http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Morris Nichols Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 Investment firm TPG Capital LP and Canada-based pension manager CPP Investment Board will acquire IMS Health Inc., a provider of market intelligence to the health care and pharmaceutical industries, in a leveraged buyout deal valued at $5.2 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 http://www.law360.com/articles/132404 Fujifilm Corp. and Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. have convinced a judge that the sole patent asserted by plaintiff Honeywell International Inc. in a long-running lawsuit over liquid crystal display technology commonly used in devices like laptops and cell phones is invalid. http://www.law360.com/articles/132404 http://www.law360.com/articles/130291 Eye care giant Alcon Research Ltd. is seeking to end generic-drug maker Apotex Inc.’s bid to manufacture a generic version of Alcon’s Travatan eye drops, saying Apotex’s abbreviated new drug application infringes five Alcon patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/130291 http://www.law360.com/articles/129878 Cell phone maker Nokia Corp. lodged a complaint Thursday that accuses Apple Inc.'s iPhone of infringing 10 patents that cover wireless data, speech coding, and security and encryption. http://www.law360.com/articles/129878 http://www.law360.com/articles/128779 Bankruptcy judges have given the green light for telecommunications company Nortel Networks Corp. to sell its optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets, with communications equipment supplier Ciena Corp. as lead bidder. http://www.law360.com/articles/128779 http://www.law360.com/articles/128750 Sun India Pharmaceuticals Inc. has backed off from marketing generic tablets of the lucrative Alzheimer's drug Namenda, becoming the latest manufacturer to surrender to Forest Laboratories Inc. in an ongoing patent battle. http://www.law360.com/articles/128750 http://www.law360.com/articles/128127 Stiefel Research Australia Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of skin care pharmaceutical company Stiefel Laboratories, has sued health care supplier Perrigo Co. and an Israeli subsidiary, alleging Perrigo's abbreviated new drug application for a generic male hair care product infringes Stiefel's patent governing the composition of Men's Rogaine. http://www.law360.com/articles/128127 http://www.law360.com/articles/127333 A federal jury has found that Eaton Corp. violated federal antitrust laws in the heavy-duty truck transmission market in a suit brought by two affiliates of rival ArvinMeritor Inc. alleging that they suffered injuries that could exceed $800 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/127333 http://www.law360.com/articles/127177 Two companies have hit Facebook Inc. with new patent infringement allegations over technology related to personal Web pages and tracking relationships online, the latest salvo in a barrage of patent defense actions Facebook has weathered this year. http://www.law360.com/articles/127177 http://www.law360.com/articles/126990 The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 11 case of plastics company Pliant Corp. has signed off on a reorganization plan offered by the debtor and creditor Apollo Management VI LP that gives more recovery to first-lien lenders than previously expected. http://www.law360.com/articles/126990 http://www.law360.com/articles/126874 Communications equipment supplier Ciena Corp. will pay $390 million in cash and about $131 million in stock to acquire substantially all of bankrupt telecommunications company Nortel Networks Corp.’s optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets, the companies have announced. http://www.law360.com/articles/126874 http://www.law360.com/articles/126512 Communications equipment supplier Ciena Corp. announced Monday it may be close to reaching a deal with Nortel Networks Corp. to acquire substantially all of the bankrupt telecommunications company's optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets. http://www.law360.com/articles/126512 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 http://www.law360.com/articles/125386 The liquidating estate for bankrupt Filene’s Basement Inc. has struck a deal with its former parent Retail Ventures Inc. and show retailer DSW Inc. to wipe out $70 million in claims related to loans, bills and other obligations, potentially boosting the recovery for unsecured creditors to more than 50 cents on the dollar. http://www.law360.com/articles/125386 http://www.law360.com/articles/125069 IAC Search & Media Inc. has reached a settlement in a suit brought by Girafa.com Inc. accusing several e-commerce companies of infringing a patent related to thumbnail images in Web searches, on the heels of a summary judgment ruling for Yahoo Inc. and two other defendants in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/125069 http://www.law360.com/articles/124772 Plaintiffs are seeking to obtain class status in a multidistrict litigation accusing Pfizer Inc. and its Warner-Lambert Co. subsidiary of using patent litigation to postpone generic competition for epilepsy treatment Neurontin. http://www.law360.com/articles/124772 http://www.law360.com/articles/124736 General Electric Capital Corp. has asked for a $1.35 million fee to be carved out for it from bankrupt plastic film and packaging manufacturer Pliant Corp. should the bankruptcy court approve Pliant's plan to switch its exit financier of choice from GE to Barclays Capital. http://www.law360.com/articles/124736 http://www.law360.com/articles/123905 Social networking giant Facebook Inc. has been hit with an infringement suit from software developer WhoGlue Inc. over a patent for technology that allows users of online social networks to control their individual privacy settings. http://www.law360.com/articles/123905 http://www.law360.com/articles/123497 A class of indirect purchasers has requested final approval of a proposed allocation plan for a $65.7 million settlement of a consolidated action accusing Abbott Laboratories and Fournier Industrie et Sante of blocking generic competition for the cholesterol drug TriCor. http://www.law360.com/articles/123497 http://www.law360.com/articles/122890 A federal judge has denied Automotive Technologies International Inc.'s request to lift a stay in two consolidated patent infringement suits against six major automakers, ruling that the cases will not continue until the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office completes its re-examination of eight of the 12 patents-in-suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/122890