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Technology - January, 2010

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• Cos. Pay Big To Settle Patent Fights With Rivals
• Palm, Apple, Samsung Settle Saxon Patent Suits
• Purchasers Seek Sanctions In Intel Antitrust MDL
• Narrowing Scope Of Wash. Consumer Protection Act
• Argosy First to Settle With Eolas In Web Patent Suit
• Fla. Court Says Insurance Covers Nextel Junk Faxes
• Klausner, Ooma Settle Voice Mail Patent Suit
• 7th Circ. Remands Sprint Antitrust Texting Case
• Oracle Accuses Las Vegas Firm Of 'Massive' IP Theft
• USPTO To Update Patent Term System After Ruling
• Comcast, NBC Vow Deal Won't Curb Competition
• Drug Charges Against Ex-Broadcom Exec Tossed
• Big Apple Fund Gets Another Bite At Apple Inc.
• Stay Of Samsung, Spansion Patent Spat Approved
• Microsoft Patent Suit Dropped Pending Re-Exam
• Apple May Face IPad Trademark Fight With Fujitsu
• Revised Google Books Deal Draws New Fire
• Avnet Sales Rep's OT Suit Left Hanging By A Thread
• Uniloc Units Strike Again Over Anti-Piracy Patent
• Aerotel Appeals Loss In Phone Patent Spat V. T-Mobile
• Creditors Aim To Block Spansion's Japanese Deal
• Implications Of Quon V. Arch Wireless
• Intel, Others Slapped With Hand Pad Patent Suit
• HP Found Liable In EDS Contract Spat With BSkyB
• FTC OKs $650M Danaher-MDS Deal With Conditions
• FCC Demands Fee Info From AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile
• Sony Slapped Over Dictation Technology Patent
• Home Depot, Others Hit With Web Patent Suit
• GE, Others Slammed With Utility Sales Patent Suit
• CIT Stays Xerox Toner Case For Jurisdiction Review
• Silicon Labs Hits Quintic With Radio Chip Patent Suit
• Vivendi Dropped From Payment Method Patent Suit
• In-House Counsel Name Favorite Litigators
• Plaintiffs Reboot Apple MP3 Monopoly Suit
• PopCap Hit With $4.6M Jury Verdict In Contract Spat
• Canon, HP Sued Over Video, Digital Signal Patents
• Black Box Proposes Settlement In Backdating Suit
• Dell Appeals Nixed In Canadian Laptop Class Action
• ITC Backs Samsung In Deposition Bid Against Murata
• ITC Backs Funai Default Judgment Bid Over TV Patent
• DBSD Accuses Dish Of Bad Faith In Bankruptcy Appeal
• Microsoft Exits Acacia Unit's Online Map Patent Suit
• EU Signs Off On $5B Liberty-Unitymedia Merger
• Clarifying Fiduciary Duty For Distressed Calif. Cos.
