http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Gillam Smith Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/133631 Patent-holding company MHL Tek LLC’s suit will continue against major automakers including BMW AG and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. after a judge refused to throw out its sole remaining claim of infringement of a patent for tire pressure monitoring systems. http://www.law360.com/articles/133631 http://www.law360.com/articles/133423 Foley & Lardner LLP has reached a settlement in a malpractice suit filed by former client DataTern Inc. alleging that the firm overcharged for legal services and failed to properly litigate a patent infringement case. http://www.law360.com/articles/133423 http://www.law360.com/articles/133263 WIAV Networks LLC has dismissed Toshiba America Inc. from a suit that accuses dozens of electronics companies of infringing two patents related to wireless technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/133263 http://www.law360.com/articles/130042 Foley & Lardner LLP has dismissed its claims against several third-party defendants in a malpractice suit filed by former client DataTern Inc. alleging the firm overcharged for legal services and failed to properly litigate a patent infringement case. http://www.law360.com/articles/130042 http://www.law360.com/articles/130048 Patent-holding company Actus LLC has dropped its claims against Google Inc. in a lawsuit against nearly two dozen technology companies over patents related to an electronic payment system. http://www.law360.com/articles/130048 http://www.law360.com/articles/128279 Thermal Scalpel LLC's patent infringement suit over an electrically heated surgical cutting tool is wrapping up, with a federal judge putting the case on hold as the patent company concludes settlement talks with the remaining defendants, Boston Scientific Corp. and St. Jude Medical Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/128279 http://www.law360.com/articles/128044 A consultant for DataTern Inc. has lodged seething counterclaims against Foley & Lardner LLP in a patent malpractice suit, alleging the firm is “of questionable character” and engages in “horrible decision-making.” http://www.law360.com/articles/128044 http://www.law360.com/articles/126028 Foley & Lardner LLP has hit former client DataTern Inc. with fraud, breach of contract and other counterclaims in a malpractice suit alleging the firm overcharged for legal services and failed to properly litigate a patent infringement case, arguing that the technology company refused to pay $1.6 million in fees and continued to use the firm's work even after it was booted from the suit. http://www.law360.com/articles/126028 http://www.law360.com/articles/122913 Former Foley & Lardner LLP clients suing the firm for allegedly failing to adequately represent their interests in a patent suit, and for overcharging for its services, have added claims including negligence and fraud to their original breach of contract complaint. http://www.law360.com/articles/122913 http://www.law360.com/articles/121554 London-based Mondis Technology Ltd. has settled a patent lawsuit it filed against South Korea-based LG Electronics Inc. over 10 patents related to computer monitor technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/121554 http://www.law360.com/articles/118625 A federal judge has slashed Mallinckrodt Inc.’s potential payout in a feud with E-Z-EM Inc. over medical injectors, barring the plaintiffs from seeking damages for indirect infringement based on the sale of syringes, conceivably for use with the injectors, that occurred before the suit’s filing in 2007. http://www.law360.com/articles/118625 http://www.law360.com/articles/117351 Cell phone technology patent holder Minerva Industries Inc. has dropped yet another defendant — telecommunications supplier UTStarcom Inc. — from its suit alleging that a number of the U.S.' largest cell phone outfits have infringed a mobile entertainment and communication patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/117351 http://www.law360.com/articles/117078 In an infringement suit brought by Function Media LLC over patents related to methods for Internet and print advertising, the patent-holding company has asked a federal judge to dismiss Google Inc.'s allegations that it engaged in inequitable conduct. http://www.law360.com/articles/117078 http://www.law360.com/articles/116372 FotoMedia Technologies LLC continues to notch settlements over its widely asserted photo-sharing patents, with numerous defendants, including CBS Interactive Inc., Yahoo Inc. and AOL LLC, opting in recent days to bury the hatchet. http://www.law360.com/articles/116372 http://www.law360.com/articles/111039 Alleging that more than 40,000 responsive documents were not timely produced, E-Z-EM Inc. and ACIST Medical Systems Inc. have requested that a court sanction Kirkland and Ellis LLP, which represents two Tyco Healthcare Group LP subsidiaries, for alleged failure to comply with discovery obligations in a patent spat over medical fluid injectors. http://www.law360.com/articles/111039 http://www.law360.com/articles/109489 Japan's Hitachi Ltd. and South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. have reached a settlement of their U.S. patent disputes over technology including plasma display technology and audiovisual products. http://www.law360.com/articles/109489 http://www.law360.com/articles/105871 A Texas judge has refused Hewlett-Packard Co.'s request to move an infringement suit brought by Acceleron LLC to Delaware, marking the second blow to the technology giant's bid to litigate the blade server patent's validity in that state. http://www.law360.com/articles/105871 http://www.law360.com/articles/104232 After reaching an agreement with LG Electronics Inc., a unit of Hitachi Ltd. embroiled in a dispute with the South Korean company over plasma display technology has dropped allegations that its rival infringed dozens of claims from six patents, narrowing the case as it heads for trial in July. http://www.law360.com/articles/104232 http://www.law360.com/articles/100966 A lawsuit PalTalk Holdings Inc. filed in 2006 against Microsoft Corp. that alleged the software giant’s Xbox Live online gaming service infringed two PalTalk patents came to an end, after the parties lodged a stipulation to dismiss and the court acquiesced. http://www.law360.com/articles/100966 http://www.law360.com/articles/99133 Research In Motion Ltd. has settled with two patent-holding companies in separate suits over technology used in RIM's BlackBerry. http://www.law360.com/articles/99133