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Technology - May, 2010

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• Doc Fight In LCD Antitrust MDL Heads To 9th Circ.
• Comcast, TQP Settle Encryption Patent Suit
• Mattel, AmEx, Others Cut From Pic Mash-Up Patent Spat
• Deutsche, JPMorgan Off Hook For Software IP Claims
• Twitter Helps Usher In New Set Of Trademark Perils
• Sprint, Others Exit Cell Phone Antenna Patent Dispute
• Phoenix, DeviceVM Settle 'Instant-On' Secrets Spat
• Sanyo, 16 Others Added To Chip System Patent Suit
• Trend Micro Cuts Deal In IPAT Data Security Case
• AT&T, Cisco, Others Face Suit Over Network Patents
• EU Cartel Settlements May Fast-Track US Actions
• O2, Others Seek Review Of Ruling In LCD Patent Spat
• Yahoo, Facebook Back Google In YouTube IP Case
• Pequot, CEO To Pay $28M To End Insider Trading Case
• PPC Loses Bid For Review In Cable Connector 337 Case
• Novell Strikes Deal In IPAT Data Security Patent Suit
• Mich. Legislature Balks At FCC's Broadband Plan
• Fed. Circ. Affirms $16M Win For Fuji In Camera IP Fight
• Facebook, MySpace Messages Are Protected: Judge
• Spansion, Tessera Reach $130M Patent Claim Estimate
• Verizon Contractor Faces OT Action By Ditchdigger
• Bluestone Lights Up Osram, Others Over LED Patents
• Verizon Targeted In Interactive TV Patent Suit
• Case Study: SEB V. Montgomery Ward
• Jones Day Reps SunPower In $1.2B AUO Joint Venture
• Funai, Vizio Settle Digital TV Patent, Antitrust Battle
• Lime Wire Seeks Reconsideration Amid 'Clear Errors'
• ITC Pushes Decision In Rambus 337 Case To July
• Target Quickly Exits Spat Over 4 Ethernet Patents
• HP Hits 7 With New 337 Bid Over Ink Cartridge Patents
• EHarmony Latest To Settle In GraphOn Patent Suit
• Verizon, DTL Settle Cell Phone Patent Dispute
• Nikon Americas Exits PACid's Encryption Patent Suit
• DOJ Probes Apple's Online Music Tactics
• AT&T Settlement Calls For Unlocking Of Phones
• Google Shares Ad Info In Wake Of Antitrust Concerns
• Asus Deal Cinches Saxon Computer Patent War
• Google Ends Get-Rich Scam Suit With Pacific Webworks
• Milberg's Use Of Sources Probed In Sony Case
• Motorola Says Panasonic Deceived USPTO About Chip IP
• Check Point Settles In IPAT Internet Security Patent Suit
• Economic Approaches To Royalty Calculations
• EMC Shells Out $87.5M Over Kickback Scheme
• Dell Settles In EMG Touch Screen Patent Suit
• JFTC Fines Fiber-Optic Cable Cartel $180M
• Bell Micro Shareholder Tries To Block Avnet Merger
• US Lawmakers Look To Reform Communications Act
• Raytheon Sues Technosoft Over Defense Software
• Apple's IAd Violates Competition, Trademark Law: Suit
• ITC Won't Review Ricoh Loss In Printer Patent Spat
• Microlog Sues Ford, Others Over Call Center Patent
• Suit Says Merck Leaked Trade Secrets To IBM
• Midway Games Wins OK For Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Cravath Reps Big Blue In $1.4B Cloud Computing Buy
• Informiam Seeks $13M In Bonuses From Genesys Merger
• Supreme Court Takes Up Class Action Arbitration Issue
• High Court Rejects Microsoft Appeal Of Lucent Verdict
• Secret Docs Unsealed In $1B YouTube Copyright Case
• Sullivan Reps Harris In $525M CapRock Purchase
• Dinsmore Leads Lexmark In $280M Perceptive Deal
• FTC OKs Google-AdMob Deal, Citing Apple
