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Technology - January, 2012

258 articles

• McAndrews Lays Off 30 Employees In 1st Major Downsizing
• Samsung Can't Shorten Briefing Time In Apple IP Fight
• Google Stands Up For New Privacy Policy
• 2011's Big FCPA Finish: Aon And Magyar Telekom
• Avnet Acquires Canvas Systems From PE Firm
• Investors Throw Book At Education Co. K12 Over Stock Dive
• Lawmakers Want Iran Ties Of US Cos. Disclosed To SEC
• US Signal Faces $19M Copyright Suit Over Shared Newsletters
• Ex-Gateway Execs Settle SEC Fraud Suit
• ITC Says 2011 IP Investigations Rose To Record Figure
• Blackstone, Others Disclose Stakes In Bankrupt Kodak
• NY Court Backs EchoStar Sanctions For Deleting Emails
• MacroSolve Drags Facebook, Wal-Mart Into Mobile IP Fight
• LCD Suits Against Samsung, Sanyo Tossed In MDL
• Oracle's Fraud Claim Over HP Exec Poaching Settlement Nixed
• Samsung's Smartphone IP Suits Prompt EU Antitrust Probe
• Stock Drop ERISA Case Develops For Kodak Execs
• Motorola, Software Co. Settle Trade Secrets Row
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• Android Mark Holder Presses 7th Circ. To Reopen Google Suit
• AT&T, Verizon Urge Judge To Hang Up MMS Antitrust Suit
• Touch-Screen Co. Pixcir Swipes Back At Rival Over Patent
• Adelphia $150M Stock Fight To Stay In Bankruptcy Court
• Multiven Takes Another Try At Cisco Antitrust Claims
• 'Elder Scrolls' Class Action Should Be Unplugged: Judge
• Netflix Hid Negative Financial Data: Investor
• Fed. Circ. Reverses Invalidity Ruling In HTC Suit
• Oracle, US Can't Strike Down Relators' Sun Kickback Claims
• New Developments In Controlling E-Discovery Costs
• SEC Accuses Ex-Syntax Auditor Of Aiding Earnings Fraud
• BMC Scoops Up Rival IT Management Firm Numara
• Carrier IQ Concerns Spur Mobile Privacy Bill
• ITC To Probe Used Electronic Exports
• Google Cries Conflict For Pepper In Digitude IP Row
• US Objects To Open Range Creditors' Demands
• Bennett, McCarthy Rep RuggedCom In Siemens' Takeover
• Kilpatrick Brings Finnegan IP Whiz To Silicon Valley
• The Patriot Act And The Cloud: Part 2
• Kirkland Guides ABB In $3.9B Thomas & Betts Buy
• USPTO Wipes Out Key Rambus DRAM Patent
• Indiana Owes IBM $40M In Rumble Over $1.4B Contract: Judge
• Ex-Groupon Sales Reps Fire Back At Trade Secrets Claims
• Hulu Escapes Rovi's Suit Over Video Guide Patents
• Sony Broke Ad Rules After 3-D TV Dispute With LG: NAD
• Trident Creditors Object To $55M Sale, $10M Employee Payout
• Klausner Trains Fire On MetroPCS In Voice Mail IP Blitz
• Samsung Loses Another Round In Apple Fight In Germany
• HP Faces Class Action Over Computer Power Supplies
• Weisbrod Matteis Lands Tech IP Expert
• 5 Ways To Ramp Up Your Patent Portfolio
• Seagate Closes Out Age Discrimination Action
• New Policies To Boost US-Japan Trade Relations
• Taking Stock Of Tech Stocks — Private Vs. Public
• Google, Apple Anti-Poaching Pact Suit Proceeds
• Indirect Purchaser Classes Stand In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Motorola Didn't Infringe Apple Network Component IP: Judge
• Fed. Circ. Frees DirectTV From $80M Pension Transfer Claim
• Cablevision Faces Investor Suit Over Pumped-Up Stock Prices
• Prosecutors Get An Earful For Adelphia Tax Evasion Case
• Ad Regulator Says LG Should Pull 3-D TV Claims
• Google's Online Pet Game Creates Unfair Accounts: Suit
• Apple Asks ITC For Prosecution Bar In HTC Patent Row
• Lawmakers Take Google To Task Over New Privacy Policy
• AT&T Posts $6.7B Loss Thanks To T-Mobile Breakup Fee
• PNC Strikes To Head Off Mobile Banking Patent Suit
• Leahy Open To Other Anti-Piracy Bills After PIPA's Fall
• Intel Scoops Up Bevy Of RealNetworks Patents For $120M
