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Technology - May, 2012

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• Activision Ends 'Call Of Duty' Contract Row With Ex-Employees
• Oracle's Copyright Claim Tossed In Google IP Row
• Microsoft, Nokia Face Google Antitrust Claims In Europe
• Judge Halts Fox's Calif. IP Suit In Favor Of Dish's NY Case
• Kleiner Perkins Blasts Female Partner's Sex Bias Claims
• Comcast Can't Nix Suit Over Allegedly Undisclosed Fees
• Liberty Ramps Up Sirius Takeover Bid With Stock Conversion
• Motorola Says Apple Can't Meet Bar To Win Smartphone Ban
• EU Wants 5 Countries Fined For Putting Off Telecom Reforms
• Proposed UN Control Would Smother Web, Lawmakers Warn
• CGI To Drop $2.6B On Logica To Spawn Global IT Powerhouse
• Motorola, Samsung Can't Escape Binary Code IP Suit
• Calif. Senate OKs Warrant Requirement For GPS Data
• Corporate Websites: Be Careful Who You're Linking With
• Facebook's $1B Instagram Buy Gets Closer Look By FTC
• App Makers' Privacy Policies Leave Users In The Dark: Panel
• Oracle Can't Flip Noninfringement Ruling In Google IP Fight
• HP Overbilled 911 Upgrade By $163M, NYC Comptroller Says
• Nomura Pays $266M For Olympus' Minority Stake In UBIC
• Illinois Congress Moves To Block Phone Bill 'Cramming'
• Siemens Accused Of Poaching Workers To Nab Big Clients
• Publishers Call DOJ's E-Book Price Fixing Claims 'Innuendo'
• Judge Tosses Investor Suit Over $3B Atheros-Qualcomm Merger
• Verizon To Pay $10M To Settle Consumers' Late-Fee Suit
• Homeland Insurance Sues To Dodge Software Cos.' IP Battle
• RIM Targeted Over Mobile Email Patents
• KPN Rejects America Movil's $3.2B Tender Offer
• Keeping The FTC Out Of Your Space: Lessons From Myspace
• UK Mulls Probe Of Google Street View, Australia Declines
• Edgar Online Investor Says $70M Buyout Deal Out Of Line
• Haiti Telecom Exec Gets Sentence Cut To 18 Months
• Justices Won't Hear Tessera Patent Exhaustion Case
• Riverwood Leads $140M Financing For LED Manufacturer
• Supreme Court Needn't Weigh DirecTV Tax Appeal, SG Says
• Project Financing In Iraq: Weighing The Risks
• Bingham Ramps Up Tech Ranks With Ex-DLA Piper Partner
• Activision Can't Silence No Doubt's 'Band Hero' Suit
• Unserved Summons Lets VC Firm Off Hook In Derivative Suit
• Teledyne Plans $291M LeCroy Corp. Takeover
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• Google Didn't Swipe Search Features: Calif. Appeals Court
• Lawmakers Push Twitter To Reveal Tracking Practices
• Twitter, Others Beat Messaging Co.'s Patent Suit
• Telefunken Claims Ex-CEO Made Off With $20M
• FCC General Counsel Schlick To Step Down
• Lawmakers Press DOJ To Reopen Google Street View Probe
• Morgan Lewis Advises Pearson in $90M GlobalEnglish Buy
• AT&T, Motorola, Qualcomm Say Conspiracy Claims Lack Legs
• Bazaarvoice Pays $152M For PowerReviews
• Facebook's Instagram Deal: Why Is The FTC Involved?
