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Technology - July, 2011

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• BofA, Yelp, Others Sued Over Traffic System IP
• Siemens Escapes Argentine Whistleblower's Tort Suit
• Lucent Verdict In Microsoft Patent Fight Cut To $70M
• Fed Circ. Lets Sanctions Stand Against Eon-Net
• Tech Help Class Wins Initial Cert. In Kroll FLSA Suit
• Apple, Spansion Deal Counts As Patent License: Judge
• Software Co. Citrix Slapped With Overtime Suit
• Twitter Stalking Case Is Unconstitutional, EFF Says
• 9th Circ. OKs Sony Win In 'God Of War' Copyright Feud
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear Rambus Spoliation Case
• $8M Patent Playlist Verdict Against Apple Stands
• Diebold, Others Beat E-Voting Machine Patent Claims
• Yahoo, Alibaba Reach Deal On Alipay's Future
• BSkyB Keeps James Murdoch As Chairman
• Ex-Pegasus CEO Cops To $25M Stock Scheme
• Rovi Sues Hulu Over Programming Guide Patents
• Oracle Demands HP Drop Its Suit Against Ex-Exec
• EA Can't Shake NCAA Players' Revised Antitrust Claims
• HTC Phones Don't Infringe FlashPoint Patents: ITC Judge
• LCD-Buying Class Can't Expand In Antitrust MDL: Judge
• Jury Hits Dell, Others For $5.4M In Hard Drive IP Case
• Sens. Unveil 2 Consumer Data Protection Bills
• Sony, Bosch, Others Face Probe Over Video Analytics IP
• US Agencies Must Upgrade Social Media Policies: GAO
• Facebook Seeks Toss Of $1B Suit Over Intifada Page
• Senate Panel Sets Date For Google Antitrust Hearing
• K&L Gates Wants Confidential Info In Teligent Row
• Cyber Attack Exposes Data On 35M South Koreans
• House Committee Approves Data Retention Bill
• LG Fights Back In LED Patent War Against Osram
• Studios Win Bid To Blockade Movie Pirates In UK Suit
• State AGs Urge Approval Of AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buy
• Facebook Trademark Should Be Canceled, Shagbook Says
• Spotify Hit With Patent Suits Soon After US Debut
• COFC Still Beckons To Protesters
• Software Co. Targets Barnes & Noble Over Nook IP
• Hacker In Plea Talks Over AT&T IPad Data Breach
• Judge Threatens To Nix Comcast-NBC Antitrust Deal
• Facebook's Canada Strategy Could Prompt U.S. Scrutiny
• JPML Mulls Consolidating Google, Apple Privacy Suits
• Verizon Bests Workers' Phone Privacy Suit In 1st Circ.
• ITC To Investigate Samsung's IP Claims Against Apple
• Hartford Off Hook For Coverage In Bill System IP Fight
• Apple Laptop Infringes S3 Patents, Tablets Don't: ITC
• Google Denied Fees, Sanctions In Android Mark Fight
• Tech Industry Wants Federal Data Breach Notification Law
• SunGard Fails To Shake Trading Software IP Row
• Affinity Targets Apple Over Audio Link Patent
• Groups Call For Overhaul Of Cell Tower Safety Regs
• Franken Wants Regulators To Kill AT&T, T-Mobile Deal
• Perkins Coie Lands Google's Ex-Deputy GC
• Say Media Resolves Suit Over Web Usage Tracking
• Lawmakers Grill NSA Official Over Cellphone Tracking
• Google Tries To Nix SourceProse Mobile Map IP
• Facebook Addresses Privacy Concerns In Web Ads
• Privacy Law Blocks Netflix-Facebook Service In US
• Temps Sue Juniper Networks For OT Pay
• Man Seeking Facebook Stake Pushes For Zuckerberg Emails
• Dish's $1.4B Bid For TerreStar Wins Antitrust OK
• Prepaid Phone Call Patent Not Invalid: Fed. Circ.