• HP Adds 54K More Computer Batteries To Recall
• Fed. Circ. Revives Epson Projector Patent
• Huffington Post, Others Hit With Web Ad Patent Suit
• Reddy Ice IP Suit Is A Sham To Create Monopoly: ISB
• Macy's, Others Added To USEI's Ethernet Patent Suit
• France Telecom Wins Bid To Toss EC State Aid Ruling
• Chadbourne Adds GE, Disney Bigwigs To IP Team
• CSIRO, Marvell Strike Deal In Wireless LAN Patent Feud
• Broadcom Settles With BT Over Wireless Data Patent
• Sufficiency Of Infringement Complaints Post-Iqbal
• AuthenTec Fails To Unseal Sanctions Bid In IP Feud
• MVTec, Others Can't Exit Machine Software Case: ITC
• IBM Strikes Deal In Database Compression Patent Suit
• Ex-Qwest Exec Says Nacchio Link Prevents Fair Trial
• Elpida, Infineon Call Truce In Semiconductor Patent War
• Lawmakers Seek FTC Probe Into Google Wi-Fi Gaffe
• Google, Yahoo Denied Fees In Web Search IP Case
• Samsung Settles In Skullcandy Headphone IP Suit
• On Track With Direct Settlements In The EU
• Davis Polk Counsels Symantec In $1.3B VeriSign Deal
• Sprint Sues Palm, Sanyo, Kyocera For DTL Defense
• RIM, Prism Settle Dispute Over Data Security Patent
• Microsoft Takes Aim At Salesforce Over Software IP
• DOJ Jumps Into Disk Drive Price-Fixing MDL
• Alston To Remain As Counsel In Gift Card Patent Spat
• Apple, Microsoft Targeted In Online Music Patent Suit
• Japan Grants Samsung Hearing In Cartel Probe
• AMD Deal Closes Out OPTi Chipset Patent Suit
• Cisco Adds Design Firm Moto In Consumer Product Push
• Tsera Eyes End To Touch Pad IP Suit V. Apple, Others
• DDB Checks NHL Over Web Broadcast Patents
• Microsoft Licenses Acacia Image Resolution Patents
• Broadblast Makes Exit From Mass Message IP Suit
• Ring Cuts Nanya From Memory Patent Case
• Digital Health Liability: We Are Not In Kansas Anymore!
• DRAM Makers Fined €331M In EC Cartel Probe
• Dish Case Will Clarify Patent Law On Redesigns: Attys
• Sybase Shareholder Takes Issue With $6B SAP Merger
• Italian Antitrust Regulator Probes Telecom Italia
• Yahoo To Snap Up Web Content Producer
• Fujinon, Motorola Resolve Camera Lens Patent Fight
• Avaya Settles With Acacia Unit In Server Patent Suit
• Google To Buy VoIP Co. Global IP Solutions For $68M
• Teligent Wins Bid To Limit K&L Gates Discovery
• Jury Slaps Cisco With $3.7M Verdict In Wireless IP Suit
• Synchrome Sues Microsoft, NEC Over Drive Patents
• QBE Insurance Sanctioned In Coverage Spat With JSR
• Schwab, Others Dropped From Aloft Software IP Suit
• Chitron Found Guilty Of Illegal Defense Exports To China
• Telstra Strikes Out Again On Network Access Fee Bid
• LG, Sony, Others Sued Over Data Storage Patents
• Advanced Analogic Infringes Voltage Regulator IP: ITC
• Kirkland Reps Vision Solutions In $242M Tech Deal
• Chinese Internet Firewall Is WTO Issue, Kroes Says
• Capacitor Patent Claim Survives Samsung Challenge
• High Court Won't Hear Cablevision's 'Must Carry' Suit
• EU To Hit DRAM Makers With Price-Fixing Fines
• Adobe Hit With Patent Suit Over Acrobat Add-On
• Weil Reps Equity Firm In $294M Radiology Co. Purchase
• Aloft Hits Xerox, 13 Others With Software Patent Suit
• FTC Backs $1.5B Agilent-Varian Deal With Divestitures
• Microsoft To Pay $200M To End VirnetX Patent Suits
• When Is A Win A Win With Attorneys' Fees?
