Technology Archive » March, 2012

Technology - March, 2012

275 articles

• Lemko Says Insurers Must Cover Motorola Trade Secrets Suit
• Mediation In Patent Cases Needs Right Mindset, Experts Say
• EU Watchdog May Probe Apple-Microsoft-Motorola IP War
• Canada Eases Consumer Spamming Protections
• Judge Won't Toss Ex-NFL Players' Suit Against EA
• Judge Combines Class Actions Over Apple's Siri Ads
• Expedia Lobs EU Antitrust, Consumer Suit At Google
• RIM, Samsung, Others Stole Mobile Battery Patent, Suits Say
• Apple Wins Arbitration Bid In IPhone 3G Messaging MDL
• 9th Circ. Dismisses TV Bundling Action Again
• Hitachi Can't Get Full Fed. Circ. To Review TV Tariff Case
• Elpida Settles DRAM Price-Fixing Suit For $6M
• 2011: A Case Odyssey — Part 2
• Oracle Drops DRAM Price-Fixing Suit Against Micron
• Pillsbury Nabs Dickstein Shapiro Communications Atty
• Nortel Seeks Mediator To Break Benefits Standoff
• USPTO Head Defends New Fees, Says Patent Reform On Track
• IBM Hit With Patent Suit Over Business Management Product
• Apple Supplier To Change Its Ways After Labor Audit
• Carrier IQ Seeks To Merge Smartphone Privacy Cases In Calif.
• Judge Trims Search Data Suit Against Google
• McDermott Brings Over Patent Litigation Pro From Orrick
• Tata, Vodafone Get Extension For UK Telecom Bids
• Microchip Launches ITC Suit Over Semiconductor Devices
• Yahoo To Debut Do-Not-Track Tool By Summer
• FTC Head Downplays Fears Over Privacy Report's Bite
• New EU Rule Aims To Rein In Cellphone Roaming Charges
• Archipelago Investor Calls $291M Sale To Plato 'Tainted'
• OFAC's New Guidance On Software Exports To Iran
• Big Brother Is Online And A Rising Risk For Insurers
• EU Court Rejects Telefonica's Challenge To $202M Antitrust Fine
• Judge Drops Samsung's Call For IPhone 4S Patent Claims
• Inventor Says Apple, Sony Lifted Patented Data Technology
• Telecom Groups Praise House Passage Of FCC Reform Bill
• Fed. Circ. Chief Urges Attys To Curb E-Discovery Costs
• Microsoft Rips Google's ITC Comment In Motorola IP Row
• Canon, Samsung, Others Hit With Flash Patent Suit
• Apple To Refund Australian IPad Buyers Over 4G Claims
• Google Offers $2.8M If Android Infringed Oracle Patents
• Microsoft Evades Class Claims In Xbox 360 Defect Case
• Symphony Technology Raises $870M Fund
• Man Vs. Machine: Siri Doesn't Always Do As It's Told
• Must-Have Performance Metrics For Law Departments
• Quest Investor Sues To Halt $2B Insight Buyout
• Ex-Latham Atty To Fill GC Post At Broadband Co. Ubiquiti
• Philips, Chunghwa Pay $37M To End CRT Price-Fixing Claims
• Camtek Fined $1.3M For Violating Ban On Chip Inspector Sales
• 'Angry Birds' Maker Rovio Plucks Futuremark's Gaming Unit
• T-Mobile Phones Step On Connectivity Patents, Suit Claims
• Hynix Says ITC Shouldn't Reward Rambus' Unethical Acts
• Aussie Regulator Targets Apple Over IPad's 4G Claims
• Lessons From China's Hard Drive Merger Decisions
• Aussie Regulator Postpones Call On $2.7B Foxtel-Austar Deal
• Patentability Of Business Methods — A Global Comparison
• Apple, Others Flout Smartphone Display Patent, Suit Says
• Yahoo Agrees To Uncloak Docs Sought By Third Point
• Patton Boggs Says Upaid Owes Millions For IP Litigation
• FTC Targets Data Brokers, App Makers In Privacy Report
• Phone Customers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive AT&T Spam Suit
• Hasbro Can't Kill Sales Of Asus 'Transformer' Laptops
• Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Search Suggestions
• IBM Defeats Ind.'s Claims It Lied About $1.4B Project
• Judge OKs Beyond Oblivion's $4M Deal With Music Startup
• Plantronics Bluetooth Earbud Patent Silenced In Aliph Row
• Apple Says Kodak Pilfered Digital Camera IP
• Marvell Rebuffs TRC Capital's $90M Mini-Tender Offer
• Tracking Foreign Direct Investment In Ireland
• Judge Upholds Class Cert. In Acer Faulty Laptop Suit
• Judge Dismisses $10M HP Breach Of Contract Suit
• Licensors Challenge Failed Online Music Startup's Sale
• Big-Ticket IP Work Poised For More Growth, GCs Say
• Hitachi, Samsung Can't Dodge Nokia's LCD Antitrust Claims
• 2011: A Case Odyssey — Part 1
• Google, Yahoo, Others Sued Over Cloud Storage Patents
