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Technology - June, 2011

285 articles

• ITC Remands Kodak Patent Battle With Apple, RIM
• 1st Circ. Revives Verizon Suit Over Union CBA Row
• Judge Grants Facebook's Bid For Docs In Ownership Suit
• Intel, Apple, HP Face ITC Probe Into Microprocessor IP
• Ex-AMD Manager Admits To Insider Trading
• OT Law Covers Out-Of-State Workers: Calif. High Court
• Apple Faces New Samsung Suit In Smartphone IP War
• 9th Circ. Nixes Cert. Appeal In Toshiba Antitrust Action
• Global-Tech: Is Justice Willfully Blind?
• Judge Blocks Twitter's Bid To Move Patent Suit
• Judge Won't Revisit Ruling On Verizon TV Tech Claims
• Sony, Samsung Hit With ITC Suit Over Video Analysis IP
• DBSD Wins Tentative OK For Plan To Emerge Under Dish
• Accenture Seeks New Trial After $94M Loss To Wellogix
• Rebooting 'Dot Com Disclosures'
• Goodwin Reps Ansys In $310M Apache Design Buy
• Shareholder Sues Oclaro Over Earnings Forecasts
• Consumer Watchdog Chases Facebook To FTC
• Qwest To Settle OT Class Action For $1M
• Isys Can't Stop Google From Using 'Chromebook' Mark
• Fiserv To Snap Up CashEdge For $465M
• Adelphia Execs Seek Reconsideration Of Dismissal Bid
• HP, Cisco, Others Sued Over Device Detection Patent
• Mexican Competition Chair Recused From Telcel Appeal
• Oracle Defends Expert Report In Google Patent Suit
• Sony Accuses LG Of Ripping Off Blu-Ray Group
• Oracle Calls HP Contract Suit A 'Publicity Stunt'
• Feds Urge Up To 15 Years For Ex-Mass. House Speaker
• Samsung Files ITC Suit In Smartphone IP War With Apple
• A Practical Guide To Discovery Conference Preparation
• Hogan Lovells Reps News Corp. In $35M MySpace Sale
• EU, South Korea FTA To Address Nontariff Barriers
• Hynix Hit With Patent Suit Over DRAM Products
• Oracle To Buy Data Storage Co. Controlled By Ellison
• DLA Piper, Lippes Drop Client In Facebook Suit
• Altera Sues LSI, Agere Over 12 Computer Patents
• Dell, Citigroup, Others Sued Over Web Security IP
• Patent Reform After All These Years ... Maybe?
• Google Ups Ante In Fight Over Microsoft Cloud Contract
• Q&A With Wilson Sonsini's Jose Villarreal
• Facebook Wins Dismissal Of Friend Finder Class Suit
• Apple Gets ITunes Antitrust Action Tossed
• GAO Tosses Challenge Over $14.4M IT Contract
• DC Circ. Nixes Judgment Against Ex-PurchasePro VP
• Samsung, AT&T, Others Hit With Flat-Panel Patent Suits
• High Court Rebuffs Jurisdiction Fight In Abbyy IP Row
• Apple 'Geniuses' Denied Class Cert. In Rest Break Case
• Google Faces New €290M French Antitrust Complaint
• 10th Circ. Upholds ClearOne's Trade Secrets Win
• Judge Nixes Class Cert. In ITT Employment Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Firms' Antitrust Subpoena Fight
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Tech Co.'s Bad-Faith Ch. 11
• Barnes & Thornburg Snags 2 IP Attys In Midwest
• Facing Individual Liability In Data Security Breaches
• Another International Patent Cross-Licensing War
• Supreme Court To Weigh In On IP Evidence Limits
• Magyar Telekom Settles SEC's FCPA Probe
• ITC Affirms Garmin Section 337 Win Over Pioneer
• Apple Strikes Deal With Sanho Over Battery Patent
• Skype Founding Member Says Bad PwC Advice Cost $1.5M
• ITC To Probe Infringement Of Smartphone Case Patents
• Med Trends Fights $40M OSHA Contract Award
• Judge Makes U-Turn On Contempt Order V. Web Registry
• Northrop Appeals Dismissal Of Suit Over ICE Pact
• MedioStream Accuses Microsoft Of Video Monopoly
• The Challenge Of Proof In A Semiconductor Patent Case
• Google Acknowledges FTC Antitrust Probe
• Keeping An Eye On Subpoena Compliance
• US, IBM Defeat Jacobs' Bid To Win Back DOD Contract
• Apple Hits Samsung With Smartphone IP Suit
• FTC Clears Intel To Bid On Nortel Patents
• Baidu Buys Majority Stake In Travel Site For $306M
• ConnectU Founders Keep Facebook Discovery Fight Alive
• ITC Extends Review In Kodak's Case Against Apple, RIM
• FTC To Subpoena Google In Antitrust Probe: Report
• Walker Digital Attacks Axis Over Internet Security Patent
• 9th Circ. Restores Fraud Verdicts Against Gateway Execs
• Hacker Admits To AT&T IPad Data Breach
• SNR Denton Adds Ex-Jones Day Atty In Calif.
