http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Parker Bunt Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ 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/131473 Tyco Healthcare Group LP and its U.S. Surgical Corp. unit have hit Applied Medical Resources Corp. with a new infringement suit over five medical device patents, in response to the longtime rival's claims that Tyco is not the owner of the patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/131473 http://www.law360.com/articles/130204 Four online retailers and intervenor Microsoft Corp. have settled claims with a patent holder that accused the firms of infringing three patents relating to Internet catalogs and remote data storage. http://www.law360.com/articles/130204 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/127911 In light of a recent court order, real estate-related Web site operator OLA LLC has trimmed the fraud and breach of contract claims in its suit against a scad of homebuilders and manufacturers it claims stole its proprietary technology in violation of intellectual property and antitrust laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/127911 http://www.law360.com/articles/127419 A federal judge has rejected Dell Inc.'s counterclaims of noninfringement and invalidity in tossing its abandonment defense and refusing its request to dismiss a suit accusing the computer giant of infringing an Abstrax Inc. patent related to a method for assembling products with a computer. http://www.law360.com/articles/127419 http://www.law360.com/articles/125586 A federal judge has dismissed Hewlett Packard Co. and Lenovo Inc. from an inventor's suit accusing a host of computer manufacturers of infringing a patent related to voice and data transmission signals through modems installed in both notebook and desktop PCs. http://www.law360.com/articles/125586 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/124392 EMG Technology LLC and Continental Airlines Inc. have asked the Texas judge overseeing EMG's patent suit against Continental and others, including Apple Inc. and Dell Inc., to dismiss all claims and counterclaims EMG and Continental leveled against each other in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/124392 http://www.law360.com/articles/122223 Patent-holding company Premier International Associates LLC has agreed to drop Motorola Inc. from a suit accusing the cell phone giant and two dozen other technology companies of infringing two patents covering digital music-management technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/122223 http://www.law360.com/articles/122117 Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., the maker of the popular Playstation video game system, has been slapped with a suit alleging it infringed patents related to interactive online game play. http://www.law360.com/articles/122117 http://www.law360.com/articles/119870 Computer memory technology firm SanDisk Corp. has reached an agreement with patent-holding company Premier International Associates LLC in a suit that accused SanDisk and two dozen other technology firms of profiting illegally from Premier's digital music-management inventions. http://www.law360.com/articles/119870 http://www.law360.com/articles/118686 TiVo Inc. has hit AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. with suits accusing the communications giants of infringing three of its digital video recording device patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/118686 http://www.law360.com/articles/118632 Procter & Gamble Co. and rival S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. have cleared the air in their patent dispute over fabric odor eliminator sprays. http://www.law360.com/articles/118632 http://www.law360.com/articles/118089 Microsoft Corp. has reportedly won expedited review of its appeal of a federal judge's decision in a patent infringement suit to ban the technology giant from selling certain versions of the popular word processing program Word beginning in October. http://www.law360.com/articles/118089 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/117336 Microsoft Corp. is seeking an expedited appeal of a $290 million federal court judgment holding the company liable for infringing a patent for document-formatting software held by Canadian company i4i Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/117336 http://www.law360.com/articles/116880 EMG Technology LLC has targeted three more companies in its latest infringement suit, accusing Microsoft Corp., Southwest Airlines Co. and Scottrade Inc. of infringing two patents dealing with touch screens for wireless devices used to access simplified Web sites. http://www.law360.com/articles/116880 http://www.law360.com/articles/116128 Handing down the final judgment in i4i Inc.’s infringement action against Microsoft Corp., the court roundly rejected the software giant’s bid to overturn the $200 million jury verdict, issuing a permanent injunction and tacking on more than $90 million in enhanced damages and interest. http://www.law360.com/articles/116128 http://www.law360.com/articles/115935 A district judge has denied a motion by Verizon Communications Inc. to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction a suit claiming Verizon infringed on a patent for Voice Over Internet Protocol technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/115935