc., Yahoo Inc. and AOL LLC, opting in recent days to bury the hatchet. http://www.law360.com/articles/116372