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Technology - November, 2010

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• BearingPoint Trustee Says Execs Cost Co. Over $1B
• FCC Examining Level 3-Comcast Net Neutrality Row
• SAS Loses Bid To Toss Akin Gump From Patent Fight
• Latham Advises Mellanox In $218M Voltaire Deal
• Insurer's Bid To Recoup $15M Sprint D&O Payout Nixed
• Samsung, Applied Reach Accord In Espionage Case
• Microsoft, Dell Face Video Recording Patent Suit
• Workers Win Initial Cert. In Suit Against Tech Insurer
• EU Probes Antitrust Claims Over Google Search, Ads
• Physical But Not Tangible: Electronic Data Losses
• Former 3M Employee To Plead Guilty To $5M Scam
• Ex-EMC Exec Wants Court Approval To Join Rival
• Marvell Cleared In Trade Secrets Theft Case
• Nero's Antitrust Suit Over MPEG Patent Pools Nixed
• Clear Channel Wins Toss Of Station's Antitrust Suit
• Syntrix Slaps Illumina With Biotech Patent Suit
• Skadden Reps Veritas In $525M CPI Deal
• Federal Circ. Fleshes Out Prosecution Laches
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Copyright Start Date Case
• High Court To Hear Microsoft Appeal Of $290M IP Hit
• ITC To Probe Apple's Patent Claims Against Motorola
• Novell Shareholders Lambast $2.2B Attachmate Bid
• Zynga, Disney Unit Settle Web Game Trade Secrets Suit
• ITC Opens 337 Probe Into Qisda, BenQ, AU Optronics
• Axl Rose Sues Activision Over Guitar Hero III
• Oracle Wins $1.3B Verdict In SAP Copyright Fight
• Former Enron VP Pleads Guilty But Avoids Jail
• Garmin, Others Hit With Patent Suit Over GPS Devices
• Motorola Targets Xbox Systems In 337 Probe Request
• USTA Takes On Olympus Over US Open Contract
• MCS Wants Air Force Telecom Contract Stalled
• Radiodetection Ends Locator Patent Suit, ITC Case
• Ex-Comverse CEO To Pay $53M To End SEC, DOJ Suits
• Battery Maker Violated AECA: Whistleblower
• Cox Agrees To Support $11B Qwest-CenturyLink Merger
• Dell, IBM Hit With Processor Power Fault Patent Suit
• Funai Drops TV Infringement Suit Against TPV
• ITC To Review Ruling On Ricoh's Printer Patents
• The Content Marketing Revolution
• Pond Gets Claim Trimmed From SEC Fraud Suit
• Oracle Asks For Up To $3B In SAP Copyright Fight
• ICS Drops Polaroid, Wraps Up TV IP Case
• ITC Judge Finds Knowles Microphone Patents Invalid
• Franken Asks DOJ To Probe Comcast NBC-Exec Picks
• Best Buy Faces False Marking Suit Over DVD Players
• House GOP Urges FCC To Drop Net Neutrality Push
• 9th Circ. Keeps Verizon Class Action In Federal Court
• Jones Day Reps Attachmate In $2.2B Novell Buy
• Softchoice Wants Google-DOI Contract Fight Tossed
• Comcast, Time Warner Hit In Latest Wi-Lan Suit
• Life Tech Sues GenMark Over DNA Test Patent
• Inventor Targets IBM In Link Optimization IP Suit
• White House Unveils New IT Acquisition Strategy
• Canada Seeks To Fine Rogers $10M Over Ads
• Subpoena Crackdown On Oracle Denied In ITC Case
• Nortel Blasts Genband For Slashing Offer To $143M
• ITC Takes Up 337 Investigation Of Toshiba TVs, DVRs
• Claims Pared In Wireless IP Suit Against RIM
• Casio Settles Video Patent Infringement Suit
• Judge Preliminarily OKs $42M Micron Securities Deal
• The 21st-Century Law Firm
• ITC To Probe IBM, Dell Over Data Storage Patents
• Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Online Piracy Bill
• US Pushes For Trial In FCPA Case Against Terra Exec
• Jury Award Trimmed In FedEx Flight Data Patent Row
• Sony Hit With Patent Suit Over Kiddie Keyboards
• ITC Upholds Invalidation Of Cognex Machine Patents
• Honeywell, Airbus Face Suit Over Aircraft Patents
• Facebook Hits Back At Lamebook In Trademark Spat
• ITC Denies Spansion's Bilski Challenge In 337 Probe
• Fed. Circ. Nixes LSI Bid To Revive Semiconductor IP
• Ex-SiRF Worker Arrested For Alleged Code-Stealing
• Narrowing PCAOB Privilege
• Travel Cos. Urge Congress To Fight Google-ITA Deal
• Judge Tosses 3G Phone Suit Against Google, HTC
• UNM, Taiwan Firm Resolve Semiconductor 337 Probe
