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Technology - July, 2010

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• ITC Judge Rejects Panasonic Interlocutory Appeal Bid
• Miami Exec Gets Prison Time For Haiti Bribe Scheme
• Pioneer Settles GPS Patent Suit With Ambato
• Veritas Execs Dodge Claims In SEC Suit Over AOL Deal
• Proskauer Reps Charterhouse On $115M NewPath Sale
• Former HP Legal Eagle To Become Nokia's GC
• Richtek-VisionTek IP Deal Beyond Agency's Scope: ITC
• Simpson Thacher Reps Focus On $124M Allyes Sale
• Multiven, Cisco Lay Down Swords In Antitrust Suit
• Fiber-Optics Cos. ADC, AFL End Cable Patent Fight
• Sony, McAfee Sued Over Anti-Piracy Patent
• Overhauling The Associate Recruiting System
• Intel Indirect Purchasers Dealt Blow In Class Cert. Bid
• SEC's $2.75M Win Upheld In Platforms Fraud Case
• $7M Verdict Sticks In Camtek Chip Inspection IP Suit
• Panasonic To Buy Out Sanyo, Electric Unit For $9B
• US Hits Oracle With Fraud Suit Over Software Contract
• Apple Settles Minerva Cell Phone Patent Suit
• ADC Shareholder Sues To Block $1B Sale To Tyco
• Rival Hits OCLC With Library Technology Antitrust Suit
• Bracco Settles XL Suit Over Coverage Of False Ad Spat
• Cable One Loses Bid To Nix Cable Box Tying Action
• Apple Hit With Patent Suit Over Online Media Software
• Pricing Conduct Beyond The Safe Harbor
• $9.7B Wins Telefonica Control Of Brazil Operator
• Jury Finds Leader Data Patent Invalid In Facebook Suit
• Chi Mei Exec Takes Jail For TFT-LCD Price-Fixing
• Truvo USA Sale Is Key In Amended Ch. 11 Plan
• Telstra To Pay $16.6M For Shutting Out Rivals
• Gibson Dunn Reps Playdom In $563M Sale To Disney
• Adobe To Nab Swiss Web Software Co. For $240M
• RemoTech, Araneus End Remote Control Patent Spat
• Best Buy, Dozens More Sued Over Encryption Patents
• RealPage Seeks To Raise $189M In IPO
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Russia
• Facebook Loses Bid To Snuff Out Video Game IP Fight
• Cisco Didn't Infringe VoIP Patents: Judge
• Software Rights, IAC Resolve Web Search IP Fight
• Federal Insurance Victory Overturned In Spyware Case
• USPTO Upholds I4i Patent In Dispute With Microsoft
• ITC To Probe Canon's IP Claims Over Ninestar Toner
• USPTO Again Affirms Convolve Disk Drive Patent
• India's MakeMyTrip Registers For $100M IPO
• Murata Capacitor IP Withstands 2nd Samsung Assault
• Dewey & LeBoeuf IP Trio Head To Kaye Scholer
• High Tech And The Supreme Court
• Charter Fails To Shake Cable Box Tying Action
• ITC Says Nvidia Infringes Rambus Memory Patents
• Former GlobeTel CEO Gets 4 Years For Fraud
• FCC, FDA Team Up On Wireless Medical Device Rules
• US Copyright Office OKs Jailbreaking Of IPhones
• Former Pegasus CEO Settles In $30M Fraud Suit
• Amazon Allowed To Keep Infringing One-Click System
• Applied Materials To Pay $6M To End IP Contract Spat
• Vlingo Fires Back In Speech Recognition Patent Battle
• Kirkland Reps Accel-KKR On $525M ITradeNetwork Sale
• WTO Backs US, Japan In EU Tech Tariff Feud
• Buchanan Ingersoll Loses Round In Malpractice Case
• ITC Won't Expand Voltage Regulator Exclusion Order
• Bringing Financial Discipline To IP Departments
• ITC To Check Claim Ruling In Kodak Case V. Apple, RIM
• Yelp, Yellow Book, Others Face Web Search IP Suit
• Gibson Dunn Reps Pace In $475M 2Wire Purchase
• ST Sues Avago Over Semiconductor Patents
• EU Probes IBM Over Mainframe Antitrust Concerns
• Wireless Industry Fights SF Cell Phone Radiation Law
• Nacchio Battles To Move SEC Fraud Case Out Of Colo.