• Kasowitz Woos Weil Gotshal IP Litigator
• China's Growing Influence Over Global Transactions
• Kodak's Bid To Pay Critical Vendors Shelved
• Sanyo Loses MetroPCS Fight In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• FTC Gives Go-Ahead To $1.5B Oracle, RightNow Merger
• PBGC, Sony Pictures Tapped For Kodak Creditors Committee
• EBay's Priority Search Listing Service Failed: Suit
• O2 Admits To Leak Of UK Customers' Cell Numbers
• Norway's Privacy Cop Bans Google Apps From Public Sector
• Motorola Goes After IPhone 4S, ICloud In Newest Patent Suit
• Microsoft Dances Out Of Kinect Trademark Suit
• Google Revamps Privacy Policy To More Closely Track Users
• Airline, Others Sued Over ArrivalStar Vehicle Tracking IP
• Megaupload Faces Uphill Battle Beating Piracy Rap: Attys
• Foxconn Hounded By Pulse Over Connector Patents
• Ex-Canopy CEO Gets 15 Years For $93M Scheme
• Ky. Can't Force AT&T To Supply Competitors: 6th Circ.
• IPhone Antitrust Class Says Contract Bars Arbitration
• Dutch Court Rejects Apple Bid To Ban Samsung Tablets
• NY Court Refuses To Relocate IBM Contamination Suits
• Year In Review: Significant Developments Under EEA
• US V. Jones: Unanimous Ruling, Disagreeing Justices
• Microsoft Hit With Suit Over Visual Voice Mail Patents
• HP Fined For Failing To Warn Of Defective Battery Dangers
• Kodak Switches Restructuring Head Days After Ch. 11 Filing
• Kasowitz Sues WebXchange Over IP Litigation Fees
• Chunghwa Bribed Worker To Plead Guilty In LCD Case: AUO
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Chemist's Win In LCD Patent Ownership Case
• IP Firm Leydig Launches Office In West Coast Tech Mecca
• Epson, Ninestar Call Truce In Ink Cartridge Patent War
• Intel Acquires QLogic's InfiniBand Business For $125M
• Verizon Ripped Off TV Plan Members On Fees: Suit
• Dish Fight Over HD Rules Stays Out Of Supreme Court
• Consumer Group Tells EU Watchdog To Block Google Buy
• ICANN Claims Antitrust Immunity In '.XXX' Domain Fight
• Jobs Bio, Publisher Emails Show E-Book Price Plot: Suit
• Goodbye, Convergence
• The Patriot Act And The Cloud: Part 1
• Oracle Loses Bid To Speed IP Trial Against Google
• Myspace, Walker Digital End Feud Over Privacy Patents
• Wi-LAN Says BlackBerry Functions Violate Patents
• IBM Call Center Worker Class Should Be Decertified: Judge
• 9th Circ. Cuts AIU From Seagate Coverage Dispute
• Dell, Buyers Must Arbitrate Defect Claims: 3rd Circ.
• Spotify Ends Digital Music Distribution Patent Row
• Emails From Apple, Others Show Poaching Pacts: Workers
• PIPE Funds Liable For Short-Swing Profits: 2nd Circ.
• Vodafone Off Hook For India's $2.5B Tax Bill
• Samsung Suffers Setback In Apple Patent Row In Germany
• Citic Offers To Take Software Co. AsiaInfo-Linkage Private
• How The Entrepreneur Capital Act Could Impact Startups
• Apple, Motorola Smartphone IP Suit Narrowed
• Oracle Mostly Ducks Arbitration In Java Rights Row
• Congress Withdraws Anti-Piracy Bills
• Kodak To Face Challenges To Patent Portfolio Sale In Ch. 11
• Samsung Galaxy Defect Action Gutted But For 1 Claim
• Attys Got Lion's Share Of HP Deal: Ink-Jet Class Members
• Google Signs Juniper IP Exec As Deputy General Counsel
• Apple Settles Wireless Network IP Suit Over IPhone
• Sidley Snags Seasoned IP Pro From McDermott
• Foley Hoag Adds M&A, Securities Vet in Boston
• EU Puts Off Decision On $12.5B Google, Motorola Deal
• Judge Keeps LCD Price-Fixing Suits Alive
• Microsoft, Lucent End Fight Over $41M Patent Verdict
• Domain Name Collateral And Trademark Tangles
• Kodak Noteholders Battle Over Ch. 11 Cash
• Google Falsely Promised Free Marketing Service: Suit
• Comcast Seeks High Court Reversal Of Antitrust Class Cert.