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Eon-Net Atty's Bid To Avoid Sanctions
• TerreStar Wins Approval For $75M DIP From EchoStar
• Web Clampdowns Violate WTO Rules: Google
• Legal Acrimony Preceded Beatles-Apple Deal
• 9th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Oracle Securities Suit
• Softchoice To Intervene In Google-DOI Contract Fight
• DOJ Blasts Terra Exec's Spoliation Claim In FCPA Suit
• Special Master To Oversee LCD Panel Settlements
• Vertical Computer Targets LG, Samsung In Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Backs Sheppard Mullin Win In Fraud Suit
• Google, YouTube Exit Online Ad Patent Suit
• High Court Rejects Challenge In USIS Antitrust Fight
• High Court Blocks American Panel's Remand Appeal
• Clearwire Lied About Connection Speed, Class Says
• Dell, Kyocera, Funai Hit With Remote Control IP Suit
• Ralink Targets Lantiq Over Semiconductor Patent
• Wilson Sonsini Reps Isilon In $2.25B EMC Acquisition
• Vishay Intertechnology Can't Escape Faulty Meter Suit
• Telecom Head Claims Racism In FCPA Indictment
• Target, GE, Others Hit With False Marking Suits
• AU Optronics Wants Price-Fixing Charges Tossed
• Apple, Alston & Bird End Touch Screen Discovery Row
• UK Court To Weigh In On Digital Piracy Law
• Allen & Overy Reps Misys In $379M Sophis Deal
• DOJ Deal Leaves 'No-Cold Call' Pacts Down, Not Out
• Calif. Bluetooth Action To Join Wi-Lan's Suits In Texas
• Motorola Hits Back At Microsoft In Big-Dollar IP War
• Thinkmap Tries To Nix Data System Patent
• Fed. Circ. Revives OCR Patent Claims Against Abbyy
• US Reversal Frames Issues In Myriad's Appeal
• Italy Probes Sky Exclusive World Cup Broadcast Deal
• Fed. Circ. Shuts Down A123 Bid To Nix Battery Patents
• Barnes Thornburg Lures Top Merchant Gould Partner
• Adelphia Execs Continue Fight For Interview Notes
• Verizon Workers Lose OT Arbitration Bid
• Seagate, Western Digital Sued Over Disk Drive Tech
• Judge Tosses IBM Record-Keeping Class Action
• Akamai Sues Rival To Enforce Online Content Patents
• HP, JVC Sued Over Video Indexing Patent
• Netezza, IISi Settle Suit Over Alleged Software Hack
• Guardian Sues AT&T, Microsoft Over V-Chip Patents
• FCC Probes Google's Street View Privacy Breach
• HP To Pay $16.3M To Exit E-Rate Fraud Probe
• Quinn Emanuel Gets $13M For Facebook Case
• Innkeepers Wins Extension For Exclusivity Window
• Flag Telecom Class Action Ends With $24M Deal
• Microsoft Accuses Motorola Of Patent License-Gouging
• USPTO Extends Green Patent Pilot Program
• Your Company May Not Own That Copyright
• MoFo Lures IP Litigation Vet From Ropes & Gray
• Skype Can't Pull Plug On Voice Mail Patent Suit
• HP Settles With Mipo, SinoTime In Ink-Jet 337 Case
• Target, OfficeMax, Others Face Web Search Patent Suit
• 3 More Indicted In Display Tube Price-Fixing Probe
• High Court Weighs Class Action Bans In Arbitration
• Fed. Circ. Panel Hears TiVo-Dish DVR Patent Spat
• Broadcom Discovery Bid Nixed In SiRF 337 Case
• Facebook Fires Back In Tele-Publishing Patent Feud
• Abbott, Others Argue For New Inequitable Conduct Rule
• Polypore To Appeal FTC Divestiture Ruling
• Consequences Of Overreaching IP Policies
• E-Pass Malpractice Suit V. Squire Sanders Revived
• Customers' Claims Trimmed In AT&T Cramming Suit
• Fed. Circ. Sends Microsoft Patent Suit To Wash. State
• Insurers Sue Ship Over $13M In Lost Nintendo Goods
• Fed. Circ. Lifts Evidence Limits In Section 145 Cases
• Software Stolen By SAP Worth $4B, Oracle CEO Says
• Integra Stops Fighting $11B Qwest-CenturyLink Merger
• Nortel Accuses Repair Contractor Of Counterfeiting
• AUO Wants More Details On DOJ's Price-Fixing Case
• Global Tech Ordered To Pay $626M In EchoStar Fight
• AOL, Others Score Win In Web Radio Patent Suit
• Lawyers Hope TiVo Case Clarifies IP Contempt Rules
• Seyfarth Sues ProMos Over IP Defense Bills
• Judge OKs $3.5M Deal For Google AdWords Class
• Inequitable Conduct Doctrine Takes Stage In Fed. Circ.
