Technology Archive » January, 2008

Technology - January, 2008

167 articles

• Court Imposes Sanctions In Mouse Patent Case
• Nokia Mobile Technology Draws $17.8B Suit: Report
• Samsung, Matsushita Settle Semiconductor Disputes
• Sybase Files Lawsuit Over Columnar Database Patent
• DRAM Manufacturers Dispute N.Y. Antitrust Claims
• EU Hesitates Over Google-DoubleClick Merger
• Italy's Broadcasting System Breaks EU Law: Court
• Court Revives Detecon VIP's Retaliation Suit
• Court Upholds $73.9M Award In EchoStar, TiVo Battle
• EPA Launches Nanoscale Safety Data Program
• Internal Report Describes Shenanigans At Comverse
• Indirect Purchasers Suffer Major Blow In DRAM MDL
• Blackstone Hit With Suit Over Failed Merger
• Public Securities Tech Sector Whiz Joins Cooley
• N-Data Signals Important New Enforcement Trend
• Injunction Against Qualcomm Stands
• Fujitsu Suit Targets Tellabs' Alleged Infringement
• Qualcomm Sets The Baseline For E-Discovery
• Microsoft Loses Bid To End Antitrust Supervision
• FTC Opinion Not Evidence In Rambus Case: Judge
• Judge Finds Alcatel-Lucent Infringed Microsoft Patent
• Bid To Stop ITC Proceedings Tossed In Tessera Suit
• Google Settles Patent Lawsuit Over Google Earth
• Visto, RIM Patent Trial Starts Up In The U.K.
• Comverse Faces $72M Suit From Former CEO
• Retailer In Intel Suit Ordered To Open Its Files
• Suddenlink Sued Over Video-On-Demand Service
• SafeNet CFO To Serve Time For Options Backdating
• Former Telecom CEO Ordered To Repay $12M Loan
• Executives Named In Broadcom Backdating: Report
• Nanotechnology And The Power Of Innovation
• Judge Denies Sprint's Bid To Toss Shareholder Suit
• No Name-Calling In Rambus Patent Case: Judge
• KLA-Tencor Settles Backdating Suit For $65M
• SMDK Brings Patent Suit Against Eight Defendants
• Fujitsu Convinces Japan To Block Nanya SDRAM Chips
• Sprint Nextel Asserts VOP Patents Against Four Cos.
• Cordance's Bid Denied In "One Click" Patent Battle
• IBM Engineer's Patent Suit Adds Trade Secret Claim
• LG, Others Sued Over Flash Memory Drive Patent
• Vendors, Law Firms Clash Over E-Discovery
• FCC Has No Right To Void Contracts: Cable Industry
• FTC Asserts Antitrust Authority In Patent Licensing
• Exec To Pay $3M In Insider Trading Settlement
• Taiwanese Co. Slaps IBM With Infringement Suit
• Appeals Court Says T-Mobile Can't Require Arbitration
• States Can Regulate Cell Phone Bills: High Court
• Samsung Spurs ITC To Probe LCD Infringement Claim
• Qualcomm V. Broadcom: Lessons In E-Discovery
• LG Group Hit With Fine For Illegal Sales Tactics
• EU Steps Up Scrutiny Of IBM-Cognos Merger
• High Court Wants Govt. Take On Price-Squeeze Case
• High Court Seeks Fed Input On Maternity Leave Case
• Minerva Asserts New Patent Against Apple, Others
• European Parliament Debates Internet Privacy Limits
• Antitrust Fears In Quanta V. LG Case Raise Eyebrows
• Korean Investigators Raid Samsung Amusement Park
• T-Mobile Customers Collect $2.2M Under Settlement
• Judge Defines E-Mail Patent Claims In Visto Case
• Google Drops Defense Lawyers In Viacom Case
• Court Rules Tellabs Suit Must Proceed
• Judge Refuses To Dismiss AOL, PurchasePro Cases
• Intel Faces Another Antitrust Class Action
• Shell, Pier 1 Face Magnetic-Strip Patent Suit
• Stoneridge's Effects Felt In Securities Action
• Senate Bill May Do Damage to Damages: Sources
• Verizon Challenges Cox Over Phone Patents
• Convolve's Disk Technology Patentable: USPTO
• Patent-Granting System Awaits Serious Shake-Up
• Comverse Sues Ex-Execs For $70M Over Backdating
• Patent Act Won't Meet "Efficiency" Goals: Sources
• HP Drops One Patent Claim But Dispute Continues
• Circuit Voids $400M Qwest Shareholder Deal
• IBM, Asians Led Pack In Patents In 2007: Report
• Net Neutrality At Issue In FCC's Comcast Inquiry
• Scrabble Copyright Holders Attack Scrabulous
• Reyes Gets 21 Months In Jail, $15M Fine
• Another Peregrine Executive's Wings Clipped
• As Special Master, She Sets Precedent
• DTL Inks License With Nokia For Disputed Patent
• Derivative Suit Against MIPS Dismissed, For Now
• Trial Begins In Dell's Suit Over Data-Managing Patents