• Open Range Creditors Press To Get Docs From Agencies
• Quantum Capital Launches $200M US Tech Venture Fund
• Kodak Says Samsung's Tablet Infringes Camera Patents
• Idearc Investors Want High Court To Review Ch. 11 Plan
• Cypress, Alcatel-Lucent End SRAM Patent Fight In ITC
• HP Settles InMotion's Video Indexing Patent Suit
• Conspiracy Charges Against Adelphia Execs Dismissed
• Baker Botts Lures McDermott M&A Pros To Calif. Digs
• Anti-Piracy Bill Threatens Internet, Needs Work: GOP Sens.
• Taking Steps Toward Trade Secret Reform
• Scoring Patents Sooner In The Gaming Industry
• Feds Charge 7 In $62M Insider Trading Plot
• High Court Won't Hear EchoStar's Appeal In NDS Dispute
• 2006 Code Theft May Have Exposed Older Norton Software
• CSC Wins A Piece Of $2.8B Air Force Tech Contract
• AT&T, Verizon, Others Targeted Over Wireless Patents
• Blackbaud Snatches Up Software Rival Convio For $275M
• Wikipedia, Google Protest Wavering Anti-Piracy Bills
• Case Study: Salmonson V. Microsoft
• Ex-Syntax Exec Must Cough Up $48.5M For Insider Trading
• 5th. Circ. Strikes Down Texas Cable Franchise Law
• Motorola Dodges Apple's Infringement Claims In ITC
• FCC Wants Public Input On Ending Sports Blackout Rules
• ITC To Probe Digitude's IP Claims Against Amazon, Others
• Blogger Not Protected By Ill. Reporter's Privilege: Judge
• Obama Speaks Out Against Online Anti-Piracy Bills
• Microsoft Presses Judge To Toss Novell Antitrust Row
• Fed. Circ. To Mull Limits To Patent Fraud Antitrust Claims
• Open Range Creditors Get Extension Over US Objection
• Kodak Snaps At Fujifilm Over Imaging Patents
• Oracle Damage Claims Bring Latest Delay In Google IP Row
• Most Thomson LCD Patent Claims Wilt Under ITC Scrutiny
• Acacia Nabs Wireless Co., 4G Patent Cache For $160M
• NCsoft Accuses Rival Gaming Co. Of Trade Secret Theft
• S. Korea Fines Samsung, LG $39M For Fixing Prices
• Cypress, Nokia Siemens Settle ITC Memory Patent Fight
• USTR Asks ITC To Investigate Used Electronic Exports
• Apple, AT&T Blast IPhone Users' Bid To Duck Arbitration
• House Dems Seek Privacy Hearing On Carrier IQ Software
• Sprint Can't Compel Arbitration In Hidden Fee Suit: Judge
• Shared Memory Drops Nintendo Graphics Patent Suit
• TomTom To Revamp Privacy Disclosures After Dutch Probe
• Microsoft Licenses Patents To LG For Android Devices
• Activision Hit With Patent Suit Over Gamer Info System
• Kyocera Broke Ad Deal Over Ben Stein's Enviro Views: Suit
• Requesting Inter Partes Reexaminations Under AIA
• Convicted Ex-Qwest CEO Wants $18M Tax Refund
• Microsoft Drops Patent Claims In ITC Fight Over Nook
• New Google Search Not Anti-Competitive, Attys Say
• DLA Piper Nabs 5-Atty Reed Smith Team For Tech Practice
• DOI Weighs $25M Email Contract After Google Challenge
• Bankrupt Qimonda Confronts LSI Over Circuit Patents
• Amazon, Vizio Added To Software Co.'s Java Patent Suit
• Microsoft Keeps Customers In Dark On Data Sharing: Suit
• Symantec's Scare Tactics Dupe Customers: Suit
• US Slams Open Range Creditors' Extension Bid
• Illuminating Calif.'s 'Shine The Light' Law
• TerreStar Wins Approval For Ch. 11 Disclosures
• Novellus Investor Sues To Block $3B Lam Buy
• Kodak Sues Apple, HTC Over Smartphone, Tablet Cameras
• Google To Show Social Network Posts In Search Results
• French Antitrust Bureau To Probe Oracle Over HP Gripes
