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Technology - June, 2010

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• Coke, FaceDouble Settle Face-Matching Patent Suit
• Bilski Ruling Could Signal End Of Fed. Circ. Tests
• 2 State Claims Axed From Apple IPod Antitrust Action
• Evident, Invitrogen Settle Quantum Dot IP Squabble
• Google Must Make Ad Policies More Objective: France
• The Nuts And Bolts Of The Bilski Decision
• Veraz Settles SEC Suit Over China, Vietnam Payments
• HannStar To Pay $30M In LCD Price-Fixing Probe
• Plaintiffs' Atty In Google IP Fight Fined Over Deposition
• MoFo Added To SonicBlue Malpractice Mess
• Bilski Puts Patent Examiners Back At Square One
• Thompson Hine Adds Arnold & Porter Product Pro
• Will Inequitable Conduct Finally Be Reformed?
• Patent Suit Against Cisco, IBM Stayed For Re-Exam
• LCD Makers Win Bid To Dismiss Antitrust Claims
• DDB Teed Off Over PGA Golf Tourney Simulations
• Canon Asks ITC To Probe Ninestar Over Toner Patents
• SAP Software Bundling Anti-Competitive, Versata Says
• Intel Seeks To Compel Depositions In Insurance Spat
• 2 ERISA Actions Against Nokia Merged
• IP Lawyers React To Bilski's Long-Awaited Arrival
• Bilski Serves As Justice Stevens' Swan Song
• Claims Agent Sues Spansion's Japan Unit For $178M
• Vt. Regulators Put FairPoint Ch. 11 Exit In Jeopardy
• The Remaining Questions After Bilski
• Facebook Defense OK'd In Data Storage IP Suit
• BIS Loosens Export Rules On Encryption Technology
• SanDisk Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Flash Memory
• Leahy Says Bilski Exemplifies Patent Law Problems
• Insight Dropped From Smartphone Patent Suit
• Lack Of Guidance In Bilski Will Spark Suits: Attys
• ITC Launches Graphics Patent Probe Against Apple
• Pomerantz Gets $56M In Fees In Comverse Action
• DOJ Loses Stay Bid In Optical Disk Price-Fixing MDL
• IBM Faces FLSA Suit From Call Center Employees
• PwC, Others Sued Over Business Negotiation Software
• HP, Xerox, Others Slapped With Internet Fax Patent Suit
• The Reliability Of Structured Data In Litigation
• Microsoft Faces Attack In Cloud Computing IP Row
• Nacchio Sentence Reduced By 2 Months, $7.4M
• IBM Tries To Block Former Exec's Move To Oracle
• Italy Probes Telecom Italia Over Antitrust Claims
• Papst Wins Bid To Nix ExcelStor's Hard Drive IP Suit
• Brocade Ex-CEO Gets 18 Months In Prison, $15M Fine
• Lawyers Not Sold On New Patent Examiner Rules
• 6 DRAM Makers Settle Price-Fixing Claims For $173M
• Intel, Apple, Others Sued Over Flash Memory Patents
• Apple Ups Attack On HTC Over Smartphone Patents
• Sharp Nears Deal In Cell Phone Antenna Patent Suit
• Microsoft Settles PACid's Encryption Patent Claims
• IBM Faces EU Antitrust Claims Over Mainframe Software
• Google Wins $1B YouTube Copyright Suit
• Samsung Faces ITC Suit Over Computer Chip Methods
• Compass, Others Close Out Online Banking Patent Suit
• Armed With New Phone Patent, Frontier Sues Google
• Orrick Can't Shake Malpractice Claims Over 337 Spat
