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Technology - September, 2010

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• Ruling In Enterasys Patent Suit Partially Vacated
• Consumers Urge High Court To Uphold AT&T Ruling
• Kodak Loses Bid To Boot Ex-Employee From Competitor
• Nike, Others Get Furnace Brook IP Suit Tossed
• Nortel's $65M Sale Of Switch Unit To Ericsson OK'd
• L-3 Sues Intergraph Over Navy Ship Hardware Deal
• Clearwire Directors Resign Over Antitrust Concerns
• ABB To Pay $58.3M For Bribing Mexican Officials
• Apple Exits Sharing Sound's Music Sales Patent Suit
• US Gov't Still On Hook For Buying Infringing Products
• Tech, Financial Sectors Back Microsoft High Court Bid
• Scammers Get Jail Terms For $20M Cisco Fraud
• Apple Settles Options Backdating Litigation For $14M
• House Reps Come Up Short On Net Neutrality Bill
• SEC Case Against Integral Systems Execs Survives
• Elan Patent Claims Trimmed In Apple Touch-Screen Suit
• BorgWarner Beats Honeywell Invalidity Bid In IP Suit
• Apple Extends Nokia Patent War Across The Pond
• Class Cert. Put On Hold In Acer False Marketing Suit
• Comcast Wins Exit From Technicians' FLSA Suit
• ISN's $2M Suit With US Over Indirect Costs Is Trimmed
• 9th Circ. Nixes Suit Over Verizon Termination Fees
• Wilson Sonsini Reps Cornerstone In $115M IPO
• Ex-Pegasus CFO Settles SEC $30M Fraud Suit
• Cisco Cuts Deal In IP Flap Over Flip Video
• SEC Backdating Suit Against Mercury Execs Pared
• Patent Damages Post Festo
• 2nd Circ. Maintains Music Files Aren't Performances
• NCoat Sale Approved Over Creditors' Disapproval
• ITC Denies Bid To Invalidate Toshiba Laptop Patents
• Ex-Accesskey CEO Pleads Not Guilty To Stock Inflation
• Patent Verdict Against US Bank Doubled To $53M
• Oracle Says DOJ's Claims Too Late In Contract Dispute
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review Camera IP Claim Construction
• Sony Can't Dodge Suit Over Online Gaming Patents
• High Court To Take FCC-AT&T Corporate Privacy Case
• Case Study: HP V. Hurd
• Microsoft Settles Bing Trademark Suit
• Oracle Hits Micron With DRAM Price-Fixing Suit
• ITC Nixes Mipo's Bid To Exit HP Ink Cartridge Case
• Attys Prepare For Potential Surge In Privacy Actions
• Bethesda Wins Partial Nix Of Suit Over 'Fallout' Rights
• Dell, AIT Reach Truce In Suit Over Faulty PCs
• Tech Means Risk, And Risk Means E&O Coverage
• Apple, Others Settle DOJ Probe Over Hiring Deals
• EU Drops Probes Into Apple's IPhone Policies
• Motorola Exits WIAV Cell Phone Patent Suit
• Vivendi Sells NBC Stake As Part Of $37B Comcast Deal
• BackWeb Hits HP, IBM With Suits Over Data Patents
• Apple Manager Indicted For Fraud Posts Bond
• Oki Infringed Ricoh Printing Patent: ITC Judge
• Card Activation Patent Affirmed By USPTO
• Telcordia Slams Cisco In Patent Indefiniteness Spat
• Verizon, AT&T Popped With Data Storage Patent Suit
• Vicks Inhaler Maker Slapped With Patent Marking Suit
• Petters Co-Conspirator Fights 11-Year Sentence
• Judge Sacks Ex-Rutgers QB's Suit Against EA
• AT&T, GM Tagged In Latest Parallel Networks IP Suit
• Fed. Circ. Sides With US In Software Contract Spat
• JC Penney, Others Sued Over Procurement Tech Patents
• US Wants To Ditch Raytheon's Adjustment Cost Spat
• Aviation Ground Rebuffs Protest To $16M Navy Contract
• ITC To Probe Imported Marine Autopilots
• Ex-USPTO Bigwig Allowed To Testify In Chip Patent Suit
• CBP Nixes Tariffs On Digital Cables, Alzheimer's Drug
• Panasonic, Thomson Resolve V-Chip Patent Dispute
