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Technology - October, 2011

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• 9th Circ. Withdraws TV Bundling Class Action Dismissal
• No Bail For Ex-Terra VP Convicted Of Bribery
• Vista Snaps Up Legal Software Co. Mitratech
• Consumer Group Targets Verizon Data Sharing In FTC
• Bankruptcy Protections Cover Qimonda's US Patents
• Hitachi Loses Bid To Revive TV Tariff Suit In Fed. Circ.
• Winston & Strawn Snags Dickstein's Dynamic IP Duo
• HTC, AT&T Tagged With SmartPhone Patent Suit
• Patent Co. Seeks Kleiner Perkins' Intel On Google, AOL
• Apple, Others Must Produce DOJ Docs In Pay-Fixing Suit
• Fox Ads About Fee Dispute Are Misleading: DirecTV
• Eatoni Fights To Keep RIM Antitrust Suit Alive
• Liberty's $4.5B KBW Buy Could Hurt Cable Market: Germany
• Software Co. Says Credit Suisse Yanked Funding For I2 Buy
• Apple Settles Internet Security Patent Suit
• HTC Phones' Weather App Profits From Data, Suit Says
• Verizon, Others Violate Ringback Tone Patents: Suits
• AT&T Store Managers Denied Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Patterns In Post-Adjudication Of Infringement Damages
• Avoiding Client Reference Fatigue During Awards Season
• Avago, STMicro Resolve Antitrust Suit Over Optics Patent
• Intel Tries To Trim NY AG's Antitrust Claims
• Fox Sports, NeuLion Hit With IP Suits Over Web Simulations
• San Francisco's Cellphone Warning Law Put On Hold
• Commerce Sets Dumping Duties For Samsung, LG Fridges
• RIM Faces Class Actions Over BlackBerry Outage
• Gamers Want Protected EA-NFL Memo In Antitrust Action
• NY Judge Keeps Sony's Calif. Hacking Coverage Suit Alive
• Nikon Nailed With Camera Technology Patent Suit
• Samsung Gets OK To Appeal Galaxy Tablet Ban Down Under
• Firm Added Itself To Patent Suit To Change Venue: USPTO
• Cleary Leads Sony's $1.5B Takeover Of Sony Ericsson
• MENA Private Equity: 2011-2012 Strategy Review
• LCD Screen Makers Can't Nix MetroPCS' Price-Fixing Claims
• Prysm Hits $100M Mark In Funding For LPD Screens
• Dutch Agency Lowers Cartel Fines For T-Mobile, Others
• Goodwin Assists TA With Data Center Co. Purchase
• Microsoft Dodges Newly Revived Spell-Check IP Dispute
• Judge Will Hold Oracle V. Google IP Trial In Phases
• Cisco, Teleconnect Hang Up Call Processing Patent Suit
• 'Just Dance' Creators Can't Shut Down New Game's Debut
• Investor Sues Google Directors Over Online Drug Sales
• 4th Circ. Refuses To Bar Alleged 'Fallout' Game Copycat
• LSI To Pick Up SandForce For $322M
• Merchant & Gould Adds Sutherland IP Pro To Atlanta Office
• Apple, Microsoft, Others Settle Search Result IP Claims
• RightNow Shareholder Sues To Block $1.5B Oracle Deal
• Jafco Helps Mobile Tech Developer Sencha Rake In $15M
• Telmex Omitted Info On $6.5B America Movil Deal: Suit
• Citrix Acquires UK Software Co. For $92M
• UK Internet Co. Gets 2 Weeks To Block Movie Piracy Site
• ITC Expands HP Printer Cartridge Patent Win
• Ex-Exec Gets 3 Years For $16M Fake Circuits Scheme
• Video Game Co. Investors Settle EA Merger Suit For $5M
• Huawei Targets InterDigital Over 3G Patent Licenses
• Mass. AG Tells FCC To Ban 3rd-Party Phone Charges
• Federal Requests For Google User Data Jump 29%
• AT&T Settles EEOC Age Bias Suit Over Refusal To Rehire
• Terra Execs Sentenced To Prison Over Haiti Bribery
• Klausner Sues Oracle, HP Over Visual Voice Mail Patent
• DCM Helps Cloud Computing Co. Kanbox Raise $20M
• Obama Campaign Brings In Ex-Bryan Cave Lobbyist
• EU Rips Telefonica, Portugal Telecom's Noncompete Deal
• Sony Hit With ITC Action Over LCD Projector Patent
• Software Co. Investors Can't Revive Suit Over Oracle Buy
• Custom Software Not Covered By Consumer Law: NJ Court
• Sprint Can't See DOJ Docs In AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Suit
• Audio Equipment Co. Studer Targets Rival's Mixers
• Verizon Must Post $145M Bond During ActiveVideo Appeal
• Judge Won't Allow Appeal Of DirecTV Arbitration Order
• FTC OKs Deal With Google Over Buzz Privacy Claims
• DirecTV Operators Infringed Satellite Patents: Suit
• Oracle Pays $1.5B For Cloud-Based Customer Service Co.
