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Technology - October, 2009

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• Dell Settles Call Center Workers' OT Suit
• Fed. Circ. To Hear EchoStar DVR Patent Appeal
• Patent Cos. Beat Microsoft, Vizio In Claims Construction
• LG Agrees To Stay TV Patent Spat During ITC Probe
• Nidec, LG Settle Computer Motor Patent Spat
• Class Denial Upheld In Calif. DirecTV Fraud Action
• Samsung Capacitors Face Patent Probe In ITC
• Eckert Seamans Announces New Hires, Va. Office
• Psystar Aims At Apple Over Snow Leopard OS
• Qimonda Asks ITC For Second Look At Patent Ruling
• 3 Symbol Technologies Execs Settle SEC Fraud Claims
• Sony, AmTran Resolve Spat Over TV Patents
• Sony Pulls Computer AC Adapters Over Shock Risk
• Pitt Sends Radiation Patent Suit Back To Fed. Circ.
• Apple, AT&T Hit With IPhone MMS Class Action
• Atser Challenges 'Exceptional' Ruling In Patent Case
• Dell Arbitration Clause Won't Fly In Class Suit: Judge
• Hitachi, LG Settle Computer Technology Patent Spat
• Rivals Head To Trial In Fiber Optics Tech Patent Feud
• Expert Testimony Muddies Legal Malpractice Spat
• Sanyo To Sell Battery Plants To Fujitsu Unit For $71M
• Telkom Faces Fine Over Abuse Of Market Dominance
• Sony, Vizio Settle DTV Patent Infringement Dispute
• Claims Trimmed From Samsung HDTV Defect Action
• GSI To Pay Up To $350M For Rue La La Parent
• A123 Takes Lithium Battery Patent Spat To Fed. Circ.
• Finisar Shareholders Try To Revive Backdating Suit
• Judge Approves $75M In DIP Cash For FairPoint
• Renesas To Transfer Semiconductor Unit To Hitachi
• Dish Tries To Force Insurers To Address Doc Requests
• Microsoft Files Cross-Appeal In Uniloc Patent Suit
• 9th Circ. Gives Go-Ahead To AT&T Fee Class Action
• Construction IP Suit Ruled Exceptional Over Conduct
• Liberty Split-Off For DirecTV Deal To Be Tax-Free: IRS
• Intervoice Shareholders Lose Class Certification
• Unisys Software Workers' Case Returns To State Court
• Analyst Wins Conditional Cert. In L-3 FLSA Dispute
• Frontier Gets OK To Buy Verizon Businesses For $8.5B
• Dassault To Buy PLM Support Assets From IBM
• Palm Lashes Out At WIAV Over Wireless Patents
• Further Guidance On Browsewrap User Agreements
• Cisco To Pick Up ScanSafe In $183M Deal
• DBSD Plan, Debt-For-Equity Swap Gets Green Light
• LG Strikes Deal In Volume Control Patent Dispute
• Google Sued Over Algorithm For Browser Updates
• Aloft Drops Infor From Software Patent Suit
• Lasonic Settles In Tsera Touch Pad Patent Suit
• FairPoint Enters Ch. 11 After Striking Deal With Lenders
• Sprint, Dish Object To Financing In DBSD Ch. 11 Plan
• Patent Licensee Beefs Up ATM Suit Against 7-Eleven
• Cable Co. Wants Set-Top Box Tying Suit Nixed
• ITC Affirms Noninfringement Of SanDisk Flash Patents
• DOJ Probes Sony's Optical Disk Drive Biz
• On2 Settles Class Actions Over Its Sale To Google
• ITC To Fight Spansion Stay Order
• RIM, Casio Sued Over Traffic Ticket System Patent
• O'Melveny Nabs White & Case Sports IP Guru
• SolarWinds To Offer $227.8M In Common Stock
• Dish Network IP Woes Not Covered: Insurers
• Preserving The Chain Of Title