• How To Gain An Edge When Bringing A Daubert Motion
• Hitachi Slams Vizio, TPV Over TV Receiver Patents
• Amkor To Fight ITC Decision Clearing Carsem
• Lieff Cabraser, DOJ Brace For 2nd Round In FOIA Feud
• Delta, Ambit Spar Over Wi-Fi Patent's Validity In Trial
• Sun Micro's $5M Settlement With Tech Writers OK'd
• Google, Yahoo Patent Suit Heads To N. District Of Calif.
• HP Inequitable Conduct Bid Fails In Blade Patent Fight
• 7th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Citigroup Copyright Suit
• Philips Settles In Skullcandy Headphone IP Suit
• Ex-Maxim CFO Hit With $2.2M Backdating Judgment
• Apple, HP, Others Sued Over LCD Display Patents
• Symbol Loses Bid For Injunction On Janam PDAs
• Dell To Pay $100M, CEO $4M In SEC Securities Probe
• L-3 Cleared In Airframe Software Source Code Spat
• Amazon, PayPal Face Payment Notification IP Suit
• NY High Court And Long-Arm Copyright Jurisdiction
• ITC To Probe Samsung Semiconductors In Patent Case
• Samsung, Sharp, Others Sued Over DVD Players
• BigBand Inequitable Conduct Claim Survives Bid To Nix
• Insurers On Hook For Seagate Litigation Defense Costs
• Siemens, Others Sued Over Engineering Software IP
• Air France To Blame In 2009 Atlantic Crash: Intel
• Cisco, KV Targeted In False Marking Suits
• Motorola Adds Huawei To Trade Secrets Dispute
• Compaq, St. Paul Iron Out Damages Coverage Dispute
• Sprint Dropped From Cell Phone Locator Patent Spat
• FTC, Intel Get More Time For Settlement Review
• Google Offers AdWords Policy Changes In French Case
• Network Security Suit Against Juniper Tossed
• AOL, BofA, Others Hit With Spam Filter Patent Suit
• UPI, Sapphire Want Out Of Richtek's 337 Suit
• Electronic Communications Policies Post Quon
• Visa, UPS, Others Slapped With Web Data Patent Suit
• ITC Ends Marathon Patent Probe, Clearing Carsem
• Nvidia Exits PCI Express Switch Patent Suit
• Qwest Loses Bid To Boot Technician OT Suit
• AT&T, T-Mobile, Banks Settle Credit Card IP Suit
• SAP Wins EU Approval For $6B Sybase Merger
• Elpida Settles In Ring Suit Over Memory Access IP
• Tatung America Loses Bid To Dismiss TFT-LCD Suit
• Vizio Takes Fresh Aim At LG Over HDTV Patents
• Dutch ISP Not Required To Block Access To Pirate Bay
• First Niagara Hit With ATM Patent Suit
• Sirius Exits Personal Audio MP3 Patent Suit
• EHR Technology Certification: The Final Rule
• Sony, Disney, Others Sued Over DVD Tech Patents
• Fed. Circ. Grants ADT Win In Alarm System Patent Suit
• ITC Affirms Loss For O2 In Display Patent Case
• Circuit Maker Trident Settles Backdating Case For $2M
• Network-1, Cisco Strike $32M Deal Over Ethernet IP
• Intel May Agree To Marketing Changes In FTC Deal
• Denon Settles In VoxPath Data Storage Patent Suit
• Telefonica Withdraws €7.2B Bid To Buy Out Brasilcel
• Knowledge Exchange Issues In Open Innovation
• Juniper Faces New Suit Over Network Security Patents
• Skadden Reps Nokia Siemens In $1.2B Motorola Buy
• ITC Judge Invalidates Cognex Machine Patents
• $8.4M Judgment For WhitServe Stayed, For Now
• Tech Info Group Wins $1.5M In Punitive Damages
• Electronics Co. Seeks $2.5M In TV Receiver Duties Suit
• Apple Offers Free Cases To Fix IPhone Signal Problem
• Samsung Tries To Nix Classes In SRAM Antitrust MDL
• USPTO Ruled Patent In 337 Action Valid, Cognex Says
• Baker Botts Flayed For Pursuing Rival RFID Patents
• Sonnenschein Woos LeClairRyan IP Litigation Head
• Qualcomm Wireless Document IP Suit Nixed Again
• Is Burying A Material Reference Inequitable Conduct?
