http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Russ August & Kabat Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135612 Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. has won a bid to disqualify its opponent’s counsel in a suit alleging Sony and its attorneys ran a scam on him in a patent dispute over vibrating video game controllers, due to the plaintiff attorney’s previous representation of Sony in related litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/135612 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/134813 JPMorgan Chase & Co. and several subsidiaries have reached a settlement with DataTern Inc. in an infringement suit targeting more than a dozen companies over a patent related to database access systems. http://www.law360.com/articles/134813 http://www.law360.com/articles/134267 The PACid Group LLC is seeking to drop claims against a group of Alcatel-Lucent entities in its lawsuit alleging dozens of firms have infringed its two data encryption patents and is looking to consolidate the action with a related case that has targeted only Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/134267 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/129451 Following in the footsteps of numerous other banks, Citigroup Inc. and its subsidiaries have reached a truce with TQP Development LLC in a patent infringement suit over technology for online encrypted data transmissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/129451 http://www.law360.com/articles/129267 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and two of its subsidiaries have become the latest defendants to reach a settlement with TQP Development LLC in one of its ongoing and wide-ranging patent infringement suits over technology governing online encrypted data transmissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/129267 http://www.law360.com/articles/127735 DataTern Inc. and American Airlines Inc. have asked a judge to approve the airline's dismissal from a database technology infringement dispute, making it the latest to join American Express Co. and Wells Fargo Corp. in settling out of the Texas-based patent holder's lawsuit. http://www.law360.com/articles/127735 http://www.law360.com/articles/127639 Clear With Computers LLC has reached agreements with two apparel brands that were among the 17 defendants the patent-holding company sued in March for allegedly violating its intellectual property related to an online sales system. http://www.law360.com/articles/127639 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/127390 Google Inc., the defendant in a patent infringement suit over adaptive Internet searches, has successfully reduced the scope of the deposition of one of its key lobbyists, whom plaintiff PA Advisors LLC had wanted to testify about the search giant's policies relating to its intellectual property and to the changes it seeks for U.S. patent laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/127390 http://www.law360.com/articles/127205 Clear With Computers LLC is seeking to drop a handful of defendants including Brunswick Corp. from its suit that has targeted dozens of companies for allegedly infringing its computerized sales system patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/127205 http://www.law360.com/articles/126832 TQP Development LLC has reached a settlement agreement with Capital One Financial Corp. and two subsidiaries, potentially releasing the group from one of several ongoing and wide-ranging patent infringement suits over a TQP technology governing online encrypted data transmissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/126832 http://www.law360.com/articles/125913 TQP Development LLC has dropped ING Groep NV from an ongoing patent infringement lawsuit accusing a slew of major companies — including Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. MetLife Inc., Apple Inc. and eBay Inc. — of infringing its online encrypted data transmission method. http://www.law360.com/articles/125913 http://www.law360.com/articles/126085 Lenovo Inc. is the latest company to settle with PACid Group LLC in a patent infringement suit relating to data encryption technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/126085 http://www.law360.com/articles/124894 Clear With Computers LLC and Masco Corp. have come to an agreement to settle a lawsuit in which the Texas-based intellectual property holder accused the national purveyor of cabinets, plumbing and other home fixtures of violating an online sales patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/124894 http://www.law360.com/articles/122793 Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., Apple Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are among a slew of major companies that have been sued by TQP Development LLC, alleging infringement of a patent related to an online encrypted data transmission method. http://www.law360.com/articles/122793 http://www.law360.com/articles/121331 Dell Inc. has opted to settle an encryption patent suit brought by the PACid Group LLC, following the lead of companies including Hewlett-Packard Co. and Apple Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/121331 http://www.law360.com/articles/119694 Hewlett-Packard Co. is the latest defendant to settle with PACid Group LLC in a lawsuit accusing several technology companies, including Dell Inc. and Toshiba Corp., of infringing patents related to data encryption. http://www.law360.com/articles/119694 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