http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Cisco Systems Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ 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/133575 Computer mouse and webcam maker Logitech International SA has agreed to acquire privately held high-definition videoconferencing provider LifeSize Communications Inc. for $405 million in cash, in an effort to boost its role in the rapidly growing visual communications market. http://www.law360.com/articles/133575 http://www.law360.com/articles/133326 Technology giant Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it would sell off three series of senior unsecured notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/133326 http://www.law360.com/articles/133421 A federal judge has signed off on a notice to be sent to potential class members in a suit alleging that gas companies Georgia Energy USA LLC, United Fuel Inc., Global Energy USA LLC and others overcharged customers at Georgia gas stations by dispensing less fuel than indicated. http://www.law360.com/articles/133421 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/130675 Continuing its October buying spree, Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced its plan to buy privately held security software company ScanSafe Inc. for about $183 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/130675 http://www.law360.com/articles/130091 Telecommunications equipment producer Tellabs Inc. plans to acquire wireless gear maker WiChorus Inc. in a $165 million cash deal designed to help the company take advantage of the booming smartphone business, the companies said Friday. http://www.law360.com/articles/130091 http://www.law360.com/articles/129832 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has asked a federal court to toss a lawsuit brought by a German company that claims amendments to PTO rules, which block civil actions as a method of appealing ex parte re-examination decisions, violate federal laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/129832 http://www.law360.com/articles/128649 Accolade Systems LLC has dismissed claims against Micron Technology Inc. and subsidiary Aptina Imaging Inc., the two remaining defendants in a patent infringement suit over image sensor technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/128649 http://www.law360.com/articles/128821 Starent Networks Corp. will pay $3.5 million to settle patent litigation claims leveled against the mobile Internet network infrastructure company by UTStarcom Inc., the two companies announced. http://www.law360.com/articles/128821 http://www.law360.com/articles/128556 Shareholders in Tandberg ASA are seeking to top Cisco Systems Inc.'s $3 billion offer for the Norwegian videoconferencing company. http://www.law360.com/articles/128556 http://www.law360.com/articles/127973 Cisco Systems Inc. continued its October buying spree Tuesday, adding mobile Internet network infrastructure company Starent Networks Corp. in an all-cash deal estimated to total $2.9 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/127973 http://www.law360.com/articles/126644 Technology and engineering giant Emerson Electric Co. has reached a $1.2 billion deal to acquire information technology management firm Avocent Corp. in a move Emerson says will boost its ability to provide additional services to its data center customers. http://www.law360.com/articles/126644 http://www.law360.com/articles/126543 U.S. data systems maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has put itself up for sale, and several major players in the competitive tech sector already have begun sniffing around, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. http://www.law360.com/articles/126543 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/125683 Cisco Systems Inc. has said it will offer $3 billion in an all-cash deal to acquire Norwegian video communications company Tandberg ASA. http://www.law360.com/articles/125683 http://www.law360.com/articles/124121 A task force of corporate executives, attorneys and others has released a set of recommendations on how companies can change their executive compensation policies to avoid their shareholders' ire, calling for performance-based pay subject to stringent oversight. http://www.law360.com/articles/124121 http://www.law360.com/articles/124111 Attorney Eric M. Albritton's defamation lawsuit against Cisco Systems Inc. over comments made in the notorious “Patent Troll Tracker” blog has been settled, relieving a jury of the need to rule on the matter. http://www.law360.com/articles/124111 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