• Lawmakers Target IPhone App Makers In Privacy Inquiry
• Gov't Opens Book-Cooking Case Against Ex-Vitesse CEO
• Facebook's Patent Buy Could Force Yahoo To Settle
• Sweden Adopts Controversial Data Storage Directive
• Google Tangles With Studios Over Hotfile Amicus Brief
• HP Boots Derivative Suit Over Alleged Bribes
• Ex-Veritas Exec Settles With SEC Over $20M Inflation
• Microsoft, Tivo Make Peace In DVR Patent Battle
• Request For 2 Trials Shot Down In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Oracle Investor Sues Over $200M FCA Settlement
• Feds Take On FCA Suit Over AT&T's Alleged Scam Call Costs
• Goodwin Procter Adds Wilson Sonsini Employment Atty
• Sony Agrees To Sell Chemical Products Biz To Japanese Bank
• Yahoo Faces Action For Disclosing Names Of Email Senders
• Key Takeaways From US V. AU Optronics
• Wachtell Aids NEC With $450M Convergys Unit Buy
• Hawking President Referred To Prosecutors In IP Fight
• Dems Blast Verizon-Cable Plan As Competition 'Truce'
• Sen. To Float 'Cramming' Bill After Verizon Ends Practice
• Indirect Buyers Fight For Foreign Evidence In LCD MDL
• NY, Calif. Customers Sue Over Google's Privacy Rules
• RIM Blasts Antitrust Appeal Over Scuttled Keypad Deal
• Mitsubishi, Toshiba Could Again Face EU Cartel Fines
• Tech Mahindra Drops $1B In Deal For Satyam
• Bass Berry Brings In Harness Dickey IP Tech Maven
• Broadcom Grows Fiber Arsenal With $195M BroadLight Buy
• Challenges For Digital Cos. In Privacy Bill Of Rights
• Judge Blasts Rambus Over 'Dishonest' Testimony
• Judge Trims Nortel Affiliates' Claims To $9B From Sale
• Vista Affiliate's $250M Buy Of CDC Software Gets Nod
• Facebook Bolsters Hill Clout With 2 Lobbyist Hires
• Tech Co. Didn't Flout Exclusivity In Citigroup Sale, Judge Says
• Elpida Wins Shelter From Patent Suits In Ch. 15
• DC Circ. Prods NSA On FOIA Response To Google Doc Seekers
• Busy Google Atty Can't Delay Oracle IP Trial
• IBM Settles With Texas Over Failed $863M Data Contract
• Kelly Hart, Drohan Help Berkshire Unit Nab Electronics Co.
• Treasury Loosens Iran Export Controls For Google, Others
• Former Motorola Engineer Demands New IP Theft Trial
• Shutterfly's $24M Stalking Horse Bid For Kodak Unit OK'd
• The Latest In Anti-Spam — Balsam V. Trancos
• Kodak Seeks Probe Into Apple's Patent Claims
• LinkedIn Rebuts Claim It Plundered App Users' Contacts
• Hasbro Targets Asus In 'Transformers' Laptop Ban
• French Data Watchdog Probes Google's New Privacy Rules
• GAO Sustains Protest Of Justice's ID Services Agreement
• How They Won It: Kaye Scholer Wins 1st-Ever IP Case In Dubai
• Samsung, LG Hit With Duties For Dumping Fridges In US
• AboveNet Goes Private, Lures PE Backers In $2.2B Deal
• High Court Won't Hear Brocade Exec's Appeal In Fraud Case
• Sprint Facing Heightened Bankruptcy Risk, Report Says
• Facebook Accused Of Infringing Communications Patents
• Apple, Google, Nintendo Zapped With Video IP Suits
• Chinese Writers Seek $8M From Apple, Claiming Book Piracy
• Facebook Clarifies App Privacy Policy In New Code
• China Extends Probe Of $12.5B Google-Motorola Deal
• Multiband Settles DirecTV Techs' Suit Over OT
• Kirkland Helps Vista Make $2B Bid For Software Co. Misys
• An Ominous 'Nose In The Tent'
• ITC Affirms Motorola's Win In Smartphone IP War With Apple
• 1st Circ. Tosses Vicor's $13M Insurance Win In Ericsson Row
• 9th Circ. Gives AT&T Another Shot To Arbitrate Class Action
• Yahoo Hires Commerce Adviser As Liaison To Hill Dems
• Yahoo Investor Wants Docs Unsealed For Proxy Fight
• Blakes, Sullivan Aid BCE's $3.4B Astral Media Takeover Bid
• No Smiles In Samsung, RIM Emoticon Infringement Suits
• How To Fix Our Broken Tech Patent System: Part 3
• Android Users Say Google Doesn't Vet Apps In Store
• Apple Asks 9th Circ. To Unplug ITunes Antitrust Row
• China Ramps Up Data Safeguards With New Privacy Law
• Fox, Big Ten Say NCAA Athletes Owe $125K In Sanctions
• Busy Google Atty Asks To Postpone Oracle IP Trial
• Motorola Launches 1st Strike Against RFID Licensing Group
• Facebook Snags Yahoo Privacy Counsel
• Rebuttal: A Tale Of Two HPs
• Avaya Plunks Down $230M For Israeli Videoconference Co.