• Software Co. ACI Puts Up Rival $540M Bid For S1
• Motorola Can't Dodge Investor Action Over 3G Losses
• InterDigital Sues Nokia, Others Over 3G Patents
• 2nd Circ. Kills Google Antitrust Suit Due To Venue Clause
• ITC's Domestic Industry Requirement Evolves Again
• Oracle Can't Kick Lowenstein From $19M Contract Row
• 9th Circ. Revives Suit Over MySpace Celebrity Pages
• Canon Has One Claim Trimmed In Ogma ITC Case
• Richtek Takes UPI Patent Battle To ITC
• Telecom Badgers University Over $32M Broadband Grant
• Gateway, Consumers Must Arbitrate In Faulty PC Fight
• MyKey Takes Computer Forensics Patent Worries To ITC
• GSI Says Cypress Conspired To Set SRAM Standards
• Edwards Angell Nabs Bird & Bird IP Tech Atty
• Obama Lays Out New Offensive Against Overseas Cartels
• Microsoft, Time Warner, Others Sued Over Anti-Spam IP
• Judge Says Oracle's IP Row With Google Not Worth $6B
• Raw Deal: WTO's Take On China's Raw Material Exports
• Lodsys Targets 'Angry Birds' Co., Others In Licensing Row
• Cablevision Could Face Import Ban In Verizon ITC Suit
• Walker Digital Sues Take-Two Over Gaming Patents
• Oracle Gets OK To Quiz Google CEO In Android IP Row
• Australia Says $2.7B Foxtel Deal Threatens Competition
• Capitol, Others' $1.5M Award Cut In File-Sharing Case
• Texas Instruments Exits Wi-LAN Bluetooth Suit
• 3 Execs Plead Not Guilty In Haiti Teleco FCPA Case
• Mass. Judge Tosses ConnectU IP Suit Against Facebook
• ParkerVision Sues Qualcomm Over Integrated Circuits
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs $5M Verizon OT Settlement
• Willful Blindness: New Standard, Same Confusion
• The Risk Created By E-Discovery Vendors
• Icahn Says Motorola Should Cash In On Patent Portfolio
• Panasonic Plasma TV Class Action Turned Off
• HP, Others Escape FCA Suit Over Asian Tech Imports
• Sony Ericsson IP, Trade Expert Returns To Venable
• New Personal Audio Suit Targets More Apple Products
• Groupon, Others Sued Over Wireless Tech Patent
• Clear And Convincing Evidence In Invalidity Defense
• Red River Settles FCA Claims Over Air Force Telecom Deal
• Acer Flies Into Cloud Technology With $320M iGware Buy
• Amazon Not Required To Remove InStyler Fakes: Judge
• Zurich Sues Sony Over PlayStation Hacking Coverage
• Kohl Calls On Regulators To Bar AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
• Alcatel, Others Cut TruePosition From Tech Standards: Suit
• HP, Wal-Mart, Others Sued Over Rewritable Tech Patents
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Advises Dell In Force10 Acquisition
• AT&T, Customers Told To Arbitrate In IPad Data Action
• At Home Trustee Sues AT&T, Verizon Over 4 Patents
• O'Melveny Reps Microsemi In Hostile Bid For Zarlink
• Case Study: Sullivan V. Oracle
• Jury Must Weigh Damages In AUO Price-Fixing Case: Judge
• Global Infrastructure Report — Spotlight On Asia
• Ex-Pitney Bowes Exec Settles Insider Trading Case
• Google, YouTube Hoarded Revenues From Uploads: Suit
• Judge Extends Deadline For New Google Books Deal
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rehear Cable Bundling Class Action
• Adobe, EchoSign Sued Over Email Verification Patent
• TriQuint Destroyed Evidence In IP, Monopoly Suit: Avago
• Philips Settles JPEG Patent Suit Against Samsung
• Heller Settles Fee Dispute With Former IP Client Katz
• Baidu, Record Cos. Ink Landmark Licensing Deal
• Teachbook Seeks To Stay Discovery In Facebook Fight
• Sony Hit With Data Protection Action Over Hacking
• There Is No Genuine Information Without Security
• Bertelsmann, Time Warner Escape Digital Music MDL
• ITC Lets Kodak Off The Hook In Apple Imaging IP Case
• Walker Digital Ends Patent Fight Over Facebook Ads
• LG Struck With Class Action Over Smartphone Defects
• All American, Micron Settle DRAM Antitrust Suit
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Reps Adobe In EchoSign Buy
• SRA Investors Back $1.9B Sale To Providence
• Grooveshark Hit With Another Copyright Suit
• Sick Says Fake Noncompete Sank $5.8M USPS Deal
• Samsung Hits Back Against Osram's LED Patent Suits
• Microsoft Faces Patent Suit Over Search Technology
• LG Hit With Class Action Over Defective Televisions
• HP Settles Class Action Over Defective Desktops
• HTC Infringed 2 Apple Smartphone Patents: ITC Judge
• General Dynamics Looks To Duck DataTern Patent Suit
• BattleLore Owner Starts Copyright Clash Over IPad Game
• ArrivalStar Sues Virgin America, Others Over Tracking IP
• Indie Label Group Wants Share Of Lime Wire Settlement
• InterDigital Wins Damages In Nokia Patent Suit
• ITC Probes Vizio, Trek Complaints Over Tech Patents
• Universal Electronics Sues Logitech Over Remote IP
• Jones Day Adds DLA Piper IP, Tech Pro In Dallas
• Leap Shareholder Sues Goldman Over Short-Swing Trades
• Check The Forecast Before Using Cloud-Based Storage
• FHA Doesn't Bar Biased Ads: Roommates.com To 9th Circ.