• USPTO Gives OK To VirnetX Patents In Microsoft Case
• Disk IP Injunction Would Hurt Quanta's Business: Judge
• Synology Exits ITC Case Over Samsung Flash Patents
• Microsoft Settles Online Music Sale Patent Suit
• AT&T Gets OK To Buy $2.35B In Verizon Licenses
• ITC Seeks More Briefing In Rambus, Nvidia 337 Case
• Nvidia Escapes Suit Over Secret Lease Deal
• Commil Wants New Damages Trial In Wireless IP Suit
• CGM To Ask 4th Circ. To Revive AT&T Antitrust Suit
• ITC Launches Probe Over HP Ink Cartridge Patents
• KLA-Tencor CEO, SEC Settle Over Options Backdating
• FTC Considers Settlement In Intel Antitrust Case
• UTStarcom Reaches $30M Deal In Shareholder Suit
• Apple Faces Copyright Suit Over IBird App
• Forbes, Dow Jones Resolve Online News Patent Suit
• Scripps Hits MiBook With Copyright Infringement Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Invalidity Of Britannica Patents
• Dell, Alienware Settle In Laptop Hand Pad Patent Row
• Landmark Sues CVS, Casio Over Sales System Patents
• 2nd Circ. Sinks Merger Fraud Suit Against JPMorgan
• 6th Circ. Upholds $15M Contract Suit Judgment V. Dish
• Claims Pared In HP Faulty Cursor Action
• IBM VPs Ran 5-Year, $12M Ponzi Scheme: Suit
• PPC Fails To Prove Domestic Industry In Cable IP Case
• Hyundai, Others Sued Over Sale Management Patent
• KKR To Buy Usen's Job Placement Unit For $356M
• GOP Attempts To Counter FCC Broadband Regulation
• Microsoft, Others Settle Tsera Touch Pad Patent Suit
• Qualcomm Faces Another EU Antitrust Complaint
• AOL Takes Huge Hit In Selling Off Bebo
• FCC Seeks New Broadband Framework Post-Comcast
• Syntax Trust To Settle 2 Suits Against Execs For $3M
• Shareholders Fail To Nail Rambus, PwC On Backdating
• Voltage Regulator Co. Vies To Keep Importing Goods
• Fujitsu, Toshiba To Merge Cell Phone Businesses
• Music Publishers Pounce On Lime Wire After Ruling
• Shareholder Says $242M Price For Double-Take Too Low
• Inventor Drops Patent Suit Against Microsoft Over Zune
• Pillsbury Winthrop Counsels Inphi In $115M IPO
• Arnold & Porter Advises Savvis In $121M Fusepoint Deal
• Health Care Reform 101: For Life Sciences Cos.
• Web.com Buys Register.com For $135M Cash, Debt
• Ex-Qualcomm Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• EInstruction Seeks ITC Probe Over Teaching System
• Quia Loses Bid To Block Mattel, Fisher-Price Toy
• Quinn Emanuel Moves Toward Trial In $15M Fee Spat
• HSBC Deal Ends Document Retrieval Patent Suit
• USPTO-POPA Propose New Patent Examiner Rules
• Time Sued Over Online Sportcast Patents
• BlogTalkRadio Settles In Fowler Woods Ad Patent Suit
• Sanyo Strikes Deal In Ambato Navigation Patent Suit
• MagnaChip Seeks To Raise Up To $130M In IPO
• ActiveVideo Must Testify In Verizon TV Box Suit In ITC
• SF Adopts Novel Cell Phone Radiation Disclosure Law
• 9th Circ. Rejects Appeals Over LCD Panel Classes
• Lucent Ex-VP Fined Over Role In $1.1B Fraud
• Ex-USPTO Director Leaves Foley To Head Nonprofit