• Online Catalog Inventor, E-Tailers Settle Patent Spat
• Harvard International Settles MPEG-2 Suit For $10M
• Judge Turns Off Power.com's Claims Against Facebook
• Metavante Loses Bid To Stay $6M Lehman Swap Ruling
• Symantec, StorageCraft End IP Source Code Feud
• Time Warner Worker Wins Bid To Amend FLSA Suit
• FTC Gunning For Intel: Report
• ITC Opens Inquiry Into HP Printer Ink Patent Case
• Tellabs To Snatch Up WiChorus In $165M Cash Deal
• Sony Resolves Traffic System Patent Suit
• Court Refuses Equity Committee In Spansion Ch. 11
• MEMC Acquires SunEdison For $200M
• Doc Production Ordered In Morgan Lewis Fraud Suit
• Foley Drops 3rd Parties From DataTern Malpractice Suit
• Varian Bids To Dismiss Advanced Ion Antitrust Suit
• AT&T Workers Win Conditional Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Actus, Google Drop Electronic Payment Patent Suit
• Insurer's Dish Network Suit Stayed For Sex Assault Case
• 2nd Circ. Rejects IBM Appeal In Noncompete Case
• NY High Court Says Tyco Didn't Breach Cable Contract
• Equinix Snaps Up Switch & Data For $689M
• FCC Votes To Move Forward On Net Neutrality Rules
• Avocent Shareholder Sues To Halt $1.2B Emerson Deal
• Pirate Bay Again Told To Shut Down Copyrighted Links
• Nokia Accuses IPhone Of Infringing Its Patents
• Plaintiffs File Consolidated Complaint In IPhone MDL
• EBay CEO Vows Skype Deal Is On Track
• Magistrate Nixes Anvik's Bid To Alter Discovery Rule
• Bankrupt Satellite Co. Launches Outer Space Dispute
• DataTreasury, M&T Settle Check-Imaging Patent Spat
• Google Seeks Bilked Funds From Eddie Bauer Sale
• Tricom Set To Exit Ch. 11 After Plan Gets OK
• E.Digital, Samsung Settle Flash Memory Patent Battle
• Motorola Says LCD Flat-Panel Makers Fixed Prices
• Dozens of Firms Hit With New CWC Patent Action
• MCI Workers Seek Final Approval Of $3.5M Settlement
• 3rd Circ. Remands Conspiracy Charge Against Rigases
• ITC Launches Printer Probe In Ricoh, Oki Patent Spat
• EU Antitrust Worries Persist Over Oracle-Sun Deal
• Software Co. Seeks Docs From Baker Botts, Susman
• Motorola, Stragent To Drop Online Messaging Suit
• Samsung Fined Over Anti-Microbial Keyboard Claims
• Chinese Authors Up In Arms Over Google Books
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Dewey Telecom Expert
• Dell, Intel, Acer Face Laptop Battery Life Class Action
• Music Bigwigs Aim To Improve Online Access In EU
• Citigroup Settles In TQP Online Encryption Patent Suit
• Asyst Gets Green Light To Probe Asset Sale
• Open Source Backers Urge EU To Block Oracle-Sun Deal
• Williams & Connolly Sues Ex-Client Over $2M Bill
• Dish Not Entitled To Coverage For IP Suit: Insurer
• 5th Circ. Lets Enron Broadband Exec Off The Hook
• Samsung Appeals Stay Order In Spansion Ch. 11
• Sprint To Appeal Nixed $1.9B Claim In DBSD Ch. 11
• Linex Fails To Wrap Up Its Wireless Patent Suit
• Major Ad Firms Support Microsoft-Yahoo Deal
• RBS Reaches Deal In TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• SmugMug Settles In EasyWeb Photo-Sharing IP Suit
• Lycos Drops Appeal Of Netflix Noninfringement Ruling
• LG, Others Take Netgear Wi-Fi Suit To Fed. Circ.