• Paul Allen's Web IP Suit V. AOL, Others Still In Flux
• LCD Antitrust Defendant Gets Early Look At Witnesses
• Craigslist Fraud Claims Against EBay Survive In Calif.
• Ex-Terra Prez Protests New Evidence In Haiti Bribe Case
• Facebook Fights To Keep Teachbook IP Suit Alive
• Seeking Clarity With 'Willful Blindness'
• Varian Investor Slams $5B Sale To Applied Materials
• Visa, MasterCard Face Suit Over WikiLeaks Blockade
• StarMedia Execs Sue For $2.5M In D&O Coverage
• EBay Strikes Deal In E-Commerce Patent Suit
• Oracle, SAP Say Settlement Unlikely In $1.3B IP Fight
• Judge Trims TV Patent Suit Against Sprint, Others
• OpenText Buys Software Co. Global 360 For $260M
• ITC To Probe 3M, Others Over Ogma Sound Effects IP
• Cinergy, Others Indicted In Haiti Bribery Case
• Google May Have Known It Violated Java Patents: Judge
• Sony Settles In Cybersitter Code Theft Case
• Dow, HP, Others Hit With Patent Suit Over HR Software
• Cellphone Radiation Plaintiffs: Can You Hear Us Now?
• Palm Strikes Deal In Philips JPEG Patent Case
• BearingPoint Trustee Allowed To Move $1.9B Suit To Va.
• Apple's Chief Patent Atty Plans To Leave: Report
• Google, EBay Infringe Online Payment Patent: Suits
• Gag Gift Maker Says Microsoft Ripped Off Ads
• Nokia Latest Target In Text Messaging Patent Feud
• 11th Circ. Backs Arbitration Ruling In GPS Row
• Mitsubishi, Toshiba Escape €210M In EU Cartel Fines
• DirecTV Can't Beat Installers' FLSA Action
• 5th Circ. Nixes $13M Verdict In Tech Contract Dispute
• Northrop Loses Bid To Revive Contract Breach Suit
• IBM Fails To Cut Data Storage Patent From 337 Case
• EBay May Be Liable For Fake Goods: EU High Court
• Qimonda Creditors Cleared To Vote On Liquidation Plan
• Intellectual Ventures Hits Hynix, Elpida With DRAM Suit
• Edwards Angell Nabs MoFo IP Bigwig For NY Office
• Samsung Wants Law Firm Kicked Off Apple IP Fight
• Combat Simulator Co. Sues Partner Over Broken Pact
• Translating India's New IT Law
• AGs, DOJ Subpoena Sprint Over AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Review
• Perkins Coie Adds Patent Litigator in San Diego
• ITC To Probe Freescale's Chip Patent Claims
• Apple Slaps HTC With New Smartphone IP Suit In ITC
• Citing Dukes, Qwest Seeks To Nix FLSA Class Action
• CIA Flouted Software Licenses, Suit Claims
• Judges Clear $4.5B Nortel Patent Sale
• Telephone Contractor Sues US Over Attys' Fees
• Challenging Inflated Damages Claims By NPEs
• Lender Sues E-Rate Contractor For $30M, Receivership
• Sony Gets Plug Pulled On Melting TV Action
• Personal Audio Wins $8M Verdict In Apple Patent Case
• Google's Schmidt To Testify At Senate Antitrust Hearing
• Online Storage Co. Dropbox Faces Trademark Suit
• Leviton Patent Suit Must Be Heard In NM: Fed. Circ.