• Charting A Course For Post-AIA False Marking Litigation
• Android Patent Win A Boon For Google, Attys Say
• Judge Tosses Investor Suit Over $1.6B Blackboard Acquisition
• Morgan Stanley To Make Facebook Price Adjustments
• Judge To Deny AT&T Store Managers' PAGA Claim In OT Case
• Eversheds Picks Up Dewey IP Leader For Paris Office
• CEO Retaliation Claims Are Calif.'s Biz, Not Del.'s, Court Says
• $4B Takeover Bid Casts Shadow On Cloud Co.'s Success: Suit
• DLA Piper Plucks Latham Tech M&A Ace For Silicon Valley
• Sony Exits Sharp LCD Partnership To Stem TV Biz Losses
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Microsoft Win In Search Patent Suit
• FCC Dedicates Spectrum For Wireless Medical Devices
• The Government's Burgeoning Brady Problem
• Huawei Says InterDigital Abused 3G Patents In EC Complaint
• Dish Faces Off Against Big 4 Networks In DVR Copyright Row
• Flurry Of Facebook IPO Suits May Stand On Shaky Ground
• Samsung Says Apple Withheld Evidence, Seeks Sanctions
• FCC Considers Beefing Up New Anti-Cramming Rule
• NJ Panel Advances Bill Speeding Class Cert. Appeals
• White House Orders Gov't Agencies To Take Data Mobile
• Apple Rips DOJ's 'Flawed' E-Book Antitrust Claims
• Open Range Trustee Seeks Damages From PE Lender
• Northrop Faces $2.4M Suit Over Army Software License
• Direct Buyers Have Antitrust Standing In SanDisk IP Row: US
• Google's Android Doesn't Infringe Oracle Patents, Jury Says
• Blingville Surrenders Suffix In Settlement With Zynga
• Apple Loses Bid To Bring 4 Patents Into HTC Suit
• ITC Judge Calls For Xbox Import Ban Over Motorola IP Breach
• Jones Day Reps SAP In $4.3B Deal For Cloud Firm Ariba
• Contractor Cut From NYC Subway Cellphone Deal Wants $12M
• Grassley Criticizes FCC, White House Over LightSquared
• Facebook Sued Over Earnings Forecast For Bumpy IPO
• Kleiner Perkins Partner Launches Sex Bias, Retaliation Suit
• Case Study: Rosetta Stone V. Google
• Ex-Haiti Official Hit With Hefty Sentence In FCPA Case
• Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
• Sens. Urge FTC To Follow EU's Antitrust Lead On Google
• Senator Says Cybersecurity Bill An 'Overreaction'
• How They Won It: Skadden Wins Rosetta 2nd Crack At Google
• HSBC Hit With Patent Suit Over Website Mail System
• Panasonic, Others Beat Memory Card Antitrust Claims
• Ifrah Lures Privacy Expert From Thompson Hine
• Ex-Yahoo, Ameriprise Employees Admit To Insider Trading
• EU Shouldn't Hold Breath On Google Antitrust Deal, Experts Say
• Driverless Car Safety Bill Zooms Out Of Calif. Senate
• China OKs Google's $12.5B Motorola Buy After Android Deal
• FTC Picks Up Privacy Legal Scholar As New Policy Adviser
• ITC To Probe Toshiba, Samsung, Others Over Thumb Drives
• ITC Rules Kodak's Camera Preview Patent Is Invalid
• SMSC Shareholders Seek To Scuttle $939M Takeover
• AspenTech Wins Jury Verdict In IP Dispute Over Ex-Worker
• CEOs Of Apple, Samsung To Talk Cease-Fire In Patent Battle
• MIT Sues Funai Over 4 HDTV Patents
• High Court Tells Fed. Circ. To Rethink Software Patent Ruling
• Finding Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants — Online
• Alibaba Will Spend $7B To Buy Back Yahoo's Stake
• Microsoft Wins Ban On Imports Of Motorola Android Devices
• Groups Ask FCC To Bar Dish Spectrum Sales To AT&T, Verizon
• TriQuint, Avago Settle Cellphone Tech IP, Antitrust Suit
• Hogan Atty Blocked From AUO Exec's Price-Fixing Case
• Google Stonewalling On FCC Street View Docs, Group Says
• Kleiner Perkins Locks In $525M For Digital Investments
• Samsung, Others Accused Of Ripping Off Video Indexing Patents
• STMicro Hits InvenSense With Suit Over MEMS Patents
• NY PSC, Verizon Take Heat Over Wireline Service Plan
• Ex-Citadel Engineer Denies Trade Secrets Theft
• HP Workers Win 2nd Bid For Certification In OT Suit
• Miss. Says $540M LCD Price-Fixing Deal Leaves It In Lurch
• Canada High Court Takes On 3rd Indirect Buyer Antitrust Case
• Kohl Troubled By Verizon's Internet Bundling Plan
• Akin Gump Recruits 2 Jones Day Tech Attys For LA Office
• Twitter Latest To Join Growing Do-Not-Track Movement
• Video Games Protected By 1st Amendment, EA Tells 3rd Circ.