• Nintendo Sued Over 3-D Gaming Patent
• Intervoice Strikes $4.8M Deal In Investors' Fraud Action
• Apple Gets Antitrust OK To Bid On Nortel Patents
• Fiserv Insurers Sued Over BofA Title Claims Coverage
• Wilson Sonsini Booted From Antivirus Patent Suit
• Google Execs Snub Senate Antitrust Committee
• Apple Injunction Bid 'Probably' Will Be Denied: Source
• Landmark Sues More Retailers Over E-Commerce IP
• Whistleblowers Want Bigger Slice Of $94M Verizon Deal
• Dutch Lawmakers Pass Net Neutrality Bill
• Winklevoss Twins Drop Fight Over $65M Facebook Deal
• Samsung Denied Look At Next IPhone, IPad In IP Row
• 3rd Circ. Rules For AT&T In Pension Plan Suit
• CORRECTED: E-Trade Seeks Toss Of Constellation IP Suit
• Applying The CAN-SPAM Act To Social Networking Sites
• Polish Telecom Fined €128M For Blocking Rivals
• House To Debate Diversion Of USPTO Fees
• Groups Ask High Court To Nix Software Resale Ruling
• Zagg Snags Headphone Maker IFrogz For $105M
• 25 Percent, 50 Percent ... What's In A Number?
• Ex-Terra Prez Can't Toss US Witness In Haiti Bribery Case
• EA, Others Face Software Activation Patent Suit
• AT&T Mobility Case May Have Limited Application
• Dish's $1.4B TerreStar Bid Approved For Auction
• Infineon, Investors Strike $6M Deal In Price-Fixing Action
• Judge OKs Retirement, Disability Groups In Nortel Ch. 11
• Cisco Hit With Suit Over Call Processing Patent
• Judges Order Nortel Units To Mediate $4B Asset Fight
• Patent Co. Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive $500M Antitrust Suit
• Man Suing For Facebook Stake Says He Passed Polygraph
• Nortel's Patents To Give Buyer A Boost Against Rivals
• How They Won It: Willkie Farr Gets Record Cos. To Settle For A Song
• USPTO Widens Patent Prosecution Highway
• Chi Mei Settles Electrograph LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Broadcom Challenges Freescale-Rambus Patent Deal
• FTC Backs Microsoft's $8.5B Skype Buy
• BitTorrent, Kontiki Hit With Data-Sharing Patent Suit
• Germany To Review Liberty Global's €3B Cable Buy
• 4 Ex-Cabletron Execs Settle SEC's Fraud Allegations
• Motorola To Settle Shareholder Action For $3.15M
• 8th Circ. Nixes Bid To Reinstate MEMC Securities Suit
• Nortel's Portfolio Auction: The Changing IP Market
• Technological Tying And 'Predatory' Innovation
• Spansion, Samsung Settle Part Of Flash Memory Suit
• CommScope Brings Antenna IP Suits In Brazil, China
• TI Settles Eolas Web Patent Case
• Micron, Hynix Must Relitigate Rambus Docs Dispute
• 3rd Circ. Says Viacom Age Bias Claims Too Old
• Oracle Seeks Billions In Java IP Row With Google
• ITC Takes Up Mosaid's 337 Complaint Against Cisco
• Apple Sanctioned For Discovery Breach In Audio Patent Suit
• Court Allows Some SEC Witnesses In Juniper Suit
• Teachbook Wants Facebook Trademark Suit Tossed
• HP Sues Oracle Over Software Lockout
• UK Judge Rules Nokia Infringed IPCom Patent
• Nortel Postpones Patent Auction Amid High Interest
• Orrick Adds Tech M&A Pro From K&L Gates
• Latham Reps DG In $517M MediaMind Buy
• Cadence Settles Securities Class Action For $38M
• Publisher Sues Apple Over 'iBooks' Trademark
• GAO Expands Jurisdiction Over Civilian Task Orders
• Adelphia Execs Can't Shake Tax Evasion Indictment
• Shareholder Wants Ch. 11 Trustee In Raser Bankruptcy
• Principles For Regulating Nanotech
• Investor Sues To Block Citigroup Unit's $307M Ness Buy
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Bill Dawson
• NXP-Dover $855M Deal Wins Antitrust Approval In China
• Facebook Loses Bid To Toss Lamebook Suit In IP Row
• Ex-Mass. Speaker DiMasi Convicted In Corruption Case
• DOE Can't Nix $2.1M Suit Over Radioactive Landfill Costs
• Trek 2000 Targets Kingston, Others Over USB Devices
• Kirkland Reps Sensata In $325M Sensor-Nite Buyout
• CORRECTED: Sullivan Reps Dish In $1.4B Bid For TerreStar
• SEC Settles Fraud Suit With Ex-US Technologies CEO
• Sharp, Dell Settle IP Row Over UltraSharp Monitors