• Lime Wire Loses Battle, But Record Cos. Losing War
• Dish Gets En Banc Review Of DVR Contempt Ruling
• AIPLA, Apple Attack Stanley Works Decision
• Colo. Regulator Fights Ruling In Qwest FCC Rules Suit
• Samsung Revives Bid To Block Antitrust Arbitration
• Infineon Goes On Offensive Over Microprocessor Patent
• FLIR Lays Down $180M For Insolvent Raymarine
• FlashPoint Hits Nokia, RIM With Imaging Patent Suit
• EMS Drops Rockwell From Energy Management IP Suit
• GraphOn, Juniper Firewall IP Spat Stayed For Re-Exam
• Google Promises To Open Up In Face Of Italian Probe
• Acacia Unit, Blue Sky Settle Dispute Over GPS Patents
• Univ. Of Texas Cuts China BAK From Battery IP Case
• Sony Hit With Class Action Over 'Melting' HDTVs
• Uniloc Drops Absolute From Software Patent Suit
• MonkeyMedia Targets Apple Over Software Patents
• Emcore Infringed Avago Optics Patent, ITC Affirms
• The NOL Pill: A Real Shark Killer!
• Honeywell Beats Ex-Distributor's Antitrust Claims
• JuxtaComm, L'Occitane Resolve Data Transfer IP Spat
• ITC To Investigate Kodak Over Apple Camera Patents
• Davies Ward Reps Honeywell In $142M Matrikon Buy
• CNA Unit Must Cover Nextel Spam Suit: 11th Circ.
• Western Union, Allstate Let Out Of Data Security IP Suit
• RealTime Strikes Again On Data Compression Patent
• Samsung Settles Open Source Software Copyright Suit
• Cravath Reps Cincinnati Bell In $525M Data Center Deal
• Jones Day Reps SAP In $5.8B Sybase Deal
• IBM Loses Bid To Seize BGC Software In Copyright Fight
• Gibson Dunn Advises Cadence In $315M Denali Buy
• Fed. Circ. Denies Apple Bid To Move MP3 Player Suit
• GE Unit Lumination Targets Fawoo Over LED Patents
• Jiawei Reaches Deal Over Nichia LED Patent Claims
• Attorney-Client Privilege And Insurance Brokers' Advice
• ASCAP Can't Charge Mobi $41M Licensing Fee: Judge
• HTC Targets Apple IPhone, IPad In Section 337 Suit
• Nintendo Sues Websites Over Pirating Devices
• Hittite Strikes Deal In Analog's Chip Patent Suit
• Toshiba Settles Suit Over Defective Notebook Hinges
• Coby, Archos Settle Personal Audio MP3 Patent Spat
• Ex-Atmel GC Seeks Data From Wilson Sonsini
• Discovery Resumes In Web IP Suit Against Microsoft
• NBC, Others Sued Over Search Engine Registration IP
• Cross Match Seeks ITC Probe Of Fingerprint ID Rival
• Palm Resolves IP, Antitrust Suit Over MP3 Technology
• FreshLoc, RF Code Settle RFID Tracking Patent Suit
• Sipco Targets Siemens, Others In Wireless Patent Suit
• Cyberspace: Where Is The Security?
