Young Pickett

1. Charter, Verizon Resolve Fiber Optics Patent War

Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010

Charter Communications Inc. and rival telecom giant Verizon Communications Inc. have agreed to bury the hatchet and end three patent lawsuits over fiber-optic network technology.

2. Dish To Pay TiVo $5.8M In Attys' Fees In IP Suit

Monday, Feb 08, 2010

Dish Network Corp. and former parent EchoStar Communications Corp. has agreed to pay $5.8 million in attorneys' fees that TiVo Inc. has incurred bringing contempt allegations against the satellite television provider in an ongoing patent infringement suit over digital video recording technology.

3. VTech, Motorola Settle Cordless Phone Patent Case

Friday, Jan 08, 2010

Motorola Inc. and VTech Communications Inc. have agreed to settle a case in which Motorola accused VTech of infringing six patents related to cordless phone technology.

4. Acacia Unit, GreatCall Settle Cell Phone Patent Suit

Monday, Dec 14, 2009

Acacia Research Corp. subsidiary Location Based Services LLC has reached a settlement with GreatCall Inc. in an infringement suit LBS brought accusing several wireless technology retailers of infringing four patents for location-based cell phone systems and services.

5. DataTreasury, Comerica Settle Banking Patent Spat

Monday, Dec 14, 2009

Comerica Inc. has settled litigation over several of DataTreasury Corp.'s patents for check-imaging technology, making the Dallas-based bank the latest financial institution to exit the infringement suit.

6. Stay Denied In Motorola Cordless Phone Patent Case

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009

A federal judge has once again denied telephone company Vtech Communications Inc.'s request to stay Motorola Inc.'s case against it, which accuses Vtech of infringing Motorola's patents by selling certain cordless phones.

7. DataTreasury, M&T Settle Check-Imaging Patent Spat

Thursday, Oct 22, 2009

M&T Bank Corp. has reached a licensing agreement with DataTreasury Corp., ending the regional bank's involvement in an ongoing patent infringement suit over electronic check-imaging and other banking technology.

8. Thermal Scalpel Cuts Tyco, Covidien From IP Suit

Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009

Thermal Scalpel LLC has dropped Covidien Ltd. and Tyco Healthcare Group LP from a patent infringement lawsuit accusing roughly a dozen companies of infringing a patent for an electrically heated surgical cutting tool that can cauterize tissue as well as make incisions.

9. EBay Loses Bid To Invalidate Net2Phone VoIP Patent

Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009

In a patent infringement dispute over Voice Over Internet Protocol technology, a federal judge has thrown out eBay Inc.’s cross-claim that one of Net2Phone Inc.’s VoIP patents should be invalidated in light of information withheld during the prosecution process.

10. Verizon's Bid To Dismiss VoIP Patent Suit Denied

Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009

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.

11. USPTO Preliminary Finding Rejects TiVo DVR Patent

Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009

Dish Network Corp. has scored a victory in its ongoing feud with TiVo Inc. over digital video recorder technology, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issuing a preliminary finding that a patent previously upheld by a federal court is invalid.

12. TiVo Seeks $1B In Sanctions In Dish DVR Spat

Wednesday, Jul 29, 2009

TiVo Inc. has asked a federal judge to order Dish Network Corp. to pay nearly $1 billion in sanctions for running afoul of a permanent injunction barring the satellite television provider from infringing a TiVo-held patent for digital video recorders.

13. Sanctions Proceedings To Continue Against Dish

Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009

A federal court will move forward with sanctions proceedings against Dish Network Corp. despite an appeals court decision to stay an injunction barring the satellite television provider from infringing a TiVo Inc. patent for digital video recorders.

14. Fed. Circ. Stays Dish Injunction In TiVo DVR Battle

Thursday, Jul 02, 2009

A federal appeals court has stayed a permanent injunction barring Dish Network Corp. from infringing TiVo Inc.'s Time Warp digital video recorder patent, extending the temporary pause it put on the case when the satellite television provider first sought to overturn a $103 million contempt order.

15. Sun Resolves DataTern Fight Over Database Patents

Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009

DataTern Inc. has settled two infringement suits against Sun Microsystems Inc. over database patents, bringing an end to the dispute almost two months after the technology company resolved similar claims against Oracle Corp.

16. Belkin Wins Bid To Move Patent Case

Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009

A federal judge has granted Belkin Inc.'s request to transfer a patent dispute between it and Taiwan-based Aten Technology Inc. to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, despite his apparently dim view of a Belkin co-defendant's actions.

17. Dish Network Wins Pause In TiVo DVR Patent Appeal

Thursday, Jun 04, 2009

A federal appeals court has temporarily stayed an order holding Dish Network Corp. in contempt of a permanent injunction barring it from infringing TiVo Inc.'s Time Warp digital video recorder patent, as the satellite television provider fights to overturn a new judgment handing TiVo another $103.1 million in damages.

18. TiVo Wins Contempt Ruling, $103M In Dish Dispute

Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009

A federal judge has found Dish Network Corp. in contempt of a permanent injunction barring it from infringing TiVo Inc.'s Time Warp digital video recorder patent and issued a new judgment handing the company another $103.1 million in damages, a decision and judgment the satellite television provider has vowed to appeal.

19. Orbitz, Others Seek To Pause IP Spat V. Parallel

Monday, May 11, 2009

A slew of online vendors, including Orbitz LLC, Walgreen Co. and E-Trade Financial Corp., have asked a judge to stay two infringement suits brought by Parallel Networks LLC over patents related to Web technology while an appeals court weighs Oracle Corp.'s victory over the patent-holding company in a similar case.

20. Belkin Settles CSIRO Wi-Fi Patent Claims

Monday, May 04, 2009

Belkin Corp. has settled with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization over a wireless local area network patent, ending a long-running suit between the technology company and Australia’s national research organization.