http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Texas Instruments Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/134267 The PACid Group LLC is seeking to drop claims against a group of Alcatel-Lucent entities in its lawsuit alleging dozens of firms have infringed its two data encryption patents and is looking to consolidate the action with a related case that has targeted only Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/134267 http://www.law360.com/articles/128107 Ford Motor Co. is recalling an additional 4.5 million vehicles because of concerns over a defective cruise control switch, bringing the total number of vehicles recalled over the faulty part in recent years to 16 million, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. http://www.law360.com/articles/128107 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/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/117962 Texas Instruments Inc. has announced it will pay $172.5 million in a stalking horse bid for assets of bankrupt semiconductor maker Qimonda Richmond LLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/117962 http://www.law360.com/articles/115207 As the Eastern District of Texas has become quite crowded and the possibility of obtaining an injunction has dimmed for such plaintiffs, the ITC appears to be the new forum of choice for high-stakes cases, says Rob Fram, co-chair of Covington & Burling LLP's intellectual property litigation group. http://www.law360.com/articles/115207 http://www.law360.com/articles/113996 Seventeen months after the auction rate securities market meltdown, litigation will likely increase. However, instead of class actions of small investors, many investors will likely wrangle over consequential damages in arbitration and over who is eligible for ARS buybacks under the settlements, say Michael T. Gass and Peter B. Moores of Choate Hall & Stewart LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/113996 http://www.law360.com/articles/112835 The Korean Fair Trade Commission on Thursday levied a 260 billion won ($208 million) fine against Qualcomm Inc. and ordered the company to end its allegedly unfair licensing practices related to chip-set sales. http://www.law360.com/articles/112835 http://www.law360.com/articles/111977 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators have reached two deals totaling $3.625 million with nearly 200 parties to resolve allegations of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act violations at a California Superfund site. http://www.law360.com/articles/111977 http://www.law360.com/articles/111968 Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has agreed to pay an unspecified sum to settle an infringement suit alleging that its chips, including one used in the popular Nintendo Wii video game console, infringe a patent held by Lonestar Inventions LP. http://www.law360.com/articles/111968 http://www.law360.com/articles/109404 ClearOne Communications Inc. is planning to appeal a federal court’s ruling trimming roughly $800,000 from a $10.5 million damages award that a jury handed the audio and video company in a case alleging former ClearOne employees stole trade secrets related to audio-conferencing technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/109404 http://www.law360.com/articles/106479 California, the state that Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and an array of universities call home, was awarded 22,202 patents last year — by far the most patents granted out of all the states in the U.S., according to authors of a book on patent rankings. http://www.law360.com/articles/106479 http://www.law360.com/articles/105947 Texas Instruments Inc. has filed an objection to bankrupt Visteon Corp.’s bid for authorization to continue paying suppliers’ claims, arguing that it has no contract with the auto parts supplier and thus should not be compelled to provide products to Visteon if the motion is approved. http://www.law360.com/articles/105947 http://www.law360.com/articles/103738 The Korean Fair Trade Commission is reportedly investigating possible anti-competitive business practices related to Qualcomm Inc.'s chipset sales. http://www.law360.com/articles/103738 http://www.law360.com/articles/100468 Ottawa-based Wi-LAN Inc. said Thursday it had settled the patent litigation it brought against German semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies AG over certain aspects of wireless technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/100468 http://www.law360.com/articles/99292 Supply chain technology company i2 Technologies Inc. has hit Oracle Corp. and Oracle USA Inc. with a lawsuit alleging infringement of 11 patents related to supply chain management and other enterprise software solutions. http://www.law360.com/articles/99292 http://www.law360.com/articles/98682 After a series of adverse rulings, Qualcomm Inc. has agreed to shell out $891 million over a four-year period to competitor Broadcom Corp. to resolve a drawn-out patent and antitrust battle over smartphone chip patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/98682 http://www.law360.com/articles/97241 The brokerage division of Citigroup Inc. has been hit with a $30 million lawsuit by a specialty pharmaceutical company alleging that the firm sold it auction rate securities after the market collapsed and just a day before settling charges with federal regulators over the toxic financial instruments. http://www.law360.com/articles/97241 http://www.law360.com/articles/95690 Texas Instruments Inc. has launched a suit against three major broker-dealers alleging they duped the company into investing $524 million in failed auction rate securities. http://www.law360.com/articles/95690 http://www.law360.com/articles/91074 The Korean Fair Trade Commission has raised antitrust concerns regarding Qualcomm Inc.'s integration of multimedia solutions into its chipsets, the manufacturer said Tuesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/91074