• White & Case Snags 2 Alston & Bird Global IP Pros
• Panasonic, Victor Co. Settle St. Clair Patent Claims
• Japan's Largest Phone Co. To Buy IT Firm For $3.2B
• MoFo Reps ON Semiconductor In $366M Sanyo Deal
• Magnadyne, Best Buy, Ever Win Settle Charger IP Row
• Apple, Sprint, Others Hit With False Patent Marking Suit
• 12 Guidelines For Law Firm Marketing Investments
• 3 States Protest $5M Epson Deal In LCD Antitrust MDL
• IPhone Review Hands Plaintiffs Bar Big Weapon
• Micron Settles Ring's Memory Access Patent Suit
• Nortel Files Reorganization Plan
• Nokia Loses Bid To Speed Up 337 Suit Against Apple
• CNet Founder Legal Owner Of Warhol Painting: Judge
• ITC Probes Promethean In Teaching System IP Case
• RemoTech, Belkin End Remote Control Patent Row
• ITC Noninfringement Ruling Sticks In PPC Cable Spat
• Spheris Progresses Toward Wind-Down
• Motorola Finds Way Out Of GPS Patent Dispute
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In The Middle East
• FairPoint Fights For Ch. 11 Plan's Verizon Injunction
• Zenith Awarded $75M In HDTV Patent Suit
• Scottrade Settles EMG Touch-Screen Patent Suit
• XPRT Hits EBay With $3.8B Trade Secrets Suit
• Fulbright Telecom Patent Pro Jumps To Seyfarth
• GE Osmonics Pares Down OT, Rest Break Suit
• Davis Polk Reps Tyco Electronics In $1.25B Deal
• ITC Bars Emcore From Selling Infringing Optoelectronics
• ITC Opens 337 Probe Over Pipe, Cable Locators
• E-Discovery And Litigation Holds
• Facebook Wants Asset Freeze Lifted In Ownership Suit
• Epson To Pay $7M To Exit LCD Antitrust MDL
• 9-Year Fraud Sentence For PurchasePro Exec Affirmed
• Ace Hardware Sued Over Web Ad Patent
• Sanyo Dropped From SmartPhone's Patent Suit
• Belkin, Others Hit With Radio Transmitter IP Suit
• Apple Sues Over Alleged Power Adapter Knockoffs
• Broadcom Tries Again To Nix Emulex Defamation Claim
• IPhone Antitrust Class Certified
• DA Nano Didn't Infringe Cabot Semiconductor IP: Jury
• Fiber Systems Beats Inequitable Conduct Rap
• Ericsson Dropped From Videoconferencing Patent Suit
• Regulating Info Exchange Under EU Antitrust Rules
• Samsung, Agere Resolve Patent Licensing Dispute
• Visa, MasterCard Check Smartcard Patent Action
• Toshiba Dropped From Computer Linkup Patent Suit
• NTP Sues Apple, Google Over Wireless E-Mail Patents
• Epson Exits Portable Multimedia Patent Spat
• GSH Lures Computer Industry Lions To Lead IP Surge
• Portugal Loses Golden Share Fight At EU High Court
• Shareholders Cry Foul At Intel Derivative Settlement
• Embarq Exits Web Telephony's VoIP Patent Suit
• Netflix Gets Help In Bid For Review Of Attys' Fees Rule
• USPTO Affirms Communique Remote Computing IP
• Nokia, Others Face 337 Probe Over Imaging Patents
• Garmin, TomTom Nix Touch-Screen Patent Suit
• Datascape, Sony Settle Cell Phone Patent Row
• Atser Data Analysis Software Patent Invalid: Fed. Circ.