• Intel, Via Didn't Infringe Circuit Patent, Fed. Circ. Rules
• DRAM Direct Buyers' Counsel Seek $9M In Fees
• Crestron Illegally Cornered Controller Market, Suit Says
• Accenture Age Bias Class Action Trimmed
• ITC Probes Canadian Cos. Over Lamp Design Patent
• Adelphia Trust Seeks $175M Settlement With Banks
• ITC Launches Probe Of Sony Over LCD Patents
• Sprint Seeks Ruling On Coverage For Securities Suit
• Accesskey Exec Accused Of Stock Inflation Scheme
• Facebook Loses Bid To Blot Out Video Game IP Claim
• Netezza Shareholder Sues To Block $1.7B IBM Merger
• Skullcandy Targets IWave Headphones In IP Suit
• Patent Validity Opinions In Light Of Bilski, Ultramercial
• Samsung US Subsidiary Let Out Of SRAM Litigation
• Cable Cos. Earn Provisional Win in VTran Patent MDL
• 11th Circ. Rejects AT&T Bid To Nix $15.5M USF Award
• EU Accepts WTO Finding On Technology Tariffs
• WIAV, Nokia Settle Cell Phone Tech Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Won't Stay Bar On Camtek Wafer Products
• Kodak Exits Acacia Affiliate's Webcam Clip Patent Suit
• HP Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Ex-CEO
• Adobe Photoshop Plug-In Violates Patents, Suit Claims
• Microtune Investor Fights To Block $166M Zoran Deal
• Millennium To Pay $15M Over Asset Purchase Deals
• DOJ Drops Plan For New Case Management System
• Menusoft Didn't Infringe Dining Sales Patent, Jury Says
• MasterCard, Visa Can't Escape Contactless Card IP Suit
• Mark Holders Seek Cert. In Google AdWords Suits
• Cravath Advises IBM In $1.7B Deal For Netezza
• Fed. Circ. Restores Philips Claims In Wi-Fi Patent Spat
• Aggregation Aggravation: Cappuccitti's Effect On CAFA
• Fuwei Ends Investor Suit Over Chinese Assets For $2M
• Nexus Owner Gets 16-Month Sentence In Bribery Case
• Judge Boots Nero Antitrust Suit Over MPEG Patents
• IBM To Pay $11M To Settle Actuate Software Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Win For AT&T Unit In IP Contract Spat
• Simpson Reps Equity Co. In $640M Website Brands Buy
• TiVo, Verizon DVR Patent Spat To Stay In East Texas
• Diamond Shareholder Looks To Block $378M PwC Deal
• ITC Judge Finds Vizio, AmTran Infringed LG Patent
• Case Study: Sonoran Scanners V. PerkinElmer
• Japan Seeks To Reverse Ontario Green Subsidy
• Apple, Others In Talks To End Wage-Suppression Probe
• Usenet To Pay $7M In RIAA File-Sharing Feud
• Copylite, Polek Settle Canon's Toner Bottle Patent Suit
• GTSI Sues To Stop EyakTek's Planned Takeover
• Nanya Fails To Bag Speedy Settlement In DRAM MDL
• Vizio Exits AtratechJapan's LCD Patent Battle
• Konami, Viacom Settle 'Rock Band' Controller Suit
• LG Seeks 337 Probe Of Vizio, AmTran
• Ex-Mercury CFO Pleads Guilty In Backdating Scheme
• HP's $1.5B ArcSight Deal Spurs Shareholder Suit
• Sony Loses Bid To Toss Suit Over Hi-Def TVs
• Voting Machine Patent Suit Against Diebold Stuffed
• EU Ends Antitrust Probe Into Electric-Grid Parts Makers
• EU To Probe Subsidies On Modems From China
• Skyhook Sues Google Over Cell Phone GPS Technology
• Verizon Faces Suit Over Idearc Spinoff
• Apple Strikes Deal In Typhoon Touch-Screen IP Spat
• Adobe, Others Face Uniloc Suit Over Anti-Piracy Patent
• Ericsson Sues Netgear, Others Over Router Patents
• Class Cert. Question Revived In Microsoft Vista Suit
• 9th Circ. Limits Electronic Search In MLB Steroid Case
• Technician Hits Broadband Express With FLSA Suit
• Dell Settles Class Action Over Defective Notebooks
• Eastern District Of Texas — Plaintiffs' Paradise Lost?
