http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Yahoo Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132849 Yahoo Inc. has settled a trademark lawsuit brought by cosmetics purveyor Mary Kay Inc. over Yahoo’s use of infringing pop-up links and advertisements that allegedly appeared in e-mails sent by Mary Kay beauty consultants. http://www.law360.com/articles/132849 http://www.law360.com/articles/132178 Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are among more than a dozen high-profile companies targeted in a patent infringement lawsuit over technology for making interactive maps on the Internet. http://www.law360.com/articles/132178 http://www.law360.com/articles/130828 Retailer ICG America Inc. asked for sanctions Tuesday in its trademark suit against Wine of the Month Club Inc. alleging the phrase "wine of the month club" is generic, seeking legal costs for a racketeering counterclaim. http://www.law360.com/articles/130828 http://www.law360.com/articles/128874 Companies have been slow to adopt shareholder e-forums, citing concerns ranging from disclosure issues to costs to dealing with chat room bullies. But it appears electronic shareholder communication is here to stay, and direct shareholder electronic voting may not be far behind, attorneys say. http://www.law360.com/articles/128874 http://www.law360.com/articles/130682 Patent-holding company Aloft Media LLC has dropped Infor Global Solutions (Michigan) Inc. from its suit accusing Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and others of infringing three patents related to collaborative decision protocol software. http://www.law360.com/articles/130682 http://www.law360.com/articles/130257 Crowell & Moring LLP has affirmed rumors of its continued westward expansion, announcing on Monday the addition of 29 new attorneys formerly of San Francisco litigation firm Folger Levin & Kahn LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/130257 http://www.law360.com/articles/126730 This term, the New Jersey Supreme Court will wrestle with whether e-mail communications between an employee and her attorney, sent on a company-issued laptop, but via her password-protected Yahoo e-mail account, are protected by the attorney-client privilege. The case will also provide the opportunity to define the conditions upon which New Jersey employers can monitor all employee e-mail and Internet usage, says Ian W. Siminoff of Fox Rothschild LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/126730 http://www.law360.com/articles/129517 Motorola Inc. has reached an agreement with Stragent LLC to resolve the patent-holding company's claims that the technology giant infringed a patent related to online messaging, making Motorola the latest of a slew of defendants to exit the suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/129517 http://www.law360.com/articles/129263 In a move that may help clear the antitrust hurdles from Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.’s proposed 10-year search advertising partnership, the top four advertising giants have rallied around the deal and urged U.S. regulators to approve it. http://www.law360.com/articles/129263 http://www.law360.com/articles/128046 The claims administrator in a class action accusing Yahoo Inc. of breaching its contract with its pay-per-click advertising customers has alerted potential class members to a settlement following the deal's preliminary approval. http://www.law360.com/articles/128046 http://www.law360.com/articles/127371 API Technologies LLC has cut a deal with AOL LLC, MapQuest Inc. and other Internet firms in its suit targeting dozens of companies for allegedly infringing its data network patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/127371 http://www.law360.com/articles/127390 Google Inc., the defendant in a patent infringement suit over adaptive Internet searches, has successfully reduced the scope of the deposition of one of its key lobbyists, whom plaintiff PA Advisors LLC had wanted to testify about the search giant's policies relating to its intellectual property and to the changes it seeks for U.S. patent laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/127390 http://www.law360.com/articles/123397 The Chinese Internet filter known as the “great firewall” has been blasted by free speech and human rights groups, but some advocates say the best way to get the strict censorship rules relaxed could be to show that they actually constitute a trade barrier that violates global trade agreements. http://www.law360.com/articles/123397 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/125506 Intellectual property holder CIVIX-DDI LLC has asked a judge to disqualify Morrison & Foerster LLP from its representation of Yahoo Inc. in a suit alleging infringement of database access-related patents, contending that the firm improperly participated in a re-examination of the patents-at-issue and violated a protective order. http://www.law360.com/articles/125506 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/125115 Yahoo Inc. and GraphOn Corp. have negotiated an agreement to drop all claims and counterclaims against each other in GraphOn's patent infringement suit against eHarmony.com Inc., Match.com LLC and other online ad listing companies over several patents covering listings for Web sites. http://www.law360.com/articles/125115 http://www.law360.com/articles/122170 In terms of new activity in specific industries, we expect to be very busy doing financings and deals in the alternative energy space, as well as health care, says Randal B. Short, co-chair of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's corporate practice group. http://www.law360.com/articles/122170 http://www.law360.com/articles/124276 Patent-holding company SimpleAir Inc. has sued Facebook Inc., the Walt Disney Co., Apple Inc. and a handful of other corporations for allegedly infringing four patents that cover network messaging. http://www.law360.com/articles/124276 http://www.law360.com/articles/124277 American Airlines Inc. has asked a district court to sanction Yahoo Inc. $1.2 million for allegedly withholding discovery evidence in an ongoing trademark spat relating to keyword search terms. http://www.law360.com/articles/124277