Law360, New York (June 22, 2007, 12:00 AM ET) -- A district judge dealt a blow to Trading Technologies Inc.'s ongoing campaign of infringement suits on Wednesday, issuing summary judgment against the e-trading software maker and allaying fears in the securities industry that online traders would soon pay royalties on nearly every transaction.
The court granted summary judgment of non-infringement to eSpeed Inc., a subsidiary of bond trading titan Cantor Fitzgerald Inc., which Trading Technologies sued in 2004. The suit, the first of a slew of infringement actions the company brought against rivals in 2004 and...