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  • July 11, 2007

    Co. Seeks OK For Copyright Suit Against New Century

    Positive Software Solutions Inc. has asked a bankruptcy court judge to lift the stay in the Chapter 11 case of subprime lender New Century Holdings Inc. so that a multibillion-dollar copyright dispute between the two companies can proceed.

  • July 11, 2007

    InComm Dodges Charges In Calling Card Patent Suit

    A judge has partially dismissed Interactive Communications International Inc. and one of its units from a patent infringement suit brought by TGIP Inc. against a number of prepaid calling card makers.

  • July 11, 2007

    DRAM Plaintiffs Want Class Certified, Docs Sealed

    Indirect purchasers of Dynamic Random Access Memory asked the northern California district court Tuesday for class certification and a document seal in their ongoing antitrust litigation over the memory chip manufacturers' pricing.

  • July 11, 2007

    DOJ Allowed To Limit Discovery In LCD Case

    Finding that there was a “question of law or fact in common” between the civil multidistrict litigation over collusion in the LCD industry and a criminal grand jury investigation, a court on Tuesday granted the U.S. Department of Justice's request to limit discovery in the civil case.

  • July 11, 2007

    Qwest Defendants Fight Bid To Lift Stay

    Two defendants in the multidistrict securities litigation brought by a group of pension funds in the wake of the $3 billion accounting scandal at Qwest Communications International Inc. are asking a federal judge to keep in place a discovery stay, arguing that the plaintiffs are engaged in a “fishing expedition” for additional claims.

  • July 11, 2007

    YouTube Responds To Infringement Charges

    YouTube Inc. and parent company Google Inc. on Monday responded to class action charges that the popular online video-sharing Web site does not take sufficient steps to prevent the posting of copyrighted material, denying that they have violated the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

  • July 11, 2007

    Suit Claims Xbox 360 Damages Game Disks

    Adding to Microsoft Corp.'s troubles over its Xbox 360 video game console, a proposed class action was filed against the software giant on Monday alleging that the machine causes “destructive scratches” to game discs, rendering them unplayable.

  • July 11, 2007

    DOJ, EPA Settle With Caspers Over Emissions Device

    The U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency have reached a settlement with a small Illinois company that manufactured an electronic device that could override cars' built-in emission control mechanisms.

  • July 10, 2007

    Ex-Foreman Admits To Bribery At Siemens

    Siemens AG's troubles increased Tuesday when a former foreman at the international engineering company acknowledged in a German court that he had facilitated and paid out bribes in connection with contracts for a Frankfurt skyscraper.

  • July 10, 2007

    Check Is In The Mail For Time Warner Investors: SEC

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that injured investors of Time Warner Inc. would start receiving money from a government settlement with the company over fraud and accounting improprieties in 2005.

  • July 10, 2007

    Judge Denies California's Bid To Enter DRAM Case

    A federal court on Monday rejected the arguments of the California Attorney General, denying the state's request for amicus brief status in the ongoing antitrust multi district litigation over possible collusion in the Dynamic Random Access Memory chip market.

  • July 11, 2007

    Visto, Seven Reach Deal Over E-Mail Patents

    Seven Networks has agreed to a licensing deal involving Visto Corp.'s patent portfolio for technology that sends e-mail to wireless devices, ending a three-year legal dispute between the mobile e-mail companies.

  • July 11, 2007

    Nanya Fires Back At Rambus In Memory Chip Suit

    Nanya Technology Corp. has reasserted a slew of counterclaims alleging Rambus Inc.’s memory device patents were invalid and the chip maker engaged in a scheme to diminish competition in the dynamic random access memory market.

  • July 10, 2007

    Plaintiffs Amend Complaint In ERISA Case

    Employees of information technology company Electronic Data Systems Corp. amended a class action complaint against their employer on Monday, following a ruling earlier this year by an appeals court ordering the district court to reconsider class certification.

  • July 9, 2007

    EU To Eye Google-DoubleClick Union

    Europe's competition watchdog is reportedly set to consider Google Inc.'s proposed $3 billion buyout of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. after national regulators did not ask to review the merger.

  • July 9, 2007

    U.K. Competition Commission Details BSkyB Probe

    The U.K.'s Competition Commission detailed the focus of its investigation Monday into British Sky Broadcasting's controversial purchase of a 17.9% share of independent television broadcaster ITV.

  • July 9, 2007

    Matsushita and MediaTek Settle All Patent Disputes

    Rival communications companies MediaTek Inc. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. reached a settlement on Friday that ended three pending lawsuits about various patents.

  • July 9, 2007

    Tech Rivals Wrangle Over Documents In Patent Case

    A subsidiary of electronics giant Toshiba Corp. has urged a court to compel a Silicon Valley rival to produce documents in a patent infringement case, arguing the material is central to its defense.

  • July 11, 2007

    California Court Will Consider Only Two Cree Patents

    A California district court threw out several counts in a patent suit on Monday, filed by LED company Bridgelux Inc. against rival company Cree Inc. and Boston University over six of the defendants' patents related to producing semiconductors.

  • July 9, 2007

    DOJ Asks For Discovery Stay In LCD Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked a court to limit discovery in the ongoing civil litigation over possible collusion in the thin film transistor LCD market, saying it needed more time for a criminal grand jury investigation.