• AT&T Employees Appeal Pension Suit Dismissal
• Dell Settles In Inventor's Online Security Patent Row
• Fujitsu Reaches Deal In Acqis Blade Server IP Spat
• Fate Of Class Action Waivers Rests With High Court
• Cyberprivacy Risks Demand A New Kind Of Insurance
• Trilliant Settles IntusIQ, Sipco Wireless Mesh IP Suits
• Tactics To Limit E-Discovery Costs In Patent Cases
• WTO Mostly Rules Against EU In Fight Over Tech Tariffs
• HP To Settle 'Smart Chip' Printer Class Action
• Muslim Celestica Workers' Religious Bias Suit Survives
• MoFo Reps NTT Data In $200M Intelligroup Tie-Up
• Tesseron Sues Punch, Global Graphics Over Printer IP
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Cablevision In $1.3B Deal
• Abbyy Brings False Marking Suit Over Imaging Software
• Sharp Strikes Deal In Fractus Antenna Patent Dispute
• Funai Loses Stay Bid In Digital TV Patent Case
• Apple Counsel Adduci Nixed In IPhone 337 Case
• ScImage Settles In Acacia Unit's Imaging Patent Suit
• Gibson Drops 'Guitar Hero,' 'Rock Band' Patent Suit
• ITC Begins 337 Probe Into Suprema ID Scanners
• ITC To Review Apple's IPhone, IPad In HTC 337 Suit
• Dell Loses Challenge On Computer Batteries Tariff
• Amazon, Target Exit Online Data Security Patent Suit
• Allcare Fights To Keep McKool In $5.5M Fees Scrap
• Samsung, Appro Narrow Settlement In ITC Memory Spat
• BofA Reaches Deal In Secure Transaction IP Suit
• HSN Exits DataTern Database Patent Suit
• Reliance Industries Snaps Up Infotel Stake For $1B
• HP Stole Aftermarket Cartridge Trade Secrets: Suit
• Palm Strikes Deal In Minerva Mobile Media IP Fight
• The Do's And Don'ts Of Gathering Info
• RIM, Motorola Lay Down Swords In Patent War
• Dell Creates $100M Reserve For SEC Settlement
• Funai Asks ITC Judge To Stay Digital TV Case
• Antitrust Regulators May Probe Apple App Ad Policy
• Textscape Patent Suit Over Abobe Reader Squelched
• Taiwan LCD Giant Charged In $500M Price-Fixing Scam
• Richtek Settles Circuit Cases Against AMD, Others
• Charter Settles Cable Techs' OT Action For $18M
• Samsung Fails To Nix Murata Capacitor IP In ITC Spat
• Jones Day Reps Virage In $315M Synopsys Deal
• Mediacom Shareholder Sues Over Privatization Bid
• Beware Of The New UK Bribery Act
• Fed. Circ. Won't Reinstate $5M ILight Patent Award
• Fed. Circ. To Rehear Rambus Shredding Cases
• LaserDynamics IP Case Award Cut From $52M To $6M
• Palm Agrees To Settle Shareholder Suit Over HP Deal
• Marlowe Sues Dice, Others Over Car Audio Patent
• Ex-Apple VP Tries To Dodge Smartphone Subpoena
• Fusilamp Contract Claim Tossed In Fuse Patent Brawl
• Prism Sues Adobe, Quark Over Software Security IP
• Samsung Agrees To License Tsera Touch Pad Patent
• IPAT Drops AVG From Online Security Patent Row
• Ex-Atmel GC Strikes Deal In Derivative Case
• USPTO Nixes TiVo's Software Claims On DVR Patent
• Virtual-World Conflicts Lead To Real-World Suits
• Ex-DuPont Chemist Cops To Theft Of OLED Secrets
• Facebook Gets Network Tracker IP Spat Sent To Calif.