• 'Willful Blindness' And Induced Patent Infringement
• Dolby Targets RIM Over Audio Compression Patents
• DOJ OKs Google's $900M Bid For Nortel Patents
• Calif. Judge Won't Instruct Jury On Rambus Shredding
• Kayak.com Sued Over Price Quote Patent
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive IP Suit Against Cisco, Others
• GoDaddy Sued Over Automated Email Patents
• Google Aims To Block Oracle Expert In Android IP Suit
• Ogma Asks ITC To Probe More Cos. Over Tech Imports
• 'Call Of Duty' Fraud Claims Against Activision A Go
• 9th Circ. Stays Facebook Suit Over Twins' Cert Bid
• Web Registry In Contempt Over Failure To Bar Faux Sites
• RIM Overhyped Sales Of Too-Ripe BlackBerrys: Suit
• France's Capgemini Plans $553M Prosodie Buy
• Paul Weiss Reps Ericsson In $1.15B Telcordia Deal
• Apple Pays Up To Settle Nokia Patent Suits
• US V. Microsoft Settlement — 10 Years Later
• Sanyo, Others Seek Dismissal Of LCD Antitrust Suit
• Microsoft, AT&T Object To Terms Of $900M Nortel IP Sale
• Class Claims Verizon 'Bungled' Foreign Worker Pensions
• ABC, Others Settle Action Over Web Privacy Breaches
• Davis Polk Reps Vector Capital In $282M Gerber Deal
• Cypress Semiconductor Seeks ITC SRAM Probe
• EBay-GSI Deal Set To Close After Shareholder Settlement
• High Court Denies Suit Against E&Y Over Time-AOL Deal
• Combatting Employee Data Theft With CFAA
• Honeywell Snaps Up EMS Technologies For $491M
• The Submarine Economy
• FedEx Denied Attys' Fees After Bar Code Patent Win
• ITC Backs HP In Ink-Jet Cartridge Patent Suit
• ICloud Sues Apple Over Cloud Computing Product
• JFTC Says DeNA Barred Game Makers From Rival Site
• Apple Seeks To Jump In Licensor's App Patent Fight
• Ex-Quest Manager Fights Trade Secret Injunction Bid
• DC Circ. Upholds FCC Cable Access Rules
• Semiconductor Co. Says Co-Inventor Undermined Patent
• Broadband Operator Xanadoo Takes Ch. 11 Plunge
• Luxembourg Co. Sues Skype Over VoIP Patents
• Calif. Agency Probes AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buy
• Freescale Wants ITC Probe Against Funai, Others
• Fed. Circ. Won't Nix DOJ Contract Award To Monster
• Wellogix, BP Unit Settle Suit Over Software Theft
• IP Lawyers Weigh In On Microsoft V. I4i Ruling
• Judge Trims Aquilent's Suit Over VA Contract Breach
• High Court Defers To FCC In Telecom Competition Dispute
• LaBarge To End Investor Suit Over $340M Ducommun Deal
• Visa Pays $110M For Mobile Prepaid Payments Provider
• Case Study: Brantley V. NBC Universal
• Essentials For Success In Arbitration
• Measuring The Aftershock Of AT&T V. Concepcion
• Dell, Oracle Sued Over Remote Server Tech Patents
• Invalidity Must Be Clear And Convincing: High Court
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Acacia Unit's Loss In Memory Suit
• Motorola Can't Nix Apple Antitrust Suit Over IP Licenses
• Rambus Antitrust Trial Kicks Off With Jury Selection
• Sprint Investors Demand KPMG Merger Audit Docs
• America Movil Wins $900M Case Against Ex-Shareholders
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Golf GPS Patent Suit
• Chinese Dissidents Say Cisco Aided In Their Torture
• General Dynamics Wins $867M DHS Contract After Protest
• The Perils Of One Wrong Word In A Contract
• Preparing For The I4i V. Microsoft Ruling
• DOI To Pay $5M To Settle BearingPoint Contract Suits
• Motorola Exits Hopewell Smartphone Software Patent Suit
• Nortel Units Fight For Arbitration Over $4B From Sales
• Judge Approves Sprint Unit's $2.7M OT Settlement
• German Co. Says Apple Unfairly Blocked Its Music App
• Yahoo Wants Attys' Fees In Bedrock's Failed IP Suit
• Shareholder Blasts Yahoo Over $1B Chinese Investment
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's John Watkins
• Houghton Mifflin Unit Tries To Block Rival 'Oregon Trail'
• Tyco, Verity Sued Over ID Technology Patent
• MoFo Sues Funai To Recover $11M In Unpaid Bills
• Patent Reform Bill Makes USPTO Too Powerful: House Reps.