• Korea Gave Hynix DRAM Subsidies, Commerce Says
• 5th Circ. Vacates Sanctions Against Susman Atty
• Rigases' Conspiracy Case Back In District Court
• AT&T Settles Analysts' OT Class Action For $17M
• Class Seeks Sanctions In $1.2B HP Sales Contract Suit
• Nichia Launches Suit Over LED Patents
• Hottrix Says Hershey IPhone App Cost It $12M
• Garmin Settles In Acacia Unit's Interactive Map IP Suit
• Uniloc Slaps Software Cos. With Another Patent Suit
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• Czech Republic Hits Toshiba, Others With Antitrust Fines
• Skadden Advises Paetec In $460M Cavalier Purchase
• Convergys Exits Aloft Software Patent Suit
• Palm Escapes Dicam Cell Phone Security Patent Suit
• Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Sued Over Location Patent
• Archer Daniels Sued Over 'Noxious' Iowa Plastics Plant
• Canadian Telecom Hits Rival With Antitrust Claim
• DirectSat Avoids Sanctions In OT Class Action
• LCD Makers Win Bid To Move AG's Suit To MDL
• Resale Of AutoCAD On EBay Violates IP: 9th Circ.
• How To Make ITAR Amendments Work In Canada
• Apple Hits External Battery Maker With Patent Suit
• HP Buying Spree Continues With $1.5B ArcSight Deal
• BCE To Acquire Canada's Top TV Network
• Verizon, Others Can't Ditch Antitrust Suit Over IP Trust
• US Export Controls And Cloud Computing
• Feds Widen Bribe Probe Of HP-Russia IT Deal
• ACS, SEC Settle $51M Options Backdating Suit
• Cox Loses Bid To Toss Calif. Worker Class Action
• Ga. Call Center Reps Hit Verizon With Overtime Suit
• Ex-Mercury CFO To Plead Guilty In Backdating Case
• Google Wins Partial Dismissal Of AdWords Suit
• Judge Boots Verizon Workers' Privacy Suit Over GPS
• Plaintiff Denied Mandamus In Google Android IP Spat
• US Steelworkers Target China Over Green Tech Aid
• Dell Sued Over Computer Access Patent
• Sony Inks 2nd Deal In ITC Display Patent Case
• EMC, CA, Others Sued Over E-Dictionary Patent
• Google Loses Bid To Bar Xerox Attys From Re-Exam
• Amazon, GE, Others Sued Over Power Switch Patent
• Oracle, NetApp Settle Feud Over Data Storage Patents
• 2 Things To Learn From English Patents Court
• Inventor's Fraud Suit Revived Against Katten
• Bilski Decision Kills Vraston's Suit Over Trading Patent
• Online Gaming Patent Suit V. Sony Remains In Texas
• ITC Probes Samsung, Others In Spansion 337 Case
• Cisco, Westcon Pay $48M To Resolve FCA Claims
• HP Tries To Block Former CEO's Move To Oracle
• IBM Sues Ex-VP To Recoup Sign-On Bonus
• DOJ Puts $700M Google-ITA Merger Under Spotlight
• T-Mobile Exits Dicam Cell Phone Patent Suit
• Belden Patent Suit V. Superior Essex To Go Ahead
• WIN Fails To Nix Chmura Info Management Patent
• ADC Seeks To Settle Suits Over $1B Sale To Tyco
• Sage Group Exits Prism's Data Security Patent Suit
• Toshiba Recalls 40,000 Laptops Over Burn Hazard
• Leveraging The Patent Re-Examination
• Taiwanese Co. Sues RIM Over Wireless Patents
• Trade Secrets Claims Killed In Chip Patent Spat
• Crossroads Targets D-Link, 3Par Over Data Storage IP
• GE, Philips, Others Sued Over Fluorescent Light Patent
• Mitsubishi Seeks To Stave Off Claims In LCD MDL
• Dell Gives Up On 3PAR After HP Offers $2.4B Bid
• Microsoft Enters Gaming Patent Spat To Protect Info
• Shareholder Seeks To Block $943M 3M, Cogent Deal
• Daewoo Must Pay Funai $8M In VCR Patent Suit
• Verizon Gives Up On Price-Control Immunity Bids
• Alcatel Eludes Ciena's Trade Secrets Claim
• Technicians Win Cert. In OT Suit Against Siemens Unit
• Hitachi Has No Patent Deal With Read-Rite: 9th Circ.
• Google Responsible For Phone's 3G Glitches, Suit Says
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Google AdWords IP Suit
• Expert Witness Says Cohn Lifland Owes Him $236K