http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Proskauer Rose Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135424 The U.S. International Trade Commission has effectively signed off on settlements between Cognex Corp. and respondents Yxlon International Inc. and Multitest Electronic Systems Inc., paving the way for the companies to resolve their infringement dispute over patents for machine vision software. http://www.law360.com/articles/135424 http://www.law360.com/articles/135430 Pennsylvania's revenue department has challenged Philadelphia Newspapers LLC's proposed reorganization plan, saying it is objectionable because it would unfairly let the bankrupt newspaper company off the hook for unpaid state taxes. http://www.law360.com/articles/135430 http://www.law360.com/articles/135249 OraSure Technologies Inc. has agreed to hand over $3 million to Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH and Church & Dwight Co. Inc., putting an end to a patent infringement dispute over HIV antibody tests. http://www.law360.com/articles/135249 http://www.law360.com/articles/135018 Bank lenders that lost their ability to use more than $318 million in credit to bid on bankrupt newspaper company Philadelphia Newspapers LLC have won a stay of the company's auction while a federal appeals court considers their case. http://www.law360.com/articles/135018 http://www.law360.com/articles/134594 While a federal appeals court reviews the dismissal of three tennis organizations' antitrust case against men's professional tennis association ATP Tour Inc., the defendant has appealed the lower court's refusal to award it more than $17.85 million in attorneys' fees in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/134594 http://www.law360.com/articles/134530 A federal judge has paved the way for a Texas pension fund to arbitrate employment, breach of contract and other claims asserted against KeyCorp’s investment management unit instead of having the case proceed as part of multidistrict litigation that accuses the company of channeling $186 million into Madoff feeder funds. http://www.law360.com/articles/134530 http://www.law360.com/articles/134185 Acoustic component maker Knowles Electronics LLC has accused semiconductor company Analog Devices Inc. of importing microphones used in Apple Inc.'s iPod Nano that infringe two Knowles patents, in the latest legal skirmish between the companies. http://www.law360.com/articles/134185 http://www.law360.com/articles/134235 A federal judge denied bids from a Sprint Nextel Corp. employee for conditional collective and class certification Friday in a suit that claimed the wireless phone retailer encouraged its sales force to work overtime without paying them for their extra hours. http://www.law360.com/articles/134235 http://www.law360.com/articles/133737 Bank lenders that recently lost their ability to use more than $318 million in credit to bid on bankrupt newspaper company Philadelphia Newspapers LLC have asked a district judge to postpone the auction of the company while they take their case to a federal appeals court. http://www.law360.com/articles/133737 http://www.law360.com/articles/133651 RealNetworks Inc. has fired the opening shot in its appeal of a preliminary injunction blocking sales of its RealDVD applications for ripping a DVD to a hard drive, saying the federal judge who granted the order didn't consider whether there was a demonstrable likelihood of irreparable harm. http://www.law360.com/articles/133651 http://www.law360.com/articles/133503 The bankrupt Philadelphia Newspapers LLC has prevailed in an appeal seeking to bar its secured lenders from making credit bids on its assets — based on credit they already have extended to the Philadelphia Inquirer publisher — at the auction sale scheduled for next Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/133503 http://www.law360.com/articles/133413 Sullivan & Worcester LLP has asked a judge to reconsider a decision that left the firm facing a bias claim from a black lawyer who said she was wrongfully terminated because of her race. http://www.law360.com/articles/133413 http://www.law360.com/articles/133041 The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to affirm the rejection of a patent application filed by inventor Bernard Bilski, but it is grappling with exactly how to determine which business methods are patentable, according to lawyers who attended Monday's oral argument. http://www.law360.com/articles/133041 http://www.law360.com/articles/132851 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP can continue to represent National Envelope Corp. in a trademark dispute in spite of protests from Staples Inc., another Fulbright client and intervenor in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/132851 http://www.law360.com/articles/132539 British Telecommunications PLC has lodged a suit in federal court accusing an American subsidiary of semiconductor company MediaTek Inc. of infringing a data compression patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/132539 http://www.law360.com/articles/132542 Fed up with what it says is blatant exploitation, the band No Doubt has sued video game maker Activision Publishing Inc. for breach of contract over the company's use of the band and its members in its flagship “Guitar Hero” franchise of games. http://www.law360.com/articles/132542 http://www.law360.com/articles/131702 The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case filed by a group of clients alleging mutual fund manager Harris Associates LP charged excessive fees, and all sides appeared to walk away from an appellate court ruling that could have significantly altered the fee structure of the $11.5 trillion mutual fund industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/131702 http://www.law360.com/articles/131677 A bankruptcy judge has approved Philadelphia Newspapers LLC's disclosure statement, but the news chain — which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philly.com Web site — still faces a crucial appeal over whether bank creditors can bid for its assets based on credit they've already extended. http://www.law360.com/articles/131677 http://www.law360.com/articles/131582 A New York judge has ruled that policies Twin City Fire Insurance Co. provided to JPMorgan Chase & Co. require the Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. unit to pay the banking giant nearly $22 million toward its roughly $2.3 billion in settlements with bondholders of defunct WorldCom Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/131582 http://www.law360.com/articles/131375 A federal judge on Thursday voided the Federal Trade Commission's enforcement interpretation of the controversial Red Flags Rule in the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, which the American Bar Association claimed would have jeopardized lawyers' time-honored methods of billing clients. http://www.law360.com/articles/131375