http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Alcatel-Lucent 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/123724 With Congress seeking to rein in patent damages awards and patent holders often facing allegations of inequitable conduct, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has taken steps to provide more guidance on these and other intellectual property matters. http://www.law360.com/articles/123724 http://www.law360.com/articles/128095 Seeking to invalidate Alcatel-Lucent’s patent for on-screen tools — and set a precedent lowering the standard of proof required to do so — Microsoft Corp. has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, fresh from vacating a $358 million damages award in the case, to rehear the validity issue en banc. http://www.law360.com/articles/128095 http://www.law360.com/articles/127459 A federal appeals court has affirmed a district court decision in favor of Ericsson LM Telephone Co., ruling that inaccurate statements made by executives about the telecommunications manufacturer's financial future were not a willful attempt to defraud investors as the plaintiffs in the consolidated class action had argued. http://www.law360.com/articles/127459 http://www.law360.com/articles/124730 Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. smacked several companies — including Sears Holding Corp., Amazon.com Inc., QVC Inc. and Netflix Inc. — with a lawsuit on Friday, asserting six patents related to e-commerce and search engine technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/124730 http://www.law360.com/articles/123746 The plaintiff in a suit against Lucent Technologies over an asbestos-related death has accused Lucent and its counsel of deliberately obstructing the suit's progress. http://www.law360.com/articles/123746 http://www.law360.com/articles/121754 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday upheld a jury verdict that Microsoft Corp.’s calendar date-picker tool infringed a patent by Alcatel-Lucent, but found that a damages award of $358 million for Lucent was unjustified based on the evidence. http://www.law360.com/articles/121754 http://www.law360.com/articles/120865 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which in June sued Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Olin Corp. to recoup $670,000 in cleanup costs for a Superfund site the agency has already collected over $12 million to rehabilitate, has asked a federal judge to approve a consent decree that would resolve the issue. http://www.law360.com/articles/120865 http://www.law360.com/articles/117124 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is urging a district court to finalize earlier judgments in favor of four Lucent Technologies Inc. executives accused of accounting fraud so that it can ask an appeals court to determine the proper standard for primary liability in an agency enforcement action. http://www.law360.com/articles/117124 http://www.law360.com/articles/113591 A bankruptcy judge has approved the adequacy of ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. subsidiary DBSD North America Inc.'s disclosure statement, setting the stage for the company to possibly exit Chapter 11 in September. http://www.law360.com/articles/113591 http://www.law360.com/articles/112605 Cisco Systems Inc. and 30 other firms are the latest to be targeted by the PACid Group LLC in a third round of suits accusing technology companies of violating two data encryption patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/112605 http://www.law360.com/articles/111824 As Congress continues to struggle with whether to limit damages in patent infringement litigation, two cases are up before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that may be used to shed some light on when a patentee should be entitled to recover damages on the entire market value of a product. http://www.law360.com/articles/111824 http://www.law360.com/articles/109008 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed suit against Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Olin Corp., seeking to recoup an additional $670,000 in costs for cleaning up a Superfund site in Pennsylvania that the companies have already paid over $12 million to rehabilitate. http://www.law360.com/articles/109008 http://www.law360.com/articles/108913 A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has hit Abbott Laboratories with possibly the largest patent verdict in U.S. history, awarding Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Centocor Inc. $1.67 billion and finding that Abbott's flagship arthritis drug Humira infringed a Centocor patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/108913 http://www.law360.com/articles/101931 ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. subsidiary DBSD North America Inc. sought bankruptcy protection on Friday, saying the financial crisis had impeded the development-stage company's access to funds it could have used to satisfy debt obligations and fund the final stages of its business plan. http://www.law360.com/articles/101931 http://www.law360.com/articles/98852 A judge has tossed primary liability claims against all four remaining defendants in the accounting fraud case involving Lucent Technologies Inc., but other charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will remain intact. http://www.law360.com/articles/98852 http://www.law360.com/articles/96680 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a long-disputed Alcatel-Lucent patent, helping Microsoft Corp. in its quest to overturn a $358 million jury verdict handed down against the software giant. http://www.law360.com/articles/96680 http://www.law360.com/articles/88636 Cisco Systems Inc. has asked a federal judge to stay negotiations to calculate an ongoing royalty for future infringement of an optical networking system patent belonging to Telcordia Technologies Inc., citing appeals from both sides after a $6.5 million jury verdict in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/88636 http://www.law360.com/articles/88324 Thirteen companies, including Procter & Gamble Co. and 3M Co., have filed an amicus brief in support of Alcatel-Lucent in a long-running patent dispute that Microsoft Corp. appealed after a judge ordered it to pay $511.6 million. http://www.law360.com/articles/88324 http://www.law360.com/articles/86422 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP has added three partners to its intellectual property practice — two from Latham & Watkins LLP and one from Jenner & Block LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/86422