• Samsung Slapped With Videophone Patent Suit
• US Disposed TV Duties Protest, Hitachi Tells Fed. Circ.
• Should Pythagoras Have Been Entitled To A Patent?
• Oracle Takes 'Cheap Shots' In Server Support Fight: HP
• Telecom Contractor Sues Court Over Background Check
• Newport To Pay $230M For Laser Maker Ophir
• Judge Invalidates Card Activation's Patent
• Facebook Wants Winklevoss Suit In Mass. Tossed
• Samsung, Motorola Sued Over Coding Patent
• Judge Nixes Protest Over $243M Pa. Tech Contract
• Blackboard Investor Fights To Block $1.6B Sale
• Mosaid Sues Sony Ericsson, HTC Over E-911 Tech IP
• Judge OKs Dish's $1.4B Buy Of Bankrupt TerreStar
• Nokia Exits ITC Case Over Apple Smartphone IP
• ITC To Probe Osram LED Patent Claims V. Samsung, LG
• Nokia Forced To Arbitrate Price-Fixing Claims V. AUO
• Apple Denied Injunction In App Store Trademark Suit
• EBay Rings Up Mobile Payment Outfit For $240M
• Atmel Hits Infineon With Chip Patent Counterclaims
• Judge Stays Motorola Suit Over TiVo DVR Patents
• Apple Hits Samsung With ITC Suit In Smartphone IP Row
• Judge Further Trims HP Touchscreen Class Action
• Grand Jury Subpoena Vs. Civil Discovery Protective Order
• GAO Protest Jurisdiction — Ending Or Expanding?
• AAI Urges Antitrust Probe Of $4.5B Nortel Patent Deal
• YouTube Dropped From Xerox's Search Patent Suit
• Verizon Settles ADA Suit Over Absence Policy For $20M
• HTC To Pay $300M For S3 Graphics Amid Apple IP War
• Cincinnati Bell Shareholders Sue Over Execs' Raises
• TiVo Seeks To Snuff Verizon Patent In DVR Fight
• USPTO Nixes Oracle Patent At Issue In Google Suit
• Amazon, Apple, Others Sued Over Data Patents
• Ex-Flextronics Worker Cops To Selling Insider Tips
• Artists Drop Lime Wire Suit Against CBS Site
• Yahoo Execs Clammed Up On Alibaba Blunder: Suit
• St. Vincent's, Siemens Settle Contract Claim For $1.2M
• Microsoft, Others Sued Over Motion Tracking IP
• Wildcat Attacks EA, Nintendo Over Trading Card Patent
• Microsoft, Google Sued Over Search Engine Patent
• Authenticating Electronic Evidence
• Apple Infringed S3 Image Processing Patents: ITC
• Private Equity Group Picks Up Go Daddy For $2.25B
• FTC Extends Review Of $860M CoStar's LoopNet Buy
• Apple Seeks Injunction Against Samsung In Patent Row
• Cypress, Samsung Reach Deals In SRAM Antitrust MDL
• Microsoft, Google, AOL Sued Over Street-View Map Patent
• Smith Micro Misled Investors, Inflated Stock: Suit
• Facing FTC Inquiry, Google Loads Up On Lobbyists
• Time Warner Can't Shake Cable Installers' OT Action
• FlashPoint, LG Make A Deal In ITC Smartphone Case
• ITC Affirms Apple Win In Elan Touch-Screen Patent Case
• L-3 Loses Bid Protest Over $252M NRC Contract
• Spoliation Of Documents And Appropriate Sanctions
• Embracing Social Media In The Corporate World
• ITC Takes Up Honeywell GPS Patent Complaint
• Cooley Reps Facebook Game Builder Zynga In $1B IPO
• Dewey, Weil Lead $1.6B Blackboard Sale To Providence
• Apple, Microsoft, Others Win Nortel Patents For $4.5B