• PerkinElmer Patent Suit Dropped Days After It Began
• Venali Prevails In Fax Patent Appeal V. J2 Unit
• Coaxial Cable Ruling Should Be Reversed: ITC Office
• ITC Lauches Probe In Nokia's Patent Spat With Apple
• ITC Rules Nvidia Infringes 3 Valid Rambus DRAM Patents
• Insurer Off Hook In Calling Card Ad Spat V. TCI
• Teligent Seeks To Limit K&L Gates Discovery
• Noteholders Fight Spansion's Disclosure Statement
• Changes To $9.5M Atmel Backdating Settlement OK'd
• US, Xerox Say Dispute Presents Issue Of 1st Impression
• Microsoft Uses Apple Defense In Datel Antitrust Suit
• 2nd Circ. Decision Nixing Webcast Song Fees Stands
• Liberty Global Sells Japan Cable Stake For $4B
• Ex-EMC VP To Pay Fine For Insider Trading
• Infineon Says Volterra Infringes 4 Power Patents
• Whetstone, Mutoh Settle Printer Patent Row
• Intel Laptop Battery Life Class Action Enters Mediation
• SanDisk Drops 2 Rivals From Flash Memory IP Spat
• SRAM Direct Purchasers Reach $25M In Settlements
• Motorola Hits RIM With ITC Complaint Over Devices
• Shareholders Slap Motorola With Fraud Action
• Apple, Orange IPhone Proposals Prove Fruitful In France
• Baker Hostetler Boosts IP Practice With Taft Hires
• Bill Aims To Require FDA To Assess Nanotech Risk
• Sidley Lures MoFo Atty To New Silicon Valley Office
• New Trial Granted In Failed Startup's Contract Fight
• FISMA Software Lanham Act Claims Against US Survive
• FotoMedia Drops EW Scripps From Photo Patent Suit
• ILOR Appeals Attorneys' Fees In IP Spat With Google
• Apple Settles Engineers' FLSA Suit For $1M
• JuxtaComm Sues British Air, Others Over Data Patent
• Microsoft, Acacia Unit Settle Suit Over Tech Patent
• Ex-Skylynx CEO Pleads Guilty To $20M Stock Fraud
• Rulings Underscore Need For E-Discovery Expertise
• Nationwide Class Nixed In AT&T Billing Suit
• Rambus Chip Trial Delayed For 60 Days
• Nomadix Sues SolutionInc Over Router Patents
• Resellers Barred From Using TracFone's Trademarks
• SanDisk Drops Patent From Flash Memory Suit
• Verizon SharePlan Customers Seek Class Status
• $6.7M Ends Adelphia Investors' Feud With Rigases
• Applied Materials Ends Trade Secrets Suit With AMEC
• EU Backs $7.4B Sun-Oracle Deal Without Conditions
• Quanta Seeks Stay On $57.5M Ruling In Disk Case
• Spansion To Sell Italian Operations, Retain IP Rights
• FCC Closes Sports Loophole To Foster TV Competition
• Apple Takes Fresh Aim At Nokia Over Tech Patents
• Spansion, Aehr Reach Pact On $18.5M Claim
• Fujitsu To Exit Acceleron Blade Server Patent Dispute
• NIST Launches 1st Version Of Smart Grid Standards
• Microsoft Sues TiVo Over Digital Recording Patents
• CMD Resolves Shareholder Suits Over Sale To ON
• 11th Circ. Tosses Backdating Class Action V. Jabil
• Toshiba Seeks ITC Probe Of Wistron Laptops
• Realtime, Expand Networks Settle Data Patent Suit
• LG Appeals Bar On Claims In Circuit City Ch. 11
• DOJ Joins $119M GlobeTel Fraud Case
• PortaOne Settles Marshall Phone Card Patent Spat
• EU Clears $6B Xerox-ACS Merger
• Tech, Energy Took Biggest Antitrust Hits Last Year
• Samsung, Rambus Agree To $900M DRAM Settlement
• Options Backdating Payouts Approach $600M In 2009
• Class Claims Deleted In Windows XP Contract Suit
• Patent-Sharing Deal Ends Kodak, LG Camera IP Case
• Funai Seeks Default For Proview In ITC TV Probe
• Google Inequitable Conduct Claims 'Baseless': Judge
• Amazon Dropped From Digital Transmission IP Suit
