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  • March 28, 2008

    Sun Launches 2nd Suit Against NetApp Over ZFS

    Sun Microsystems Inc. has filed another patent infringement suit against rival Network Appliance Inc. over its Zettabyte File System, claiming new storage technology acquired by NetApp in January infringes Sun patents.

  • March 31, 2008

    Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation

    Today, we're introducing our daily "hire sheet" of law firms hired to represent Fortune 500 companies in IP cases in recent weeks. Pfizer, Nike and the Walgreen Company were just some of the companies that hired law firms to represent them in recent weeks, according to our daily review of court dockets.

  • March 28, 2008

    ITC Allows Tessera Patent Case To Proceed

    A decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission will allow a patent infringement case filed by Tessera Technologies Inc. against electronics giants Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc. and others to proceed, Tessera disclosed Thursday.

  • March 28, 2008

    Tetra Hit With Securities Class Action

    Oil and gas services company Tetra Technologies Inc. and two of its top executives have been hit with a proposed class action accusing them of fraudulently inflating the value of the company's stock.

  • March 27, 2008

    Invitrogen Sues GE Over Enzyme Kit Patents

    Biotech company Invitrogen Corp. hit General Electric Co.'s health care subsidiary with two lawsuits on Wednesday, alleging that GE is willfully infringing several patents related to reverse transcriptase enzyme kits and DNA amplification kits.

  • March 27, 2008

    Banks Ordered Not To Block Clear Channel Merger

    A Texas judge granted a temporary restraining order to Clear Channel Communications Inc. on Wednesday, forcing a group of banks to proceed with the $19.4 billion buyout funding after the banks allegedly tried to kill the deal.

  • March 27, 2008

    FedEx Drivers From 19 States Win Class Certification

    Drivers for FedEx Ground Package System Inc. scored a victory on Tuesday, when a judge certified classes of drivers from 19 states in their lawsuit to claim benefits for which they were deemed ineligible because of their status as independent contractors.

  • March 27, 2008

    Court Allows Claims In Rolls-Royce Trade Secrets Suit

    A federal judge has issued a mixed ruling in three helicopter repair companies' bid to dismiss certain of Rolls-Royce Corp.'s claims in a trade secrets dispute related to its Model 250 light aircraft engine. Many of the defendants' counterclaims, including allegations of Rolls-Royce's illegal tying arrangements with distributors, remain.

  • March 27, 2008

    Judge OKs $7M Award To Maker Of Pet ID Chips

    A judge has finalized a $6.8 million award of damages, interest and costs to Avid Identification Systems in a false advertising and patent infringement case over the technology used to identify pets and livestock.

  • March 27, 2008

    GM Hit With Seat Belt Suit Over Child's Death

    A Texas family has launched a legal battle against General Motors Corp., accusing the automaker of installing faulty seat belts that caused the death of one of their children when their 1996 Suburban rolled over after being struck by another vehicle.

  • March 26, 2008

    PBGC Objects To Plans For Pacific Lumber Unit

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has lodged a formal objection to a slew of reorganization plans filed in the bankruptcy of Pacific Lumber Co. subsidiary Scotia Pacific Co. LLC, claiming that none of the documents adequately addresses the claims of the pension fund.

  • March 26, 2008

    Inventor Claims PC Makers Infringed Laptop Patent

    A Texas-based inventor filed a lawsuit against a swath of PC giants on Tuesday, accusing them of infringing on a patent regarding a modem-like method for transmitting and receiving analog signals and digital signals.

  • March 26, 2008

    Court Approves Asarco Bidding Procedures

    The bankruptcy court overseeing Asarco LLC’s Chapter 11 case has issued an order approving the bankrupt copper mining company’s procedures for selecting a plan sponsor and exiting bankruptcy.

  • March 26, 2008

    Continental, Katz Settle Voice Technology Patent Suit

    Continental Airlines Inc. has agreed to pay billionaire inventor Ronald A. Katz for a nonexclusive license on patents related to interactive voice technologies, resolving a patent suit Katz filed against the airline last year and joining some 150 other high-profile licensees.

  • March 25, 2008

    Dell Gets Co-Defendants In Touch-Screen Patent Suit

    Touch-screen technology maker Typhoon Technologies Inc. and wireless provider Nova Mobility Systems have hooked three new defendants into their patent infringement suit, which has already targeted Dell Inc. over tablet personal computers.

  • March 25, 2008

    Asarco Balks At $468M Cleanup Settlement

    Asarco Inc. has filed a formal objection to a settlement reached by one of its subsidiaries regarding the cleanup of several mines in southeastern Missouri, claiming the settlement amount is extravagant and unrealistic.

  • March 25, 2008

    Silicon Laboratories, Analog Devices Settle Lawsuits

    Integrated-circuit makers Silicon Laboratories Inc. and Analog Devices Inc. have reached a settlement agreement, putting to rest two long-standing patent infringement suits between the rivals.

  • March 26, 2008

    Speech-Impaired BP Worker's Bias Claim Advances

    In a blow to BP Amoco Chemical Co., a federal judge has ruled that the BP Plc subsidiary must face wrongful termination claims by a former employee who alleges he was harassed and ultimately fired because he has a speech impediment.

  • March 25, 2008

    GE Unit Hit With $1.2M Suit Over Fire Cleanup

    A division of GE Oil & Gas Inc. has been slapped with a lawsuit claiming a defective gas compressor ignited a fire at a natural gas production facility, resulting in $1.2 million in cleanup and removal costs.

  • March 25, 2008

    GM, Others Targeted In Tire Pressure Patent Suit

    A Michigan patent-holding company that sued nine car manufacturers last year charging infringement of its patents for tire pressure monitoring systems has hit seven major automakers, including GM, Saturn, Ford and Chrysler, with a similar lawsuit.