Adobe Systems

1. Fujifilm, UPS Face False Patent Marking Qui Tam Suits

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

People Protecting Patents LLC hauled Fujifilm Holdings Corp. into court Thursday over allegations that the company marks its disposable cameras with expired patents, following a similar suit the whistleblower filed against United Parcel Service Inc. the day before.

2. Adobe Smacked With False Patent Marking Suit

Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010

Nonprofit group Public Patent Foundation Inc. has accused Adobe Systems Inc. of deceiving the public by marking its Adobe Reader product with expired and inapplicable patent numbers.

3. Red Hat, VMWare Hit With Server Software IP Suit

Monday, Feb 22, 2010

Patent-holding company Implicit Networks Inc. has accused technology companies Red Hat Inc. and VMWare Inc. of infringing two patents related to applet server software.

4. Apple, Google Want Web Patent Suit Moved To Calif.

Thursday, Feb 11, 2010

Apple Inc., Google Inc. and 10 other defendants targeted in Eolas Technologies Inc.’s patent infringement suit over interactive Web site technology are pushing for the case to be moved from Texas to California.

5. IBM, Sun, Others Face Data Encryption Patent Suit

Tuesday, Feb 09, 2010

IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Oracle Corp. are among a slew of major technology companies that have been hit with a patent infringement suit by encryption technology company TecSec Inc.

6. Argosy First to Settle With Eolas In Web Patent Suit

Friday, Jan 29, 2010

Eolas Technologies Inc. has cut a deal with Argosy Publishing Inc. in a patent suit accusing nearly two dozen companies — including PepsiCo. Inc., YouTube LLC, Amazon.com and Blockbuster Inc. — of infringing its interactive Web site technology.

7. Microsoft Patent Suit Dropped Pending Re-Exam

Thursday, Jan 28, 2010

Patent-holding company Implicit Networks Inc. has agreed to drop a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. while the electronic data packet patent in question undergoes re-examination, but two other cases between the parties remain pending.

8. Apple, Microsoft, IBM Targeted Over Software Patent

Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009

BetaNet LLC has filed suit against a who's who of technology companies, including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp., alleging infringement of a patent for secure, remote operation of computer software.

9. Feds Approve Adobe's $1.8B Omniture Buyout

Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009

U.S. antitrust regulators have sped up Adobe Systems Inc.’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Web analytics firm Omniture Inc., terminating the waiting period for the tender offer ahead of schedule.

10. Eolas Slaps Pepsi, Others With Web Site Patent Suit

Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009

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.

11. Adobe Systems To Acquire Omniture For $1.8B

Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009

Business software giant Adobe Systems Inc. will acquire Omniture Inc. for $1.8 billion, buying all the Web analytics firm's outstanding stock for $21.50 a share, the companies announced Tuesday.

12. Google Aims To Improve Video Quality With On2 Deal

Wednesday, Aug 05, 2009

In a bid to upgrade its online video offerings, Google Inc. has agreed to purchase On2 Technologies Inc. for approximately $106 million in an all-stock transaction.

13. Nuance Eyed Over Royal Philips Unit Buyout

Friday, Jul 10, 2009

The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly looking into Nuance Communications Inc.'s $96.1 million buyout of a unit of Royal Philips Electronics NV.

14. Claim Trimmed From Adobe Trade Secrets Suit

Thursday, Jun 04, 2009

A federal judge has tossed the breach of confidence claim from a suit brought by ThinkVillage-Kiwi LLC accusing Adobe Systems Inc. of trade secrets and unfair competition violations, ruling that the claim is time-barred.

15. 9th Circ. Affirms Win For Adobe In Copyright Suit

Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that Adobe Systems Inc.'s InDesign desktop publishing program does not infringe the copyright on another company’s typesetting software.

16. Programmer Beefs Up Trade Secrets Suit V. Adobe

Thursday, Apr 02, 2009

ThinkVillage-Kiwi LLC has added claims of breach of confidence and common law misappropriation to its suit against Adobe Systems Inc. and Adobe Macromedia Software LLC alleging that the companies used TVK's confidentially disclosed trade secrets in a popular Adobe application.

17. Former Brobeck Chairman Joins Howard Rice

Friday, Mar 06, 2009

Veteran securities lawyer and former chairman of failed firm Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP Tower C. Snow Jr. has returned to legal practice as a director at San Francisco-based Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC.

18. Implicit Counters Sun Bid To Nix Server Patents

Monday, Mar 02, 2009

Patent-holding company Implicit Networks Inc. has accused Sun Microsystems Inc. of infringing two patents related to applet server software, striking back after Sun filed suit in January to invalidate the patents.

19. Acacia Settles Patent Spats With Eastman Kodak

Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009

Acacia Research Corp. subsidiaries International Printer Corp. and Screentone Systems Corp. have reached an agreement with Eastman Kodak Co. that should resolve patent litigation between the companies in Texas and California, according to Acacia.

20. Acacia Unit Settles Hyperlink Patent Suit

Friday, Oct 24, 2008

A subsidiary of Acacia Research Corp. has entered into a licensing deal with Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. that resolves a patent infringement suit the Acacia unit filed over CDs and DVDs with Internet hyperlinks.