• EU Sets Deadline For Review Of Microsoft-Yahoo Deal
• Tsera, Iriver Settle Touch Pad Spat With Patent License
• BancorpSouth Settles In Online Message Patent Suit
• Argentine Court Suspends Telecom Sale Timetable
• Dish, Echostar Ink Deal With Global In Satellite Case
• Great Works Internet Gets Ally In FairPoint Billing Row
• 9th Circ. Revives Charter Workers' Class Status Bid
• Google, Verizon Weigh In On Net Neutrality Debate
• US Moves To Toss Xerox Suit Over Nu-Kote Products
• Google's Decision Prompts Call For Congress To Act
• 'Zubulake Revisited: Six Years Later'
• FedEx Emerges With Summary Judgment Patent Win
• DOJ Drops Text Message Rate Probe: Report
• Risk Manager's Contract, Secrets Suit Against HP Pared
• FotoMedia Drops Slide From Pic-Sharing Patent Suit
• Kodak Sets Sights On Apple, RIM Over Imaging Patents
• Ex-Symbol CEO Wants No-Show Default Judgment Nixed
• Tech Giants Weigh In On 337 Requirement
• Elan Seeks Apple Source Codes In Touch Screen Fight
• GTL Infra Snaps Up Aircel Telecom Towers For $1.9B
• Antitrust Group Calls For Probe Of ES&S-Diebold Deal
• Confidential Discovery OK'd For Spansion, Tessera
• Switch & Data Fires Back At Shareholder Complaint
• Apple Settles Wireless Patent Claims Over IPhone
• Fifth Third Exits TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• Sony Pushes Settlements In 4 HDTV MDL Cases
• Intel Hits Back Against NY Antitrust Claims
• SEC, Mobile Ready CEO Reach Insider Trading Deal
• K&L Gates Adds Mintz Levin IP Partners In Silicon Valley
• KBC To Battle US Philips Over $2.6M Account
• Rambus' DRAM Antitrust Spat Heads To Trial
• AT&T Call Center Workers Win Cert. In OT Suit
• VMware Snaps Up Yahoo E-Mail Unit Zimbra
• Spansion Wants Tessera Expense Claims Capped
• Bose Seeks Protective Order In Speaker Case
• Gale Settles Fee Dispute With Patent Counsel, Firm
• Carbonite Settles In Computer Backup Patent Suit
• Amazon, Motorola, Verizon Exit Music ID Patent Suit
• Philips Drops Set-Top Box NAFTA Refund Spat
• US Fire Doesn't Owe MasTec Coverage: 11th Circ.
• Cheetah Fights Mitsubishi Victory In TV Patent Suit
• Salesforce.com Proposes $500M Note Offering
• MoFo Snags Deals Vet From Sonnenschein
• French, German Telecoms Seek EU Scrutiny For UK Deal
• AT&T Failed To Pay Iowa Access Service Tariffs: Suit
• Samsung, Icomm Settle 3G Decoding Patent Fight
• Facing Jail, WideBand Execs Appeal ClearOne Ban
• LendingTree, SST Settle Web Patent Suit For $9.5M
• Google Squashes Inventor's AdWords Patent Suit
• $6.6M Ariba Award Upheld In Software Patent Spat
• Kodak, Samsung Bury Hatchet Over Camera Patents
• FuzzySharp Appeals 3-D Patent Invalidity Ruling
• RealNetworks' Antitrust Claims Axed In DVD Copy Spat
• Sharp Returns Fire In Samsung LCD Patent Battle
• Acer Pulls Aspire Laptops Due To Burn Risk
• Toshiba, Discovision Settle Patent Licensing Spat
• Ex-Broadcom CFO Appeals $118M Backdating Deal
• Federal Signal Added To Messaging Patent Suit
• Office Supplier Dismissed From PACid Data Patent Suit
• Microsoft Presses Fed. Circ. To Rehear I4i Case
• DC Circ. Grills FCC In Comcast Net Neutrality Case
• Fed. Circ. Deals Finisar New Blow In DirecTV Case
• YouTube Cites Veoh In Viacom Copyright Suit
• Spansion Strikes Deals With Japanese Ex-Subsidiary
• Lycos To Pay $2.8M In Fees For 'Massive' Leasing Feud
• Court Rejects Moves To Toss Fractus Antenna Suit
• Lawson To Snap Up Healthvision For $160M