• AT&T Smartphones Infringe Wireless IP, Inventor Says
• Case Study: US V. Alcatel-Lucent
• KPCB Leads $20M Financing In Chinese Ad Research Co.
• Ex-Terra CEO Wants Softer Sentence In Haiti Bribes Case
• Nasdaq Adds PR Software Maker Glide Technologies
• Top 10 Lies About Patent Reform
• Jury Sides With AT&T Unit In OT Class Action
• Texas Man Convicted In $60M Telecom Scheme
• Google Tries To Limit Damages In Oracle Patent Row
• Wellogix Takes Reduced $44M Award In Accenture Feud
• DOJ Needs Win In AT&T Challenge To Boost Credibility
• T-Mobile, Calif. City Agree On Cell Tower Sites
• Tech Co. Zaps Sony Over LCD Projector Patent
• Morrison Reps Atlantic Street Capital In Z Wireless Buy
• Vonage Wants Hartford Fire To Cover $1M Hacking Bills
• Kyocera, Samson Exit E.Digital Flash Memory Patent Suit
• Walker Drops Video Patent Suit Against ABC, Others
• Oracle Can Use Google Email In Android IP Suit: Judge
• MiniFrame Hits Microsoft With $1B Antitrust Suit
• SF Puts Cellphone Radiation Law On Hold Amid Legal Fight
• Sonic Solutions, Uniloc Unplug Software Activation IP Suit
• Sprint's $110M Payback Claim Flawed: DBSD
• EU Clears $1.4B Samsung-Seagate Hard Drive Deal
• K&L Signs Up Tech Finance, M&A Partner In Seattle
• Qwilt Gets $24M Boost From Tech Investors
• Computer Co. Caught Up In Traffic Info Patent Litigation
• Defending Behavioral Ad Class Actions
• IBM Beats IT Worker's Class Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• Politician Scolds Google Over Apps Implementation
• Cisco Boosts VSP Offerings With $99M BNI Video Buy
• Rambus Jury Wants More Info In DRAM Antitrust Trial
• Permira To Pick Up Alcatel-Lucent Unit For $1.5B
• Apple Patent In Samsung Fight May Be Invalid: Judge
• High-Stakes Oracle, Google Android IP Trial Postponed
• Ex-IBM Exec Urges 2nd Circ. To Let Him Stay At HP
• Suit Says G4 Texts Infringe Mobile Alert Patents
• HTC Says Patent Reform Bars SoftView Case Transfer
• Philips Joins Growing List Of Cascades IP Targets
• Photog Claims IPhone Apps Nicked Her Pics
• Apple's Antitrust Claims Struck From Samsung IP Fight
• Watchdogs Urge Tech Cos. To Pump Up Privacy Measures
• Tech, Retail Prep For Uptick In IP Claims: Survey
• Accenture, Guidewire End Insurance Software IP Feud
• Sony Gets Patent Holder's Video Tech Suit Booted
• Apple's New IPhone Greeted With Patent Suit
• New Google Policy Makes Users' Searches Harder To Hack
• Barnes & Noble, Xerox Close Book On Patent Suit
• Dell, Others Sued Over Slew Of Tech Patents
• Trends In Privacy Class Action Settlements
• Verbatim Exits ITC Probe Into USB Drive Imports
• Missed Deadline Sinks Dell's Bid For Navy Contract: GAO
• Oracle Strikes Deal To Snag Endeca Technologies
• Google, Others Targeted Over Hyperlink Patent
• Viacom Pushes 2nd Circ. To Reopen $1B YouTube Suit
• Avid Infringes Soundtrack Editing Patents, Suit Says
• Ultramercial Ruling Conflicts With Bilski: WildTangent
• $4.5B Nortel IP Deal Still Under DOJ Review: Microsoft Exec
• Trade Association Unveils Privacy Policy For Mobile Apps
• GAO Tells GSA To Rethink Cloud-Country Conundrum
• AT&T Fights Sprint, C Spire's Bid For Docs In DOJ Suit
• Overstock, Newegg Didn't Infringe Alcatel Patents: Jury
• ITC Lets Apple Off Hook In HTC Smartphone Patent Case
• AT&T, Cisco Infringed Network Router Patents: Suit
• $94M Wellogix Award Slashed In Accenture Contract Row
• 10th Circ. Rules For Dish In Patent Suit Coverage Row
• Weil Gotshal Adds Ex-McDermott ITC Patent Guru
• Twombly Bars Engineers' Wage-Fixing Suit: Apple, Others
• Wireless Cos., FCC Unveil 'Bill Shock' Notifications Plan
• Curtailing The Collection Of Geolocation Info
• Samsung Launches IPhone 4S Suits In Japan, Australia
• Remaining True To The Mission Of The ITC
• Renaissance Investor Can't Halt $455M Sale: Judge
• Verizon Judgment Upped $24M In ActiveVideo IP Suit
• Travelers Fights Gateway D&O Coverage In 9th Circ.