• Syntax Trust Accuses Preferred Bank Of Aiding Fraud
• 8 Steps To Reducing Nanotorts In Your Nanofuture
• HP Fails To Nix Worker Suit Over Unpaid Commissions
• False Marking Claims Nixed In Lexmark Patent Suit
• $2.5M Settlement Ends Celestica Meal Break Suit
• NH Approves Deal Needed For FairPoint Ch. 11 Exit
• Spansion Fights Tessera's $219M Memory IP Claim
• 9th Circ. Nixes CAFA Sanction For DLA, Bradley Arant
• K&L Gates Reps Hexagon In $2B Deal For Intergraph
• Sony Slapped With Patent Suit Over LCD Panels
• Juniper, Others Sued Over Network Security Patent
• HuffPost Becomes Last Defendant In Web Ad IP Spat
• Travel Content Antitrust Suit Survives Bid To Toss
• $2.6M Verdict Sticks In Celeritas Web Data IP Fight
• EU Eyes Google Over Web Search Antitrust Claims
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Europe
• Renesas Buys Nokia Wireless Modem Biz For $200M
• Former Cable Tech Hits Utili-Comm With Overtime Suit
• BiTEK Induced Infringement Of O2 Micro Patents: Judge
• ShoreTel, JPMorgan Pay $3M To Settle IPO Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Atty's Age Bias Claim
• SunTrust Settles In DataTern Data Security Patent Suit
• IDC Settles Shareholder Complaints Over $3.4B Sale
• Cisco Remains On Hook For $6.5M In Router IP Suit
• Target Strikes Deal in Actus E-Payment Patent Suit
• Bilski Invalidates Cognex Machine Patents: MVTec
• Epson, Lexmark, Ricoh Face Patent Suit Over Printers
• Amazon, GE, Others Sued Over Camera Clip Patent
• Syntax Trust Seeks To Avoid $33M In Digimedia Claims
• Age Bias Claims Against Embarq Survive Bid To Nix
• Texas Instruments Wins SJ In Processor Patent Spat
• MSI Can't Escape Richtek's Power Circuit ITC Case
• Apple Seeks Review Of Kodak 'Button' Claim Ruling
• ProtoStar Lenders Fight Lowenstein, Greenberg Fees
• Softvault Sues Intel, Others Over Anti-Theft Patents
• Micro-Star, MSI Want Out Of Richtek Circuit Case In ITC
• House Bill Aims To Ease Foreign Web Trade Barriers
• Apple Admits To IPhone 4 Defect Amid Class Actions
• Cleary Reps Google In $700M Travel Search Deal
• Dechert Litigation Co-Chair Heads To Microsoft
• The Power Of Procedure Under Anti-SLAPP Laws
• Bernstein, Others Get $9M In Fees In Comverse Action
• SAP Extends $6B Sybase Offer While Awaiting EU OK
• Shareholders Hit Diebold With $127M Fraud Action
• Reuters, Realtime Data Patent Spat Remains In Texas
• Cabot Wins Bid To Keep Expert Out Of DA Nano Trial
• WhitServe Wins $8.4M In Suit Over IP Renewal System
• LSI, Marvell, Samsung Face Disk Drive Patent Suit
• Microsoft Adds 5 Patents To DVR Suit Against TiVo
• IPhone 4 Signal Issues Spawn 2 Class Actions
• Dell, Nokia, Others Tagged In Wi-Fi Patent Suit
• Print Woes Drive Truvo Into Ch. 11 With $1.9B Debt
• What The New Encryption Rules Mean For US Exporters