http://www.law360.com/technology Latest articles for: Technology Copyright 2012 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:03:32 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312239 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312239 The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that companies should voluntarily adopt new cybersecurity standards designed to maintain consumer privacy while combating the growing threat of hackers and spammers, rather than relying on government regulations. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:45:12 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311972 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311972 Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday lodged a competition complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and its soon-to-be parent Google Inc., alleging Motorola is trying to block sales of Microsoft products that allow wireless viewing of video via the Internet. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:07:45 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312101 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312101 Three dozen attorneys general on Wednesday joined the chorus of government officials voicing concerns over Google Inc.'s new privacy policy, the same day a media reform group filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission aiming to halt the changes. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:29:38 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311974 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311974 California's attorney general announced an agreement Wednesday with Apple Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and three other mobile app platform operators that effectively establishes a nationwide, legally enforceable standard for app privacy policies. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:08:49 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312003 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312003 A Comcast Corp. subsidiary on Tuesday accused Sprint Nextel Corp. of infringing four more of its communication patents, continuing Comcast's recent litigation offensive against its telecommunications rival. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:36:23 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312020 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312020 Graphics Properties Holdings Inc., formerly known as Silicon Graphics Inc., filed six separate lawsuits in Delaware federal court on Tuesday accusing Panasonic Corp., Sharp Corp., Toshiba Corp. and others of infringing up to five patents for flat-panel electronics display technologies. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:35:05 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312129 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/312129 A California federal judge on Wednesday refined Jaco Electronics Inc.'s antitrust claims in multidistrict litigation against a slew of liquid crystal display panel makers, clarifying that Jaco is only allowed to recover damages from entities directly involved in the massive price-fixing conspiracy. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:28:57 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311999 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311999 T-Mobile USA Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday that Verizon Wireless' efforts to snatch up wireless spectrum licenses from Comcast Corp., Cox Communications Inc. and others for about $3.9 billion would harm competition and consumers. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:34:39 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311748 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311748 A Virginia federal judge has ruled that two kinds of Garmin International Inc. GPS navigation devices do not infringe five navigation technology patents held by Triangle Software LLC, Garmin announced Tuesday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:02:40 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311529 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311529 New York's highest court on Tuesday ruled that an excess insurance policy Federal Insurance Co. issued to IBM Corp. didn't cover the settlement of class claims over the company's alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:47:36 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311702 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311702 Google Inc. on Friday asked a New York federal court to dismiss The Authors Guild Inc. from the class action challenging its project to archive the world's books, saying the association cannot litigate copyright claims on behalf of its members. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:43:15 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311689 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311689 A California federal judge has greenlighted the testimony of two expert economists in multidistrict litigation alleging a major price-fixing conspiracy in the liquid crystal display panel industry, ruling Tuesday the LCD makers failed to establish that the experts' findings should be barred. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:30:01 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311484 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311484 Two proposed class actions were filed against Google Inc. on Friday in the wake of a controversy over the company's alleged efforts to bypass an Apple Inc. Web browser's privacy settings and secretly track users' Internet activity. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:16:20 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311417 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311417 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to review a petition from Hynix Semiconductor Inc. arguing that Rambus Inc.’s participation in a group that set industry standards disallowed its patent infringement claims against semiconductor producers. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:56:57 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311162 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311162 Google Inc. on Friday urged a California federal court to strike portions of the third damages report by an Oracle America Inc. expert in Oracle’s intellectual property suit over Google’s Android smartphone operating system, contending that it was “riddled with fatal errors.” Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:55:48 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311293 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311293 A California federal judge on Friday granted preliminary approval to a multimillion-dollar settlement ending multidistrict litigation claiming that the antenna on Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 didn't function properly, hampering the phone's reception. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:02:38 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311269 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311269 The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday handed Apple Inc. victory in a suit brought by HTC Corp., upholding an administrative law judge's initial determination that Apple hadn't infringed one of HTC's patents covering smartphone technology and ending its investigation. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:57:21 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311153 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311153 An investor launched a putative class action against Philip Falcone and his hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners LLC on Friday, claiming they misled investors by sinking $3 billion into wireless network startup LightSquared Inc., whose conditional operating license was yanked by federal regulators Tuesday. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:23:25 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/310756 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/310756 A California federal judge ruled Thursday that an inventor's trade secrets suit against IBM Corp. was time-barred because he couldn't show that his deceased mother, who had temporarily owned his intellectual property, was unaware of the computer giant's alleged misconduct. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:35:01 +0000 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311111 http://www.law360.com/technology/articles/311111 Philadelphia-based Comcast Cable Communications LLC on Friday launched a suit in Pennsylvania federal court alleging Sprint Nextel Corp. infringes four of its communications system patents.