• Kyocera Suit Challenges Kodak Camera Patents
• Bethesda Buys Interplay's 'Fallout' Rights, Ends IP Suit
• Partnering With The Feds For IP Enforcement: Part 1
• High Court Weighs US' Claims Over IP Evidence Limits
• Google Tells 7th Circ. To Zap Android Mark Appeal
• States Object To Indirect Purchaser Deals In LCD MDL
• High Court Won't Hear Verizon Class Waiver Battle
• ITC To Investigate Knowles Microphone Patent Claims
• White House Rolls Out Security Rules For Cloud Contractors
• Jenner & Block Lands Former Senior FCC Official
• EA Claims Use Of Textron Helicopters In Game Is Protected
• Vizio, Acer, Others Hit With LCD Screen Patent Suit
• Cox Faces Renewed Class Cert. Bid In Set-Top Box MDL
• High Court's USPTO Evidence Ruling Could Sting Agencies
• Symantec Says Hackers Didn't Get Antivirus Source Code
• Paul Hastings Lands $339M SF Lease For Salesforce.com
• SuccessFactors Shareholders Sue Over SAP's $3.4B Bid
• Psystar Takes Mac OS X Copyright Feud To High Court
• RIM Loses Bid To Add New Phones To Kodak ITC Case
• Oracle Loses Bid For Review Of Tossed $1.3B SAP Verdict
• Samsung Can't Ban IPhone 4S Sales In Italy
• AUO, Samsung Reach Truce In LCD Patent War
• Qualcomm, Ericsson, Others Dodge Collusion Suit
• ITC Affirms Nintendo Win In Wii Controller IP Fight
• Google AdWords Plaintiffs Lose Class Cert. Bid
• ITC Targets Sony, Others In Blu-Ray Patent Investigation
• Metabyte Says Ex-Workers Stole Trade Secrets For Nvidia
• Gateway, Acer Exit Positive Technologies LCD Patent Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Alter $20M Google AdWords Settlement
• Curtis Steps Out Of Digital Photo Frame IP Battle
• DirecTV Deal Puts Video Compression IP Row To Rest
• Whirlpool Latest Target In Navy Encryption Patent Blitz
• Apple To Pay Elan $5M In Touch-Screen IP Deal
• Fiserv Units Target FIS In Payment Management IP Suit
• Enhancing Economic Espionage And Trade Secret Sentences
• No Atty Fees For Temporary Court Wins: Calif. Judge
• Deloitte Must Cough Up Docs In SEC's Longtop Probe
• EU Continues To Weigh Antitrust Charges For Google
• Protecting Green Patents: District Court Vs. ITC
• Hulu Can't Dodge Online Video Streaming IP Suit
• Amazon Resolves Kindle Patent Feud
• Microsoft, Datel Make Peace In Xbox IP, Antitrust Row
• ITC To Investigate Freescale's TV Circuit Patent Claims
• Privacy Group Fights To See Google-NSA Communiques
• RIM Vows To Protect Ex-Envoy's Privacy In Pakistan Probe
• Google Adds 200 IBM Patents To Android Arsenal
• Disney Inks 10-Year Distribution Deal With Comcast
• Microsoft Says UK Retailer Sold Pirated Windows CDs
• Trident Enters Ch. 11 With Bidder For Set-Top Boxes
• Samsung, LG, Motorola Smartphones Targeted In IP Suit
• IBM To Acquire Cloud Software Testing Co. Green Hat
• Spain Probes Vodafone, Others On Antitrust Worries
• AT&T Wins Bid To Arbitrate In Service Quality Class Action
• Panasonic Gets Samsung Antitrust Suit Tossed, Again
• Magyar Telekom To Shell Out $36M Over FCPA Violations
• AT&T To Pay TiVo $215M In Patent Infringement Settlement
• Microsoft Settles With Gag Gift Maker Over Copied Ads
• Dukes Sinks Verizon Managers' Class Bid In OT Suit
• Viacom Sues Over $383M Award To Harmonix Investors
• Sharp, Samsung, Others To Pay $538M To Settle LCD Case
• Case Study: Damasco V. Clearwire