• Windstream Settles Investor Suits Over $2B Paetec Buy
• Google Silences Buzz Social Network To Focus On Google+
• Ex-Terra Execs Can't Nix Haitian Bribery Convictions
• Microsoft Accused Of Infringing Data Processing IP
• Sharp Is Latest Hit With Smartphone IP Suit By Cascades
• Fed. Circ. Revives Software License Suit Against DOJ
• Amazon, Sears Settle Web Patent Suit With Alcatel-Lucent
• Ex-Pegasus CFO Gets 33 Months For Stock Fraud
• Samsung Loses Dutch Bid To Ban Apple Products
• Managing Cyber Fraud Risk At Law Firms
• Kirkland Leads Abry Partners In Xand Buy
• Jury Issues Mixed Verdict In Emulex, Broadcom IP Suit
• Stragent Drops Porsche From Voice Control Patent Suit
• Verizon Can't Dodge $115M Verdict Over Video Patents
• US, Sprint Dog AT&T For Docs On T-Mobile Merger
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ex-Brocade CEO's Backdating Conviction
• Fed. Circ. Upholds EarthLink Win In DSL IP Suit
• Verizon Introduces Geo-Targeted Ad Program
• Foley IP Pro Jumps To Bracewell's Houston Office
• Judge Shuts Down Investor Suit Over Nvidia Chips
• Founders Fund Leads $33M Investment In Knewton
• Australia Latest To Ban Samsung Tablet In Apple IP Row
• Sony Hit With IP Suit Over Smartphone Coding Technology
• Intel Confronts Military Contractor Intelspec Over Mark
• DOJ, AT&T Fight Google Security Request In Merger Case
• Sony Says Bravia Flat-Screen TVs Could Catch Fire
• TerreStar Gets Go-Ahead For $98M Deal With Lenders
• Frontier Accused Of Stacking Bogus Fees On Internet Bills
• Russia Says Wireless Cos. Fixed IPhone Prices
• Sony, Others Face Class Suits Over Phone Bill Cramming
• VeriSign Seeks Power To Shut Websites Without Court OK
• Edwards Wildman Pinches M&A Expert From Bird & Bird
• Ex-Cadence Execs Push For $38M Settlement
• Choate Hall Guides Candescent In SoftBase Takeover
• Sony PlayStation Users' Info Compromised Again
• JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank Settle With TeleNav Investors
• XTool Tracker Maker Infringed Absolute IP: Fed. Circ.