• ITC Finds LG Has US Industry In TV Patent Suit
• Apple, Yahoo, Others Fire Back In Web Patent Suit
• ABB Inks $1.25B Deal to Acquire Chloride Group
• DVD Licensor Aims Death Blow To Antitrust Case
• Enforcing Your Trademark Rights: Forget It (Maybe)
• Microsoft Plans To Raise $1B In Note Offering
• Pronto Strikes Deal In Linksmart Wi-Fi Patent Suit
• PNC Bank Settles Suit Over Secure Transaction Patent
• EU High Court OKs Caps On Cell Phone Roaming Rates
• AT&T Wins Bid To Ax ERISA Age Bias Suit
• Fed. Circ. Revives Animation Patent Suit Against AMD
• Ex-Dragon Execs Sue Goldman Over Merger Advice
• 11th Circ. Throws Out DirecTV Arbitration Clause
• Select Comfort Settles In Sales Processing IP Spat
• Record Cos. Seek Injunction Against Lime Wire
• The Art Of Client Alerts And Bulletins
• Pappas Wins Fight To Toss Bankruptcy
• FCC's Clyburn Defends Title II Move For Broadband
• ITC Staff Wants Samsung, Appro Flash IP Deal Limited
• Xerox, Canon Sued Over Computer Linkup Patents
• IBM, Adobe Resolve Remote Software Patent Dispute
• AT&T, Apple, LG Close Out Song Identification IP Suit
• MicroUnity Sues Apple, Others Over 16th Media Patent
• HP, Dell Face IP Suit Over Random Number Generators
• Hershey Fires Preemptive Strike Over IPhone Milk App
• Extra-Territorial Application Of The Automatic Stay
• RemoTech, AITech Drop Remote Control Patent Fight
• Microsoft Hit With Suit Over Internet Ad Services
• Canada High Court Lets DRAM Antitrust Class Stand
• Sotheby's Can Pursue CNet Founder's Assets
• Greenberg Cut From Traffic Camera False Ad Case
• Maxim CFO Says SEC Flip-Flopped On Fraud Charges
• Perkins Coie Opens San Diego Office With IP Focus
• Haiti Telecom Exec Gets 4 Years In Laundering Case
• Shareholder Slaps Icahn With Suit Over Handling Of XO
• Dismissal Of Panasonic Semiconductor IP Case Sticks
• Kirkland, Fenwick Advise On $717M SonicWALL Buy
• Telecoms Kill Blocked €1.5B Orange-Sunrise Merger
• Korean Investors Hit LG Over LCD Price-Fixing
• GN Netcom Settles In Skullcandy Headphone IP Spat
• Microsoft Deal Ends BackWeb Data Transfer IP Suit
• Data Security Takes A Backseat At Law Firms
• NY Times, Dow Jones Added To $1.5B Price-Fixing Suit
• Kilpatrick Reps Equifax On Direct Marketing Unit Sale
• Del. Law Governs 3Com's Suit Over Nixed Merger: Judge
• 9th Circ. Clears Gap, Vangent In Stolen Laptop Suit
• Canada Seeks To Beef Up Digital Copyright Protections
• Sales Scam Earns Ex-ClearOne Boss 4 Years In Jail
• Rudolph Hits Camtek With 2nd Chip Inspection IP Suit
• Red Hat Wants In On Linux Patent Suit Against Users
• USPTO, Google Partner To Offer Patent, TM Bulk Data
• Antitrust Suit Over BellSouth, AT&T Rates Nixed
• Novell Fights Ruling For Vigilant In Unix Defense Suit
• PayPal Dropped From Online Data Security IP Suit
• Foley IP Litigation Chair Joins Wilson Sonsini In DC
• GSI Group Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Sonic Solutions Buys DivX For $300M
• Parallel Sues Dozens More Over Web Services Patent
• LinkedIn Suit Highlights Weak Spot In Noncompetes
• S3 Graphics Targets IPhone, IPad In 337 Complaint
• The FCC's New Proposals For Pole Attachments
• IP Litigator Jumps From Howrey To White & Case
• $1M Fees Award Nixed In Leviton's Shock Guard IP Suit
• Knowles Didn't Show Irreparable Harm In Mic Case: ITC
• Milberg Defends Use Of Confidential Sony Sources
• Visteon Pooh-Poohs Johnson Controls' $1.3B Offer
• DOJ Seeks More Info On Oracle, Phase Forward Merger
• ITC Urged To Affirm O2 Loss In Display Patent Suit
• Dow Jones' Factiva Doesn't Infringe Web IP: Fed. Circ.
• Activision Board Upheld Duty In Vivendi Merger: Court