• FCC Plans Spectrum Grant For Wireless Patient Monitoring
• Fed. Circ. Overreached In Motorola IP Row, Memorylink Says
• Facebook Says USPTO Records Debunk Yahoo's Patent Claims
• Case Study: Sandager V. Dell Marketing
• CalPERS' $500M Tech Property Fund Eyes Data Centers, Labs
• Google, Oracle To Postpone Copyright Damages Phase
• Activision, EA Call Truce In 'Call Of Duty' Sabotage Fight
• EA Fumbles In Bid To Dismiss NCAA Likeness Suit
• Lawmakers Hear Calls For Changes To Patent Reform Law
• 2 LG Employees Can't Testify In LCD Price-Fixing Trial
• IBM Demands Sanctions For CEO No-Show In Antitrust Row
• Google To Defend Privacy Policy At French Watchdog Meeting
• Case Study: In Re Hartford Computer Hardware
• Akin Gump Patent Ace Jumps To IP Firm Oblon Spivak
• Old-Fashioned Conspiracy In Cutting-Edge Technology
• Revitalizing A Dead Patent Family
• FCC Asks Verizon To Speak Up On Spectrum Sale Plan
• Apple, Netflix, Others Sued Over Mobile Display Patents
• Ex-Brocade Worker Seeks Sanctions In Trade Secrets Case
• Activision Asks Judge To Delay 'Call Of Duty' IP Trial
• LightSquared Scores Access To $15M In Cash On 1st Day
• Qualtrics Eyes Expansion With $70M Accel, Sequoia Infusion
• Apple, Publishers Can't Close Book On Price-Fixing MDL
• Apple Challenges Claims Its Siri Ads Were Misleading
• Samsung Gets Some Apple Claims Tossed In Patent Fight
• Peregrine Says HTC Smartphone Infringes 5 Circuit Patents
• Whistleblowers Want $9M In Sun Microsystems Kickback Deal
• Trending Topic: Twitter's 'Innovator's Patent Agreement'
• A Look At Recent Developments In Cybersecurity Policy
• In-License Agreements With Nonprofits: 5 Considerations
• LightSquared Ch. 11 Won't Halt Falcone Fraud Claims
• FCC Suspends Ruling On Comcast Bias Against Tennis Channel
• AUO Exec Says DOJ Overreaching In Bid To Bar Hogan Atty
• Microsoft Blocks German Threat In Motorola Patent Fight
• Calif. Court Won't Revisit Verdict Over $603M Boeing Contracts
• EU Privacy Watchdogs Seek To Bolster Biometric Safeguards
• Nvidia Teams Up To Buy 500 Wireless Tech Patents
• ObjectVideo Sues Pelco Over Video Analysis Patents
• Fed. Circ. Revives Apple's Shot At Injunction Against Samsung
• LightSquared Seeks Ch. 11 As Lenders Tighten $1.7B Noose
• Nokia, T-Mobile Accused Of Treading On 5 Wireless Patents
• Google-Backed Wind Power Line Clears Competition Review
• New Info Stalls EU's Google Antitrust Probe
• BMC Rejects Elliott Sale Proposal With Poison Pill
• High Court Nixes Psystar Appeal In Apple OS X Copyright Row
• Game Co. Says 'Call of Duty' Unfairly Uses 'Delta Force' Marks
• The Blurring Line Between Semi And Bio
• Expanding The Extraterritorial Reach Of US Sanctions
• Senate Cybersecurity Bill Heads To Floor Despite Backlash
• Suit Claims OmniVision Execs Fudged IPhone Supply Status
• Wilson Sonsini Courts Startups With 3rd Bay Area Office
• Orion Bows Out Of Walker Digital's Blu-Ray Patent Fray
• NY Lawmaker Seeks Probe Into VoIP Deregulation Group
• Apple Ordered To Testify In Motorola IP Battle
• Garmin Can't Escape Tracking Tech Trade Secrets Suit
• Franken Prods DOJ On Mobile Tracking Amid Privacy Concerns
• Apple, Samsung IP Claims Could Use Another Trim, Judge Says
• 17 States Seek To Join E-Book Price-Fixing Suit Against Apple
• Ex-Mercury Execs Say SEC Destroyed Docs In Backdating Suit
• Bankruptcy Judge Won't Let Capitol Pull Plug On Customers
• Case Study: In Re Youman
• Google-NSA Communications Can Stay Secret, DC Circ. Rules
• Apple Gets IPhone Signal Strength Suit Shut Down
• Mitsubishi Unit Must Pay $124M For Broken Nondisclosure Pact
