http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Best Buy Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135312 Sony Corp., Panasonic Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. are among a slew of companies that have been accused by VoxPath RS LLC of infringing a patent for optical data storage technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/135312 http://www.law360.com/articles/133812 API Technologies LLC has dropped business media outlet Thomson Reuters Corp. from a suit accusing two dozen companies of infringing its data network patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/133812 http://www.law360.com/articles/132190 Iron Mountain Inc. and NetMass Inc. have settled patent infringement charges filed against them by Network Backup Corp., which has accused a plethora of companies of using its technology for backing up computer data over the Internet. http://www.law360.com/articles/132190 http://www.law360.com/articles/130117 Sony Electronics Inc. has become the latest company to settle patent infringement allegations brought by Traffic Information LLC over its traffic-detection system patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/130117 http://www.law360.com/articles/123719 This article discusses various aspects of Chinese intellectual property policy and progress as a consequence of the World Trade Organization-driven and, more recently, innovation-driven history of Chinese IP law, say Dr. Qian Huang and Paul Devinsky of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/123719 http://www.law360.com/articles/128233 Pro Softnet Corp. has settled a patent infringement suit brought by Network Backup Corp. over technology for backing up computer data over the Internet, on the heels of the plaintiff's decision to dismiss Best Buy Co. Inc. from the suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/128233 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/127162 Inventor Leon Stambler has launched another expansive infringement suit against a slew of retailers — including Target Corp., Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. — accusing them of violating two patents related to keeping information secure during online transactions. http://www.law360.com/articles/127162 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/124471 Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. have been dropped from Actus LLC's wide-ranging patent infringement suit over four patents related to electronic payment systems. http://www.law360.com/articles/124471 http://www.law360.com/articles/124174 Software developer SpeedTrack Inc. has launched a lawsuit accusing nearly two dozen major online retailers, including Amazon.com Inc., Best Buy Co. and Overstock.com Inc., of infringing a patent that covers a search mechanism customers can use to locate products on the retailers' Web sites. http://www.law360.com/articles/124174 http://www.law360.com/articles/123185 Texas patent-holding company Traffic Information LLC has struck a deal with Korean cell phone maker Pantech Wireless Inc. in a lawsuit claiming a group of wireless communications companies infringed its patents covering a traffic detection system. http://www.law360.com/articles/123185 http://www.law360.com/articles/121564 Texas patent-holding company Traffic Information LLC has struck a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America LLC in its suit targeting a group of wireless communications companies for allegedly infringing its patents covering a traffic-detection system. http://www.law360.com/articles/121564 http://www.law360.com/articles/120074 A group of retailers — including Best Buy Co., Staples Inc. and Fry's Electronics Inc. — has won a stay of Ultra Products Inc.'s infringement suit over a patent related to personal computer power supplies, pending the outcome of another Ultra case a judge called "nearly identical." http://www.law360.com/articles/120074 http://www.law360.com/articles/118112 Actus LLC has dropped all claims against Marketing Technology Concepts Inc. in its wide-ranging patent infringement suit targeting more than a dozen firms — including Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., eBay Inc. and American Express Co. — over four patents Actus holds related to electronic payment systems. http://www.law360.com/articles/118112 http://www.law360.com/articles/117428 Network Backup Corp. has hit Best Buy Co. Inc., EMC Corp., Webroot Software Inc. and several other technology companies with a patent infringement lawsuit over technology for backing up computer data over the Internet. http://www.law360.com/articles/117428 http://www.law360.com/articles/116839 Traffic Information LLC has accused five more companies — including Yahoo Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Rand McNally & Co. — of infringing a patent for a system that helps drivers get information about traffic conditions in its latest suit over the technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/116839 http://www.law360.com/articles/115637 Online gaming network WildTangent Inc. is the first defendant to reach a settlement with patent-holding company Actus LLC in a suit that accuses nearly two dozen entities of infringing four patents related to an electronic payment system. http://www.law360.com/articles/115637 http://www.law360.com/articles/115656 API Technologies LLC has reached a settlement with Amazon.com Inc. in a patent suit it filed against 24 Internet companies over data network technology, and has dropped its claims against Facebook Inc. in the same suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/115656 http://www.law360.com/articles/115132 A federal judge has dismissed Riot Outfitters LLC from a dispute between Philips Electronics North America Corp. and a former employee, who allegedly violated a noncompete agreement by jumping ship to go work for the rival. http://www.law360.com/articles/115132