• Guitar Hero Sellers Ask To Lift Gibson Patent Stay
• Lockheed Martin Targets Bell Helicopter In $3.6M Suit
• Sprint-iPCS $831M Deal To End Midwest Territory Spats
• Lexmark Printer Cartridge Dispute Heads To 6th Circ.
• Seagate, LSI Come Out Ahead In Chip Patent Ruling
• Digital Libraries Top Priority For EU IP Talks
• ITC Jams InterDigital's Section 337 Claims V. Nokia
• Nintendo, Hillcrest Put End To Suit Over Wii Remotes
• Apple Can't Add Defense In ITC Action: Spansion
• Former FCC Chief Consulting For Skadden Arps
• IBM To Pay $7.5M To Settle Techies' OT Action
• Verizon Dodges Diabetic Technician's ADA Suit
• Seagate Blasts National Union's Arbitration Bid
• AT&T Seeks Stay, Limit On Pricing Program TRO
• Samsung Strikes Deal In DLP Television Patent Suit
• CSIRO Settles With D-Link In Wi-Fi Patent Battle
• House Dems Urge FCC To Soften Net Neutrality Stance
• ITC Staff Says Nvidia, Others Infringe Rambus Patents
• Sens. Balk At Patent Reform Act Review Provisions
• SEC Tightens Up Backdating Claims V. Mercury Execs
• IBM Exec, Others Arrested In $20M Insider Trading Case
• Nortel Gets Green Light To Sell Assets
• Accolade Drops Micron, Aptina From Imaging IP Suit
• Starent To Pay UTStarcom $3.5M In Patent Deal
• ILOR Told To Pay Google's Fees In 'Meritless' IP Suit
• Patent Marking Requirements Post TransCore
• EU Asks UK To Get Tough On Fixed Termination Rates
• Charter Says Ch. 11 Plan OK'd
• Paul Hastings Lures MoFo IP Partner
• Ditech To Pay $1M Fees In Backdating Settlement
• Ex-Emerson Exec Temporarily Barred From Tyco Job
• Verizon Ring Tones Not Public Performances: Judge
• Tandberg Shareholders Reject $3B Cisco Offer
• LG, Funai Court Battle Put On Hold Amid ITC Probe
• Intel, AMD Exchange Shots In MDL Antitrust Case
• Bryan Cave Wants Malpractice Claims Dismissed
• Skype Founders Try To Stall Sale Of Ebay Stake
• LG To Set Up $4B Joint Venture For China LCD Plant
• Consumers Seek Class Cert. In Brother Printer Case
• Best Buy, Pro Softnet Cut From Data Backup IP Suit
• Philips Wins En Banc Review In CD Patent Case
• Semiconductor Cos. Fight IP Review In LSI 337 Case
• Perot Accuses Key Plastics Of Breaching IT Contract
• ChipMOS Can Foreclose On Bankrupt Spansion's Chips
• Circuit City, Insurers Reach Deal On Hurricane Claims
• MoFo, Ecast Settle Malpractice Suit Over $5M In Fees
• Lowering The Fraud Standard In Trademark Cases
• Restraining Order Puts AT&T Practices On Hold
• Samsung Agrees To TRO In Software Copyright Row
• Microsoft Urges Fed. Circ. To Revisit Lucent Patent
• Michelin Settles Computer System Patent Dispute
• Va. Utility Sues Comcast Over Pole Rental Rates
• Internet Capital Readies $150M In Stock Offerings
• Section 337 Opens Doors For Foreign Manufacturers
• Pitney Bowes Sues Over Paperless Mail Patents
• Sinclair Set To Issue $430M In Senior Secured Notes
• EU Weighs Suit Over German Frequency Licenses
• AT&T Unit Settles E-Rate Bidding Suit For $1.4M
• Yahoo Settles Pay-Per-Click Advertisers' Class Action
• Real Estate Site Operator Trims IP, Antitrust Suit
• Judge Pares Inphonic Securities Class Action
• Sigma Reaches $160M Deal To Acquire CopperGate
• Cisco Snags Mobile Internet Co. Starent For $2.9B
• Belkin, CSIRO Amend Settlement In Wi-Fi Patent Spat
• Michelin Exits CWC Online Sales System Patent Suit
• Sprint Settles Class Action Over Data Fees
• Flashlight Makers Settle Trademark Infringement Suit
• Unions Prepare To Spar With Verizon Over Layoffs
• Post-Katrina Repair Workers Get OT Win In 5th Circ.