• Oracle, Google Spar Over Copyrightability As Battle Rages
• XL Must Keep Covering Legal Fees In $62M Stock Trading Case
• ICM Says '.XXX' Antitrust Suit Is Bid To Corral Porn Market
• Pentagon Poses Info-Sharing Rule To Boost Cybersecurity
• Sony, Activision Win Suit Over Console-Scorching Games
• AT&T Boss's 'Crude' Conduct Not Harassment, 6th Circ. Says
• Hogan Atty Barred From 'Switching Sides' To AUO, Says US
• Nokia Loses Network Patent Appeal In UK Court
• NJ Online Gambling Bills Clear Assembly Hurdle
• Verizon Asks Fed. Circ. To Order FiOS Royalties, Not Redesign
• Mozilla Accuses Microsoft Of Restricting Browser Choices
• Kodak Sells Off Special Effects Unit, Reignites Shutterfly Feud
• Verizon Hiding Info On $4B 'Cartel' Deal, Telecom Group Says
• What Companies Can Learn From AU Optronics
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• DirecTV Denies Blame For Capitol Infrastructure Ch. 11
• Ex-Marvell Tech Manager Avoids Prison For Insider Trading
• Law Prof. Says Google Antitrust Suit Would Stifle Free Speech
• Google Seeks New Trial After Split Java Copyright Ruling
• New Bidders Doom Challenge To Quest Buyout, Atty Says
• Fed. Circ. Allows Some Patent Broadening In Reissue Bids
• Carrier IQ Taps Ex-Verizon GC To Tackle Privacy Problems
• EasyLink Investor Cries Foul On $232M Buyout Deal
• Shareholder Accuses Finisar Execs Of Fraud, Insider Trading
• Shutterfly Pans Kodak's Request To Resume Patent Suits
• Ex-Netgear Engineer Convicted Of Stealing Marvell Secrets
• Dutch Enact Europe's 1st Net Neutrality Law
• EarthLink Faces Privacy Class Action Over Call Recording
• EA Strikes Tentative Deal In Football Video Game Case
• Is Double Deletion Of Emails Evidence Of Conspiracy?
• Calif. Judge Tosses Proview's Suit Over IPad Trademark
• Apple App Data Tracking MDL Slated For Sept. 2013 Trial
• Groupon Prevails In Groupion Trademark Dispute
• Google Sheds Investor Suit Over $500M Drug Ads Settlement
• Kids Email Provider Accused Of Profiting Off Bogus Spam Suits
• NY Senate Votes To Keep VoIP Services Unregulated
• Verizon, OnStar Can't Use Consumer Law To Sue Over Robocalls
• Fed. Circ. Clears Facebook In Patent Row With Tech Co.
• LG, Chi Mei Lay Down Swords In LCD Patent War
• Myspace Settles With FTC Over Information Privacy
• Samsung Says Apple Should Follow Its Suit, Trim Patent Claims
• Deutsche Telekom, Slovak Unit Broke Antitrust Laws, EU Says
• Ultramercial Needs Post-Prometheus Review, WildTangent Says
• Zynga Says French Rival's Game Violates 'Ville' Trademark
• Judge Blasts Methods Of Microsoft, Motorola In Patent Row
• Senate Confirms 2 FCC Commissioners After Long Wait
• Google Faces Antitrust Probe In India Over AdWords
• Nokia Windows Phone Promises Rang False, Investor Says
• Tyco Whistleblower Tells 3rd Circ. He Didn't Miss Deadline
• FBI Lobbies Social Networks In Push To Boost Snooping Powers
• Franken Asks Feds To Investigate Comcast's NBC Vows
• DOJ Fights AUO Exec's Bid To Hire Hogan Appellate Star
• Memory Card IP Antitrust Suit Timely, Samsung Tells 9th Circ.
• Google Infringed Oracle Copyrights, Jury Finds
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit TV Bundling Case Against NBC, Others
• Motorola Hit With Patent Suit Over PDAs, Barcode Scanners
• Case Study: Falana V. Kent State
• Dismissing FCA Cases Over Relators' Objections
• Comcast To Dump Part Of $2B A&E Investment
• Samsung Sanctioned For Keeping Source Code From Apple
• DigitalGlobe Nixes $792M GeoEye Offer, Wants To Be Buyer
• Muslim Woman Wins $5M Verdict In AT&T Bias Case
• Xerox Defends Right To End Benefits Before 2nd Circ.