• Nationwide Class Loses Cert. Bid In HP Printer Defect Row
• Samsung's Bid To Ban Apple Sales Denied In The Hague
• Fenwick Reps Cisco In $5B Software Buy From News Corp.
• Yahoo's IP Suit Against Facebook Could Backfire, Attys Say
• AUO Price-Fixing Verdict Shows Risks Of A DOJ Showdown
• Microsoft Revises Privacy Policy To Reflect Targeted Health Ads
• Contractor, US To Address 1st Impression Issues In $50M Row
• SS&C Wins GlobeOp Bidding War With $897M Offer
• AT&T Overbills Contractors For Cable Repairs, Suit Says
• Motorola May Still Be On Hook Over Phone Updates
• DOD Research Agency Chief Leaves For Google
• IBM Dodges Antitrust Suit Over Mainframe Resales
• Symantec Can't Duck Action Over Antivirus Software Add-On
• Lawmakers Seek Briefing From Apple Over Privacy
• LG, HTC, Others Caught In ITC Video Chat Patent Suit
• Zynga Plans $400M Follow-On Offering
• EU Questions Telecom Cos. Over Mobile Standardization
• Kodak Retirees Want Committee In Ch. 11 Case
• Qualcomm Gets Claims Cut From Gabriel's $1B IP Suit
• Oracle's Damages Expert Rebuffed In Android Patent Row
• Jury Convicts AUO, 2 Execs Of LCD Price-Fixing Plot
• AT&T Accuses Telemarketers Of Making 20M Illegal Calls
• Chipmakers Seek ITC Patent Probe Of Funai Products
• Haitian Ex-Official Convicted In Phone Co. Bribery Scheme
• HP Allowed To Contest $9M Freight Price-Fixing Deal
• Dell Buys PE-Owned SonicWALL To Boost Security Chops
• China Places Strict Rules On Western Digital, Hitachi Merger
• Cypress, Ericsson Resolve ITC Battle Over SRAM Patents
• Yahoo Goes After Facebook To Defend Advertising, Privacy IP
• Comcast Wrongly Billed Disconnected Customers, Suit Says
• Facebook Hires Steptoe To Lobby Its Privacy Interests
• IBM Call Center Class Decertified For Lack Of Commonality
• Novell Says Antitrust Claims Against Microsoft Valid
• Apple Critic's Action Calls Siri Ads Misleading
• Hunton & Williams Picks Up Former Verizon IP Chief
• EU Open To Dropping E-Books Pricing Probe For Concessions
• T-Mobile Wireless Networks Flout 4 Patents, Suit Says
• Apple Wants Samsung Punished For Withholding Source Code
• Why Communications Is Key To Merger And Lateral Success
• Misys Drops Swiss Suitor For Possible PE Takeover
• Ex-Worker Accuses Sanyo Of Wage, Privacy Violations
• Kodak Shareholders Request Equity Holders Committee
• Verizon, Other Telecom Giants Targeted Over Wireless Patents
• 9th Circ. Scraps Suit Over Insight Accounting Errors
• LCD Consumers Worry Joint Trial Will Confuse Jury
• Google Privacy Counsel Braces For Scrutiny
• Judge Misread Patent In Microsoft Case, Fed. Circ. Hears
• Facebook, Others Urge High Court To Raise Abstract Patent Bar
• Qwest Fee Action Goes To Arbitration
• NCAA Players Slam Sanctions In Antitrust Suit Over Likenesses
• Motorola, Others Accused Of Swiping Pay System Patent
• How To Fix Our Broken Tech Patent System: Part 2
• Android Makers Colluded To Boycott NPEs, Says Antitrust Suit
• Insight Takes Quest Software Private In $2B Deal
• Fed. Circ. Ruling Offers New Tool To Broaden Patent Claims
• Apple Dealt Blow In Kodak IP Row
• Motorola Blasts Apple's Gripes Over Qualcomm License Deal
• Qimonda Lacks Standing To Bring IP Suit, Judge Says
• Fed. Circ. Told $625M Apple Patent Verdict Should Be Revived
• ViaCLIX Targets Netflix's Website In Patent Suit
• The Latest Step In Federal Transition To The Cloud
• A Home Run For Outsourcing Relationships
• Rebuttal: If It Ain't Broke ...