• AT&T Employees Can Depose Ex-CEOs: Judge
• Levinson Quits Google Board Amid FTC Probe
• SPH Secrets Suit Against Foley & Lardner Dismissed
• American Airlines Latest To Settle DataTern Lawsuit
• 9th Circ. Limits SLUSA Scope In Siliconix Action
• FCC To Probe Google Voice Over Call Blocking
• ASUSTeK Can't Update Report In O2 Micro 337 Suit: ITC
• China Bans Foreign Investment In Online Gaming
• PacSun, Chico's Settle With CWC In Sales Patent Suit
• Ethernet Patent Holder Sues Apple, Dell, Others
• Online Retailers Smacked With E-Commerce Patent Suit
• HP, Sharp, Others Hit With Cell Phone Patent Claims
• Nvidia Postpones Chipset Development For Intel Feud
• EC 'In Contact' With US Over IBM Antitrust Probe
• 2nd Circ. Backs Telecon After Kyivstar Row Ends
• Avante's Voting Machine Patents Remain Invalid
• Ericsson Forecasts Wrong, Not Fraudulent: 2nd Circ.
• Investor Suit Seeks To Block $3.9B Perot-Dell Merger
• Apple, Dow Jones, Others Hit With Web Patent Suit
• Dell Loses Bid To Toss Abstrax Assembly Patent Suit
• Motorola Makes Bid To Oust SPH Counsel For Conflict
• AOL, MapQuest Settle API Data Patent Claims
• USPTO Drops Controversial Rules Package
• Google Lobbyist To Give Limited Testimony In IP Suit
• US Chamber Fires Back At Climate Change Defectors
• Lawmakers Vexed By Google Call-Blocking
• Trade Law May Tear Down China's 'Great Firewall'
• Novell, Microsoft Vie For Quick Win In OS Antitrust Suit
• IT Maintenance Worker Hits Verizon With FLSA Action
• Schiff Hardin Snags Seyfarth Corporate Partner
• Facebook Hit With 2 New Web Networking Patent Suits
• Telecom Co. Asks To Join Antitrust Suit Against AT&T
• Alien Cleared Of Willful Infringement Of Intermec Patent
• DOJ Targets IBM With Antitrust Investigation
• Inventor Hits Target, Others In New Online Security Suit
• CWC To Dismiss Brunswick, Others From Patent Case
• ATS Complaint Tossed In TFT-LCD Antitrust MDL
• Perkins Coie Taps Paul Hastings Engineer For IP Group
• Telefonica Tops Vivendi Bid, Offers $3.7B For GVT
• Nov. 9 Deadline For Revised Google Books Deal
• JFTC Slams Samsung, MT Picture In CRT Cartel Probe
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Toss Of Skype VoIP Patent Claims
• 'Litigious' Patent Holder Loses Nokia Phone Spat
• Apple Shareholders Fight To Revive Backdating Suit
• Microsoft's Browser Changes Get Early Nod From EU
• Compuware Aims To Buy Gomez For $295M
• Honeywell Asks ITC To Review Pioneer GPS Ruling
• Sprint Settles Suits Over Virgin Mobile Deal
• Circuit City PTO Claims Get Priority Status: Court
• T-Mobile Sues Over Prepaid Phone Resales
• Circuit Board Makers Viasystems, Merix To Merge
• Ciena Pays $521M For Nortel Optical, Ethernet Assets
• Lawyer Support Rising For Bill To Reverse Kyocera
• EU Fines 6 Transformer Producers €67.7M Over Cartel
• TQP, Capital One Settle Web Encryption Patent Suit
• Feds Approve Adobe's $1.8B Omniture Buyout