• EMC, GoDaddy Wrongly Joined In Texas IP Row: Fed. Circ.
• EU Data Rule Will Strengthen Regulators, Official Promises
• Round Rock Sues SanDisk As IP Barrage Continues
• Novellus, Lam Settle Investor Suits Over $3B Merger Plan
• Jaco Must Arbitrate MDL Price-Fixing Claims, 9th Circ. Hears
• Oracle, Google Jury Deadlocked On Copyright Question
• EBay Joins NYC Tech Boom With New Midtown Lease
• Investor Targets AOL Over $1B Patent Sale To Microsoft
• Tatung Escapes Cathode Ray Tube Price-Fixing MDL
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Insights From The FTC's Mobile Payments Workshop
• Yahoo Says Facebook May Be Infringing 16 More Patents
• Electricity, Gas, Google?: Why Google Is Not A Utility
• Nokia Must Cough Up Docs In Motorola-Apple Patent Fight
• Samsung, LG Want NAFTA Review Of Mexican Fridge Imports
• GeoEye Seeks $792M Buy Of Satellite Image Co. DigitalGlobe
• ITC To Revisit Invalidity Ruling On Rambus Chip Patents
• Markey Wants Mobile Carriers' Police Tracking Data
• Authors Push For Class Cert. In Google Books Copyright Suit
• Apple, Samsung Ordered To Trim Smartphone Patent Suit
• Judge Cuts Claims From FCA Case Over Asian Tech Imports
• Kodak Wants To Lift Stay In IP Suit Against Shutterfly
• Contractors Win Protest Over USAID Software Procurement
• Cooley Scores Latham Capital Markets Partner In SF
• Groups Fear Obama Order Sends Excessive Power Overseas
• AIA Joinder Rule Doesn't Bar Consolidation, JPML Rules
• Foreign Workers Can't Sue Verizon Over Taxes, Judge Rules
• JPMorgan, PE Arm Snap Up €158M Stake In Technicolor
• Motorola Can't Strike Apple Expert Report From Smartphone War
• UK Watchdog Eyes Flouters As New Cookies Rule Kicks In
• USA Tech Sues Top Investor For Ripping Board In Proxy War
• Cypress Celebrates Patent Validity In ITC Memory Dispute
• Wash. High Court Says AT&T Can't Use Fees To Recoup Taxes
• Mexico Sets Aside $1B Antitrust Fine Against Telcel
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• SanDisk Cuts A Deal In Price-Fixing Suit Over IP Licenses
• Caltech Targets Nokia, RIM Over Image Sensor Patents
• Oracle Presses For $777M Damages In SAP Infringement Suit
• Ultramercial Asks High Court To Skip WildTangent Ad IP Suit
• Bloomberg Wins FCC Fight Over Comcast Channel Grouping
• Sharper Image Fights Attys' Bid To Up Fees In Gift Card Row
• Program Functions Can't Be Copyrighted, EU High Court Says
• BIS Fines Mattson Over Unlicensed Tech Exports
• SRS Labs Investor Sues To Block $148M DTS Deal
• Sony, Samsung, Others Face IP Suits Over Mobile Display Patent
• Microchip Puts Up $939M For Standard Microsystems
• Motorola Wins German Ban On Microsoft's Xbox, Windows
• Nokia Targets HTC, RIM, Viewsonic In Flurry Of IP Suits
• Consumer Group Demands Google Street View Docs From FCC
• HarperCollins, Hachette Near E-Book Price-Fixing Deal
• Shearman Nets Silicon Valley Vet From King & Spalding
• Big Biz Hails Obama's Order To Align International Regs
• Fujitsu Targets Tellabs Over Optical Systems Patents
• Kodak's Naming Rights To Theater Go To Dolby
• Adelphia Witness Calls $149M Stock Buyback A Ripoff
• Shareholders Sue Sprint Execs Over $300M NY Tax Claim
• ITC Bans Circuit Interrupters After Leviton IP Complaint
• Apple Consumer Asks 9th Circ. To Revive ITunes Antitrust Suit
• 2nd Circ. Backs Fee Order Against Nokia In Wireless IP Fight
• Equinix Builds Asian Presence With $230M Asia Tone Buy
• Motorola Nabs Partial Win In Apple Smartphone IP Row
• PacBell Back On The Hook For Cramming In Calif.