• Q&A With Knobbe Martens' John Sganga
• Class Action Over Sprint 4G Network Tossed
• Mexico's Competition Regulator Stays $1B Telcel Fine
• SEC Denied Win On Claims Against Ex-Isilon CFO
• Honeywell Files New GPS Patent Suit Against Furuno
• Panasonic Wants Fish Off Antitrust Suit Over Patents
• If It's Not .Bank, It's Not Safe
• Freescale Strikes Deal In Rambus Memory Patent Row
• DC Can't Shake Whistleblower's Retaliation Suit
• Judge OKs Settlement In Suits Over SAP-Sybase Merger
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Extreme Patent Appeal
• Inventors Get 1st Dibs On Gov't-Funded IP: High Court
• Tech Co. Fights To Bar Google Launch Of Chrome Products
• Dewey Reps EBay In Development Co. Magento Deal
• Siemens Sues Samsung, LG Over LED Patents
• Acer Settles IP Suit Over Random Number Generators
• Semiconductor Toolmaker Sues Rival Over Trade Secrets
• LaserDynamics Gets $9.3M In 2nd Round Of Patent Suit
• DOJ Probes Google, Apple Bids For Nortel Patents
• SEC Subpoenas American Tower's Tax Documents
• Nintendo Can't Get Motiva Docs In Wii IP Case
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Tying Suit Against NBC, Others
• Lockheed Finds Way Out Of DataTern Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Knowles Win In Mic Patent Suit
• Ill. Woman Pleads Guilty To $2.5M E-Rate Fraud
• GM, Microsoft, Others Sued Over GPS Patent
• Inside Global-Tech Appliances V. SEB
• FLSA Class Action? Demand A Plan
• ITC To Probe Apple, HP, Others Over Wireless Patents
• Sutherland Nabs Fulbright Litigator, E-Discovery Pro
• Alcatel Finalizes $92M Settlement In FCPA Case
• Customers May Get $1B In AT&T Tax Suit Settlement
• Canon Settles Toner IP Claims With 20 Cos.
• Pantech, HP, Palm Settle IP Suit Over Smartphones
• Advanced Software Scores In Fed. Circ. Patent Fight
• Q&A With Davis Polk's Chris Hockett
• Memorylink Can Depose Motorola Atty In Tech Theft Suit
• Winston Reps Groupon In $750M IPO Filing
• Calif. Court Won't Reinstate Firm In VeriSign Suit
• 2nd Circ. Downs Credit Suisse Appeal Of $431M Award
• Bose Targets Able Planet In Headphone IP Suit
• Microsoft Contract Suit Over Motorola Patents Trimmed
• Samsung Sues AUO, 3 Customers Over LCD Patents
• Implications Of Fed. Circ.'s Therasense Opinion
• Fractus, LG Settle Cellphone Antenna Patent Dispute
• Judge Won't Stay Apple's IP Claims Against Nokia
• Mexico Slaps Telmex With $7.8M Antitrust Penalty
• Epson Can Keep Quinn Emanuel As Counsel: Judge
• Becton To Take Inequitable Conduct Fight To High Court
• ITC To Probe LG's Zenith Claims On Sony TV Imports
• Google Books Deal Still In Limbo, Atty Tells Court
• Obama Administration Backs House Patent Reform Bill
• Dish Network Blasts AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buyout
• IPhone App Developers Face Suit Over Apple IP License
• Clearing For Launch
• Pioneer, BMW, Others Infringe Voice Control IP: Suit
• Lenovo To Buy Germany's Medion For $900M