• CIT Tosses Funai Digital TV Suit Against US, CBP
• Shareholder Suit Doesn't Pass PSLRA Muster: Sprint
• EU Set To Fine Power Transformer Makers Over Cartel
• Nissan Off Hook In Affinity Car Audio Patent Dispute
• $586M Dot-Com IPO Settlement Wins Final OK
• 2nd Circ. Finds Rigases' Prison Terms Reasonable
• Volterra Wins Injunction On Flip Chip Patents
• Eolas Slaps Pepsi, Others With Web Site Patent Suit
• Emerson Inks $1.2B Deal for Avocent
• Cingular Prevails In Dispute Over Wash. Surcharge
• Starent Wins Dismissal Of UTStarcom Routing Patent
• Data Systems Maker Brocade Looking To Sell: Reports
• Telenor, Alfa End Feud, Agree To VimpelCom Deal
• IBM Snaps Up BofA's Mortgage Unit
• Inventor Appeals Cablevision Phone System Patent Win
• TomTom Can't Get Touch-Screen Patent Suit Tossed
• IBM, Asustek Settle Patent Battles With Cross-License
• High Court Turns Nacchio Away
• Ciena May Be Latest Buyer In Nortel Asset Offload
• Plaintiff Seeks To Revive ERISA Class Action V. AT&T
• Auditek Settles In Tsera Touch Pad Patent Suit
• Mergers And IP License Agreements
• ING Resolves TQP Data Encryption Patent Suit
• Suit Says Sony PS3 Update Causes Unit Breakdown
• Intel, U of Wis. Settle Data Patent Feud On Eve Of Trial
• Montana Power, Shareholders Reach $115M Deal
• Sea Launch, XM Settle Satellite Launch Contract Spat
• Murata Seeks ITC Probe Of Samsung Capacitor Imports
• Judge Tosses Ex-Motorola Attorney's Suit
• Insurer Urges Discovery Stay In Intel Coverage Spat
• Call Center Operator West Corp. Launches $500M IPO
• Samsung's ITC Case Against Spansion Stayed
• Emerson Sues Former Top Exec Over Move To Tyco
• Foley Fires Back In DataTern Patent Malpractice Suit
• Syntellect Fails To Escape Colonial Contract Claims
• Ninth Circuit Rebuffs AT&T Mobility's Arbitration Bid
• Red Hat To High Court: Make Software Unpatentable
• PACid Settles With Lenovo In Data Encryption Suit
• Suit Says Comcast Misclassified Workers
• Wi-LAN Slaps Conexant Over DSL Patent
• Volvo, Patent-Holding Co. Settle Traffic Data Suit
• Former Cabletron Execs Escape Most Of SEC Suit
• IBM Bests T3's Competition Suit; T3 Vows Appeal
• Big River, Sprint Settle VoP Patent Suit
• Judge Nixes $1.9B In Sprint Claims In DBSD Ch. 11
• Judge Declines To Issue Judgment In XM Contract Suit
• Antitrust Counterclaims Rejected In Xerox Patent Suit
• Fujifilm Customers Ask For Cert. In Faulty FinePix Suit
• ViaSat Snags WildBlue Communications For $568M
• ProtoStar Ch. 11 Plan Looks To Auction Off Satellites
• SEC Hits Former IBSG CEO With Fraud Suit
• Judge Chastises SPH For Foley Trade Secrets Suit
• IP Holder Seeks To Boot MoFo As Yahoo's Counsel
• AOL Execs Still On Hook In $1B SEC Fraud Suit
• Cisco To Buy Norwegian Video Co. Tandberg For $3B
• Data Security, Privacy And The 'Red Flags' Rule
• McKenna Nixed As Apeldyn Atty In LCD Patent Spat
• HP, Lenovo Unplugged From Modem Patent Suit