• Feds Appeal Broadcom Dismissal, Drop Drug Charges
• VTech, Motorola Settle Cordless Phone Patent Case
• Windstream Launches $1.1B Note Offering
• ITC Nixes GPS Probe After Honeywell-Pioneer Deal
• Genuitec, Software Tree Settle Java Server Patent Spat
• Qwest Aims To Raise $800M In Note Offering
• Class Recertified In Comcast Monopoly Suit
• Toshiba Exits PACid's Encryption Patent Suit
• Sarkozy Floats Google Tax, Antitrust Probe
• ConnectU, Facebook Fight Over Counsel Drags On
• Industry Groups, Unions Blast Comcast-NBC Deal
• Fortinet Sues Trend Micro Again Over Antivirus Patents
• CDC Software Offers $105M For Chordiant
• Rivals Put Kibosh On GPS Patent Dispute
• Former Brocade VP Gets 2 Months In Backdating Suit
• Slew Of Carriers Dismissed From DTL Patent Suit
• Infineon Settles With Edge, Jaco In DRAM Litigation
• Quanta Owes $57M In Disk Patent Case: Judge
• DBSD Accuses Sprint Of Trying To Derail Ch. 11 Plan
• Ex-CEO Appeals $118M Broadcom Backdating Deal
• Patent Suit Over Google Products Survives Bid To Toss
• DataTern, United Strike Deal In Database Patent Spat
• Comcast Seeks Arbitration, Stay In Set-Top Box MDL
• Raymond James Settles In TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• DOJ Seeks More Info On Equinix, Switch & Data Deal
• Telefonica Unit Hit With $27.5M Antitrust Fine
• Courts OK Nortel, Genband $282M Stalking Horse Deal
• Google Declaratory Suit Over Mobile Maps Tossed
• RU L%kin @ my txt msgs?
• Samsung Counterclaims Trimmed In LCD Patent Spat
• Tessera Fails To Nail Down DRAM Cos. In ITC Suit
• DTL Settles Patent Case With 4 Cell Phone Carriers
• FotoMedia Pares Photo Patent Infringement Suit
• Perot Investor To Disgorge $8.6M In Insider Trading Suit
• Lawson Consultants Denied Class Cert. On State Claims
• Charter General Counsel Heads To Thompson Coburn
• CMD Shareholder Sues Over Acquisition Price Offer
• Adelphia Ex-Counsel Ordered To Testify In Fraud Suit
• ITC To Begin 337 Probe Of Knowles Micromachines
• Kodak, Wachovia End Contract Spat Over $30M Loan
• How Private Antitrust Litigation May Proceed In China
• Use Airwaves To Boost Broadband Competition: DOJ
• AT&T Hit With Slew Of Actions Over Online Access Tax
• CBS Exits API Technologies Data Network Patent Suit
• ITC Takes On Complaint Over BlackBerry Data System
• Tune Hunter, Shazam Settle Music ID Patent Battle
• Aperio, Hamamatsu Look To Settle Scanner Patent Feud
• Tsera, Cowon Settle Touch Pad Patent Dispute
• Cox Resolves Web Radio Patent Dispute
• ITC Staff Backs Deal To Trim Voltage Patent Fight
• 9th Circ. Unplugs IPod Hearing Damage Class Action
• Nationwide, Prudential Settle In DataTern Patent Suit
• Chunghwa, LCD Purchasers Float $10M Antitrust Deal
• Broadcom To Pay $160.5M To Settle Backdating Suit
• Ex-Comverse Execs Settle Backdating Spat For $62M
• Fairchild, Infineon Resolve Semiconductor Patent Row
• Paradigm Seeks $4M In Fees After Trade Secrets Win
• Ford, IBM, Daimler Dealt Setback In Apartheid Case
• Nokia Takes Another Swipe At Apple Over Tech Patents
• MetLife Faces Suit Over TQP Encryption Patent
• Cable Online Video Spurs Call For Antitrust Inquiry
• ITC Takes On Samsung's LCD Patent Case Against Sharp
• Rejecting 'Bundling' Claims In The 9th Circ.
• 8th Circ. Shoots Down Qwest's Bid In Rate Fight
• ITC Examines Richtek Circuit Patent Claims V. UPI
• Technology Legislation To Watch In 2010
• Technology Cases To Watch In 2010