• LG Gets Wi-Lan's V-Chip Patent Suit Knocked Down
• Teamwork Vital To Data Protection Reforms, EU Official Says
• Google Ordered To Dispense Canadian Pharmacy Ad Docs
• Kodak's Promises Don't Clear Up IP Claims, Apple Says
• AU Optronics Jurors Asleep On The Job, Literally
• Activision Stole 'World Of Warcraft' Voice, Worker Says
• Calif.'s Deregulation Of Unlisted Phone Fees Upheld
• McDermott Grabs Wilson Sonsini IP Pro In Silicon Valley
• Headphone Maker Silences Investors' Embezzlement Suit
• Aussie Antitrust Cop Looks Into Foxtel-Austar Proposal
• Inside China's Data Privacy Rules
• Samsung Ramps Up Apple Patent Fight In Korea
• UK Internet Service Providers Lose Piracy Law Appeal
• Japan Watchdog Seeks Charges Over Olympus Fraud
• Bills To Amend FCC Rule-Making Process Head To House Floor
• EU Again Rebuffs Ad Groups' Tracking Code Of Conduct
• Bankrupt Semiconductor Co. Ends DRAM Price-Fixing Suit
• ZapMedia Says Court Unfairly Narrowed ITunes IP Claim
• T-Mobile, Sprint Urge Release Of Verizon Spectrum Deal Docs
• Zynga Buys San Fran HQ For $228M
• Google Ordered To Turn Over Docs In Smartphone Battle
• LCD Price-Fixing Judge Goes Easy On Indirect Class' Economists
• Software Co. Investor Sues To Block $74M Salient Deal
• Western Digital Must Sell Assets To Clear $4.5B Hitachi Buy
• PE Firms CVC, ValueAct In Talks For Software Co. Misys
• Microsoft Dodges Class Cert. In Zune Defect Suits
• Verizon Tells FCC Its $4B Spectrum Buy Won't Hurt Competition
• Immersion Says HTC Phones Flout Touchscreen Patents
• Fed. Circ. Says Apple Reissue App Can Be Broadened
• Facebook Data Patent Evidence Lacking, Fed. Circ. Hears
• B&N Can't Revive Microsoft Patent Misuse Claims In ITC
• Lexmark Buys Data Capture Co. Brainware For $148M
• Apple Demands Google, Android Info In Motorola IP Clash
• Equinix Bests Investor Suit Over $700M Merger Forecasts
• Rambus, MediaTek End Patent Fight With License Deal
• High Court Ends Perfect 10's Copyright Row With Google
• Unisys Says Baltimore's Tort Claims Fail Under Contract
• Kodak Snaps Back Against Apple's Proposed IP Suits
• Google Mass Texts Aren't Protected Speech, Judge Says
• Sen. Tells FTC To Probe Google, Apple Phone Apps
• Kirkland Helps Thoma Bravo, Plato In $291M Software Deal
• ITC Will Rethink Motorola, Microsoft Patent Call
• Broadcom Wins Tentative Chip Ban In Emulex Patent War
• FTC To Ramp Up Privacy Protections In Big Data Arena
• Rambus Patents Not Infringed By Chipmakers, Says ITC Judge
• Microsoft Defends Licensing Change In $1B Antitrust Suit
• Latest Round Of Apple, Samsung Patent Row Ends In Draw
• Fed. Circ. Judges Spar Over Patent Eligibility In MySpace Row
• Feds Eye 6 Years For Ex-Pegasus CEO In Stock Fraud
• Apple Says Class Lacks Proof Of E-Book Price Conspiracy
• EU Court Asked To Mull Google Users' Right To Be Forgotten
• Nintendo Beats Another Wii Patent Suit
• Google — Empowering The 'Tawdry' Side Of Capitalism
• How To Fix Our Broken Tech Patent System: Part 1
• Sharp, Others Can Grill Ex-Dell Worker In LCD Cartel MDL
• Jury's Out On AU Optronics LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Apple Wins German Ban On Motorola Devices Over Photo IP
• China, Taiwan Prepare For New Data Protection Laws
• EU Probes MathWorks Over Claims It Stifled Compatible Tech
• EU Official Blasts Google For Ignoring Privacy Concerns
• AT&T, Verizon, Others Escape Antitrust Class Action
• AT&T Zapped With Suit Over Phone Charger Patent