• FTC Postpones Final Word On Google-AdMob Deal
• Spansion Reaches $8M Deal In WARN Suit
• Spansion Says It's Out Of Ch. 11, With $1B Less Debt
• DDB Targets AOL In New Web Broadcast Patent Suit
• Ethernet Patents Draw Fire From Intel, Marvell
• Alcatel, Acacia Unit Settle Network Server Patent Suit
• 9th Circ. Hangs Up On T-Mobile Fees Class Action
• No Early Exit For MVTec In Cognex ITC Software Spat
• GSI Reaches Shareholder Deal To Speed Ch. 11 Exit
• Skullcandy, Tritton Settle Integrated Audio IP Suit
• An Eye On Consumer Privacy Protection
• IBM, BGC Spar Over Trading System Software Rights
• Nissim Gets New Shot At Enforcing DVD Settlement
• Verizon, Cisco Hit With $500M Suit Over Patent Trust
• T-Netix, Evercom License Jail Phone Patents To Rival
• Viewsonic Settles Sony Display Patent Case In ITC
• ITC Declines To Review Dismissals In Cognex Probe
• Skadden, Proskauer Rep Comtech In $473M Tech Deal
• Dish, Sprint Lose Bid To Delay DBSD Reorganization
• Buffalo Exits Infineon-Elpida Memory Patent Feud
• Qwest Strikes Deal In Tierra VoIP Patent Suit
• Mattel Faces IP Suit Over Planned Educational Toy
• Trend Micro, M86 Security Exit Word-Check IP Suit
• FCC Internet Plan To Face Opposition, Attys Say
• LG Strikes Deal In Tune Hunter Music ID Patent Suit
• Nokia Files Another Patent Suit Over Apple's IPhone
• FCC Net Neutrality Architect To Leave Agency
• Twitter, MySpace, Others Face Web Media Patent Suit
• HP, Dell Settle In Fenner Ethernet Switch Patent Suit
• Nisus, Veritec Face False Marking Suits
• ValueClick Settles In Netscape Web Ad Patent Suit
• Final Defendant Exits Fowler Woods Online Ad IP Suit
• Holland & Knight Reps CGI Group In $900M Stanley Deal
• Visteon Goes After MiTAC With GPS Patent Suit
• Veoh Last To Settle In Quito Web Media Patent Suit
• Hitachi To Fight Dismissal Of Flat-Screen TV Duties Suit
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Emcore Fiber Optics Patents
• Remote Software IP Suit V. Apple, Others Nears End
• USPTO Bearing Down On Backlog: Deputy Director
• Oprah's Co. Seeks Fish & Richardson Info In Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Hands Win To Limelight In Level 3 Fight
• Front Row Hits MLB With Hand-Held Video Patent Suit
• An IP Trifecta For Production Configurations
• Maxim To Pay $173M To Settle Backdating Class Action
• Google Seeks Ruling That DMCA Protects 'Illegal' Links
• FCC Outlines Plan To Oversee Broadband Services
• Andrew Slips TruePosition Bid For More Damages
• Rambus, Qualcomm Shape EU Cooperation Guidelines
• TracFone Enters Fray Against Price-Fixing LCD Cos.
• Sony Wants Taiwan Courts' Help In ITC TV Patent Case
• ABB To Purchase Software Maker Ventyx For $1B
• CSI Fights Consultant Over Ownership Of Wireless IP
• AT&T, Others Face Suit Over Videoconference Patent
• SanDisk Sues Kingston, Imation Over Flash Patents
• Hiring Probes Mark Shift In Antitrust Enforcement
• NEC Settles In Jaco DRAM Price-Fixing Suit
• Garmin Loses Bid For Pioneer Licensing Info In ITC Suit
• 5th Circ. Tosses AT&T Predatory Pricing Injunction
• Apax Partners Snaps Up Tech Security Firm Sophos
• ITC Fights For Regulatory Power Over Bankruptcy Stays
• Google Seeks New Claims Construction In Ad IP Suit
• ITC Won't Trim Ricoh's Printer Patent Case
• Sequoia Dropped From E-Voting Patent Case
• Text Message Antitrust Case V. AT&T, Others Revived
• Apple May Face Antitrust Probe Over App Policy
• Sanyo, HP, RIM Settle Minerva Mobile Media IP Suit
• NetAirus Targets Apple Over Wireless Handset Patent
• Jury Awards Soverain $2.5M In E-Commerce IP Suit
• Record Labels Can Seek Downloader Identities: 2nd Circ.
• Huawei, Others Slammed With Traffic Alert Patent Suit
• AUO Off Hook For Infringement In LG LCD Patent Battle
• Comarco Recalls 500K Laptop Power Adapters
• Jury Finds Acacia Unit's GUI Patents Invalid
• Rasco, Subtechnique Settle With Cognex In 337 Case
• CIT Boots Hitachi NAFTA Suit Over Flat-Screen TVs
• Visa, M&T Bank Resolve Actus E-Payment Patent Spat
• 3 Myths Of In-House Attorney-Client Privilege