• Lonestar Targets Sony In Latest Semiconductor IP Suit
• Isilon Exec Wins Disclosure Of PwC Docs In SEC Case
• 10 Appellate Tips From A Former Chief Justice
• Circuit City Trustee Attacks Millions In Claim Bids
• ATG Shareholder Sues To Block $1B Oracle Bid
• Hartford Seeks To Avoid $1.8M Microsoft Payment
• China, Cambodia Sign Trade Deals Worth $6.4B
• Apple Sabotaged IPhone 3Gs To Boost 4G Sales: Suit
• Downloader Will Seek To Undo $1.5M Verdict: Atty
• Netscape, Insurer Set For Trial Over Privacy Suits
• Soitec Infringed MEMC Semiconductor Patent, Jury Says
• Parody Website Says Facebook Can't Take A Joke
• HP, Fujifilm, Others Sued Over Memory Disc Patent
• Acacia Unit, Texas Instruments Settle Processor IP Suit
• FTC Taps Princeton Prof For Chief Technologist Position
• GAO Quashes Online Video Protest Over NRC Contract
• Nanoparticles: A New Mass Tort Frontier
• AmEx To Acquire Accertify Inc. For $150M
• Fed. Circ. Ups $13.8M Verdict In Antivirus IP Appeal
• Oracle Ex-Pres. Says Bilked Software Worth Billions
• Direct Purchaser Ends Suit Against Hitachi, Others
• Lochner Hits General Dynamics With Computer IP Suit
• Miami Telecom Exec Wants FCPA Charges Tossed
• Goodwin Procter Snags 2 IP Partners From Foley
• GAO Rejects Imagine One Protest Over $22M Navy Job
• Google Instant — 'Instant' Brand Protection
• VW, Hyundai, Kia Hit With $13M Infringement Verdict
• Election Leaves Fate Of Patent Reform Up In The Air
• Zenith Targets Sony Over HDTV Patents
• ITC Takes Up 337 Probe Of Apple Wireless Devices
• SAP Agrees To Pay $120M To Cover Oracle Legal Fees
• Trademark Owners Want AdWords Suit Revived
• Samsung, University of NM Unit End 337 Patent Row
• Google Pays $8.5M To Settle Buzz Class Action
• Using Industry Standard Limits To Prove Infringement
• Target, Sears Sue Over LCD Price-Fixing
• ITC To Probe Motorola Over Microsoft Phone Patents
• Columbia Hangs On To $200M NASA Software Contract
• Nintendo's Wii System To Face 337 Investigation
• Vinson & Elkins Counsels Dell On Boomi Buy
• FTC Amends Antitrust Settlement Over Intel Chips
• ITC Staff Says Nokia Did Not Violate Apple Patents
• GSA Pitches Rules For Cloud Computing Contracts
• Fed. Circ. Shuts Door On LG Claims In Wi-Fi Patent Suit
• Microsoft Hit With Trademark Suit Over Xbox Kinect
• Oracle, SAP Face Off Over Infringement Damages
• Fed. Circ. Revives Oracle Bid To Transfer Patent Suit
• EBay, PayPal Hit With Commerce Network Patent Suit
• Judge Orders Answers From HP Exec In Workers' Suit
• Sony, Best Buy Can't Shake Shoddy Laptop Claims
• Davis Polk Reps Oracle In $1B ATG Purchase
• Google, Onix Sue DOI Over Cloud Computing RFQ
• Saint-Gobain Wins Ban On Rival's Road Repair Grids
• Anascape Bid To Reclaim $21M Dashed By High Court
• SmartPhone Hits Cell Phone Makers With IP Suit
• Supreme Court Rejects Sprint's Class Claims Case
• Microtune Exec Can't Dodge SEC's Backdating Claims
• Broadcom Seeks To Nix CSR's GPS Patents
• Apple Targets Smartphones In Motorola IP Feud
• PixFusion Hits Toyota With Image Patent Suit