http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Townsend and Townsend Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135122 Karen B. Dow, a biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent attorney who formerly was patent counsel for Eli Lilly & Co., has joined intellectual property firm Sughrue Mion PLLC. http://www.law360.com/articles/135122 http://www.law360.com/articles/134379 A federal judge has awarded Apple Inc. summary judgment on its claims that Psystar Corp.’s use of the proprietary Mac OS X operating system on Psystar-made computers violates Apple's copyrights, though the technology giant's trademark, breach of contract and unfair competition claims remain pending. http://www.law360.com/articles/134379 http://www.law360.com/articles/133741 Patent-holding company Rembrandt Data Technologies LP is again picking up the sword in its infringement battle against a group of defendants including DirecTV Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., launching an appeal of the dismissal of its claims over patents covering Internet dial-up technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/133741 http://www.law360.com/articles/130722 Breaking away from the pack, Reed Smith LLP has rolled out a new model that seeks to group lawyers by competency level rather than relying on the tenure-based approach of yore. http://www.law360.com/articles/130722 http://www.law360.com/articles/129927 DLA Piper is reportedly among the major law firms in the United Kingdom that have held back partner profit distributions as a result of the recession. http://www.law360.com/articles/129927 http://www.law360.com/articles/129160 The news that Morrison & Foerster LLP will be paring back first-years' salaries came with a silver lining for some associates in its New York- and Asia-based offices, whose pay will remain consistent with current pay levels, the firm said Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/129160 http://www.law360.com/articles/128915 Global networking provider D-Link Systems Inc., the sole remaining defendant in a suit brought by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization over a wireless local area network patent, has joined 3Com Corp., Nintendo of America Inc. and others on the sidelines. http://www.law360.com/articles/128915 http://www.law360.com/articles/128194 Respondents in a trade dispute brought by LSI Corp. and Agere Systems Inc. over a patent related to semiconductor chips have asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to deny the complainants' request to reconsider a recent finding that the patent is invalid. http://www.law360.com/articles/128194 http://www.law360.com/articles/127940 Belkin Corp. and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization have revised the settlement in their long-running suit over a wireless local area network patent owned by the Australian national research agency, definitively resolving the dispute. http://www.law360.com/articles/127940 http://www.law360.com/articles/127831 Dorsey & Whitney LLP is the latest firm to move away from a lockstep compensation system for its associates in favor of a system that puts greater emphasis on merit, a representative for the firm confirmed Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/127831 http://www.law360.com/articles/126771 Bingham McCutchen LLP plans to usher in a hybrid “merit lockstep” compensation system by the end of 2009, slightly defying the current trend of law firms that have implemented full-on merit-based pay systems or made across-the-board salary cuts in response to economic pressures. http://www.law360.com/articles/126771 http://www.law360.com/articles/126045 Genentech Inc. has asked a federal court to disqualify law firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP from representing Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH in a patent dispute, claiming that one of the firm's founders previously represented Genentech in an interference proceeding before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. http://www.law360.com/articles/126045 http://www.law360.com/articles/124924 Intellectual property law firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP has told associates in an internal memo that it plans to cut salaries in 2010 — starting first-years at $145,000 — and that by 2011, it will launch a merit-based pay scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/124924 http://www.law360.com/articles/124520 A federal jury has awarded the Western Union Co. more than $16 million in damages, finding that rival MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc. infringed four patents related to electronic money transfers. http://www.law360.com/articles/124520 http://www.law360.com/articles/124203 Nintendo of America Inc., Accton Technology Corp. and SMC Networks Inc. have become the latest technology companies to settle a long-running dispute with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization over the national science research agency's wireless local area network patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/124203 http://www.law360.com/articles/123761 The U.S. International Trade Commission has made an initial determination in LSI Corp. and Agere Systems' battle over their patent for a semiconductor chip, finding the patent invalid because of anticipation by IBM Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/123761 http://www.law360.com/articles/112963 When the U.S. Supreme Court hears Perdue v. Kenny A., a case hinging on whether a federal judge can increase a fee award for exceptional performance by pro bono plaintiffs attorneys, on Oct. 14, it will be forced to grapple not only with legal issues but with the public policy of civil rights class actions. http://www.law360.com/articles/112963 http://www.law360.com/articles/117982 Data management company PartsRiver Inc. has been dealt a setback in its suit accusing Microsoft Corp., Shopzilla Inc., Yahoo Inc. and eBay Inc. of infringing technology for searching product catalogs online through their shopping Web sites, with a federal judge ruling that two claims of the patent-in-suit are invalid. http://www.law360.com/articles/117982 http://www.law360.com/articles/116932 Align Technology Inc. and Ormco Corp. have agreed to settle all pending patent litigation in a cash-and-stock deal worth approximately $90 million and will launch a collaborative effort to develop a new orthodontic product, the companies announced Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/116932 http://www.law360.com/articles/116768 A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied a fishing equipment company’s bid for attorneys’ fees in a patent infringement case over fishing lures, according to a federal appeals court. http://www.law360.com/articles/116768