• Epson Imaging Tossed From LCD Antitrust Case
• Patent Reform Inches Closer To Passage
• Motorola FMLA Suit Not Totally Out Of Line: 7th Circuit
• Microsoft Faces Two Fresh Probes In EU
• Google Denies Violating University's Search Patent
• High-Volume Patent Procurement May Cost More
• Samsung Probe Heats Up With Raids
• DRM Technology For Music May Be Dead: Experts
• Justices Ponder Curbing Downstream Patent Licenses
• States File One More Argument In Microsoft Case
• 5 Move To Merchant & Gould From Greenberg Traurig
• Forest Labs. Sues Seven Cos. Over Alzheimer's Drug
• Finisar Derivative Suit Gets Tossed
• Call Center Workers Hit AT&T With Wage Suit
• N.Y. AG Investigation Raises Stakes For Intel
• No Channel Change For Charter In Patent Spat
• No New Trial For Brocade Exec In Backdating Case
• Judge Approves Constellation Patent Settlements
• Malpractice Issue Poses Quandary For Qualcomm
• N.Y. AG Launches Antitrust Probe Of Intel
• Ex-Applied IP Director Joins Nixon Peabody LLP
• Reviving The Exhaustion Doctrine
• Options Backdating Scandal Limps Off Radar
• Dell Gets Sanctions Against Mass Engineered Design
• Southwestern Bell Hit With FLSA Suit
• Visa Settles Suit Over No-Contact Credit Card Patent
• 11 Cellular Cos. Dismissed From Minerva Patent Suit
• Belgian Supreme Court To Hear Telecom Merger Case
• Alberta Calls Time On Clock Patent Suit V. Rambus
• Qualcomm Considers Appeal Of $8.6M Sanction
• Foreign Investor Leads Class Action V. Drug Co.
• Patent Suit Finds GPS Navigation System Makers
• EU Probe Into Apple Ends With Pricing Agreement
• Injunction Bid Denied In HDMI Trade Secret Feud
• NetRatings Agrees to Patent License With WhenU
• Fed. Cir. Reversal May Mean SRI Patent Suit Back On
• All American Creditors' Plan: Win Antitrust Suits
• O2 Micro Seeks To Separate Antitrust, Patent Issues
• Apple, EU Expected To Resolve Antitrust Case
• Qualcomm Sanctioned $8.6M; 6 Lawyers Sent To Bar
• Infocrossing Asks For Separate Trials In Sandata Suit
• Kodak, Matsushita End Suit With Licensing Pact
• Cellular Cos. Seek Dismissal Of Minerva's Patent Case
• Quanta, LG Gear Up For High Court Showdown
• Nixon Peabody Trio Makes Leap To Winston & Strawn
• Supreme Court Picks Up Line In Pay-Phone Fee Case
• Gov't Appeals Fraud Acquittal For Amkor Counsel
• Judge Overturns Willfulness Verdict Against ESpeed
• Greenberg Traurig Snaps Up IP Partner
• IM Chats Get Cingular Off The Hook For Sex Bias
• Infringement Probe Of High-Tech Imports To Proceed
• AMD, MicroUnity Call Truce In GPU Patent Spat
• Sony Drops Third-Party Complaint Against Microsemi
• High Court Deletes Microsoft Keyboard Dispute
• Lengthy XM-Sirius Merger Review Raises Questions
• Motorola, Metrologic Settle Lengthy Bar-Code Dispute
• Court Sides With Law Firms In Attorney-Client Dispute
• Acacia Unit Reaches Settlement With Verizon
• Bosch Scores Partial Reversal In Infringement Case
• Cable Cos Gear Up To Boot The Set-Top Box
• Comcast Hit With Suit Over Earnings Reports
• Flash Memory Plaintiffs Can't Get Docs: Judge
• Biax, Fujitsu Make Amends In Patent Dispute
• EU Calls For Broadband Competition In Belgium
• SouthernLINC Dismissed From Cellular Patent Case
• Firewall Patent Suit Heating Up In New Year
• Illegal Tying Is Core Of Apple's Business: Suit
• LG Nears Class Action Deal Over "Defective" HDTVs
• Apple Settles Video-On-Demand Patent Spat
• IBM Chemicals Caused Cancer: Suit
• SanDisk Settles Flash Memory Disputes With PNY
• WorldCom Reaches Settlement To Avoid Appeal
• Verizon-MCI Merger To Go Through In Pa.
• Vizio Reaches Deal In Plasma Display Patent Suit
• Trade Secret Claims Against Lucent Ousted—Again
• AT&T's "Triple Play" A Foul Pitch: Antitrust Suit
• Intel Finalizing Response To EC's Antitrust Charges
• Sprint Settles With Acacia Unit Over GPS Tracking
• Vonage Settles Patent Dispute With Nortel
• Baker Botts Balks At "Baseless" Disqualification Bid
• Netflix, E*Trade, Wiley Nabbed In Web Patent Suit
• Google Not Off The Hook In AutoLink Patent Suit
• Intel Auto-Delete System Under Fire In Antitrust Suit
• AGs Lack Evidence To Extend Oversight: Microsoft
• Broadcom Wins Injunction Against Qualcomm