• Broadband Co. Can Borrow $4M To Fund Ch. 11 Sale: Judge
• Apple Infringed Online Music, Video Patents: Suit
• Renaissance Majority Owners Rebuff $496M Plato Overture
• Former Juniper GC Settles SEC Backdating Case
• Twitter Strikes Deal With App Maker In 'Tweet' Mark Fight
• SonicWALL Calls Innovatio Wireless Patents Invalid
• AT&T, TiVo Targeted In DVR Patent Suits
• Willkie Adds Clifford Chance Deals Expert In Germany
• The Structure Of Ongoing Royalties In Patent Litigation
• GrafTech Takes Aim At RIM In Thermal Management IP Suit
• ITC To Probe Openwave's Claims Against Apple, RIM
• Patriot Scientific Settles Joint Venture IP Dispute
• FTC Suit Prompts Frostwire To Change File-Sharing Apps
• Amazon Kindle Sparks Suit Over 5 Tech Patents
• Renaissance Investor Challenges $455M Permira Offer
• Sprint, C Spire Defend Suits Against AT&T's T-Mobile Buy
• SynQor Wants More Damages After $95M Patent Win
• Date Check App Defamation Class Action Rejected
• Microsoft, Skype Merger Wins EU Approval
• Google, T-Mobile Defend HTC Phones That Use Apple IP
• Goldman Stays Clear Of Solectron Shareholder Tangle
• T-Mobile Says NetLogix Cooked Evidence In Contract Row
• Does First-To-Publish Trump First-To-File?
• Attorneys At Work: A Flexible Notion Of Plagiarism
• Bill Russell Joins Fight Against NCAA Player Image Use
• Foreign Sales Claims Survive In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Nvidia Tells Fed. Circ. Rambus Destroyed Vital IP Docs
• HPE Puts $22M Into Laser Cutting Technology
• Oracle To Pay Record $200M To End Software FCA Suit
• Rural Internet Co. Enters Ch. 11 After Bandwidth Drought
• Motorola Targeted Over Mobile Device Tech Patents
• DOJ Gets Special Master In AT&T Merger Fight
• Audio Co. Can't Trademark Loudspeaker Design: EU Court
• Oracle's Pillar Deal Hurts Co., Rewards CEO: Investor
• Cloud's Benefits Worth Risks, Experts Tell House Panel
• $65.4M Ruling In IPO Suit Sends CDC Corp. To Ch. 11
• Lochner, General Dynamics Pull Plug On Wireless IP Row
• Software Co. Whoop Roped Into Data Patent Litigation
• Hitachi Eyes South Africa With Data Storage Co. Deal
• Oracle V. Google Patent Trial's Start Date In Limbo
• Judge OKs Antitrust Safeguards On $700M Google, ITA Deal
• VA Staves Off Challenge Of $12B Tech Contract Award
• Whistleblower Seeks Millions More In Verizon FCA Case
• Accel-KKR Puts Strategic Cash Behind N-able Tech
• Wireless Group Again Blasts SF's Cellphone Dangers Law
• Ex-Keystone Chair Settles SEC Merger Tips Suit
• FCC Seeks To Dismiss Verizon's Internet Rules Case
• Samsung Aims To Thwart IPhone 4S Sales In France, Italy
• When Computer Keyboards Become Pesticides
• Verizon Can't Sue Over Robocalls: Health Product Cos.
• Philips To Pay $4M To Turn Off Faulty TV Class Action
• Grappling With Keywords In The 4th Circ.
• Yahoo Taken To Court Over Online Chat Patents
• Sharp, Rovi Make Peace In Patent Suit, ITC Action
• Avoiding Indemnity Ambiguity
• CEO's Jab At Patent Law Costs InnoLux Double Royalties
• TCPA Applies To Cos., Not Just People: Ill. Court
• Sens. Float Phone Contract Bill To Counter Concepcion
• Western Digital Aims To Appease EU On $4B Hitachi Buy
• HTC Admits Security Flaws Slipped Into Latest Software
• AT&T, T-Mobile Accused Of Hiding Info On $39B Deal
• Cable Installers Sue Charter Contractor For OT Pay
• McAfee Expands Security Offerings With NitroSecurity Buy
• 'Sonic' Comic Artist Says Sega Swiped Ideas For Game
• IBM Bolsters Security Division With Q1 Labs Buy
• Red Hat Snaps Up Cloud Storage Co. Gluster For $136M
• No Deal In Apple, Samsung Aussie Tablet IP Fight
• SEC Demands Details On Apple, Nokia Patent Deal
• Suits Brought By State AGs Not Class Actions: 9th Circ.
• Software Makers Score As Top Court Denies Resale Suit
• Supreme Court May Hear DirecTV Tax Case
• ECPA Shelters Foreign Citizens' Emails: 9th Circ.
• AOL, Yahoo Targeted By Internet Portal IP Blitz
• Music Download Appeal Falls On Deaf Ears In High Court
• High Court Won't Revive Mobile Radiation Class Action
• Former FCC Atty Joins Wilkinson Barker