Technology Archive » July, 2012

Technology - July, 2012

279 articles

• Apple, Samsung Clash Over Innovation Behind IPad, IPhone
• Gov't Must Tweak Privacy Protections For New Era, Panel Hears
• Verizon Wireless Forks Over $1M To End FCC Spectrum Probe
• FTC Online Fraud Enforcement Bill Clears House Panel
• French Watchdog Asks Google For Street View Data
• Epson Pays $150M To Settle Motorola LCD Price-Fixing Feud
• General Atlantic Leads $125M Financing For Cloud Startup
• Apple's HTC Smartphone IP Claims Move From Fla. To Del.
• Zynga Investors Say Insiders Cashed Out Before Stock Dump
• UK Watchdog Says Expedia, Booking.com Fixed Hotel Prices
• Fed. Circ. Tosses LogMeIn Win In Remote Access Patent Row
• Nortel Moves To Ax Retiree Benefits In Ch. 11
• Microsoft Wants Cease-Fire In Motorola Patent Battle
• The New Corporate Approach To Privacy Compliance
• Verizon's $4B Spectrum Plan Draws Fire From Senators
• Apple-Samsung Patent Trial Kicks Off With Jury In Place
• Kodak Trustee Objects To $9M Bonuses For Key Managers
• Sens. Want Stalled Privacy Efforts Added To Cybersecurity Bill
• Fed. Circ. Limits Use Of Re-Exam History In Patent Fights
• Hedge Fund Chief May Regret Plea Talks At Insider Tips Trial
• MLB, NHL Say Viewers Can't Demonstrate Antitrust Conduct
• Mobile Payment Co. Seeks Toss Of $13M Patton Boggs Suit
• Ex-Intel Worker Wants 6 Months For $200M Trade Secrets Theft
• Microsoft Tells 3rd Circ. Kinect, Kinbox Marks Don't Overlap
• BellSouth To Pay $2M For Inflating Line Damage Charges
• Satyam To Pay $12M To Settle Accounting Fraud Claims
• Apple's Siri Feature Flouts Voice Patents, University Says
• Samsung Wants Apple's Jury Instruction Protests Nixed
• Tech Giants Want Samsung Licenses Kept Secret At Trial
• Mitsubishi Gets $124M Verdict Booted From Trade Secrets Case
• Google, EBay, Others Join Ranks To Ramp Up Lobbying
• Prior Art Publications Presumed Enabling, Fed. Circ. Says
• Over-Budget IT Upgrades May Jeopardize DOD's Audit Goals
• Google Says Books Project Covered As Fair Use
• German Court Bans Motorola Android Sales On Microsoft IP
• GeoEye Investor Challenges $900M DigitalGlobe Buyout
• ITC To Probe Surveillance Camera Software Patent Dispute
• UK Court Backs Antitrust Ruling Against British Telecom
• Google Still Has Street View Data Despite Deletion Promise
• Oracle: A Quick Reference For Software Copyright Analysis
• Cloud Guidance Rains Down In July
• Interpreting Section 1782 Post-Intel: Part 1
• Smartphone Look To Take Center Stage At Apple-Samsung Trial
• Weil Helps Apple With $357M Buy Of Sensor Maker
• Kodak, Apple Patent Row To Stay In Bankruptcy Court
• Apple Protests Trade Dress Jury Instruction In Samsung Spat
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rule On Nonfinal Sanctions Order In IP Feud
• Senate Sends Sequestration Transparency Act To President
• LCD Buyers Say Toshiba Owes $87M Despite Paid-Up Award
• Nintendo, LG Hit With Patent Suits Over Microprocessors
• Cybersecurity Bill Clears Hurdle In Senate
• Latham & Watkins Reps Odyssey In L-Com Buy
• Fed. Circ. Finds Lazy Lawyering No Defense Against Sanctions
• T-Mobile, HTC Say Consumer Is Stalling 4G False Ad Case
• Terumo Seeks To Beat Sony With $640M Olympus Tie-Up Offer
• RI Wants To Seize Schilling Co.'s IP After $75M Loan Default
• Privacy, IP Concerns Threaten Cloud Business, Reps. Hear
• Adelphia, FPL Closing Arguments Spar Over Valuation
• AspenTech Loses Bid To Halt Servicing Of Infringing Software
• Rambus Loses ITC Invalidity Rehearing Over Chip Patents
• Sony Fires Back At Acacia In Digital Camera Patent Fight
• Google May See More EU Antitrust Probes Despite Deal
• 'FarmVille' Maker Hit With Patent Suit Over Cursor Use
• 3M Sues Covington & Burling Over Minn. Representation
• HTC, Others Face Microprocessor Patent Suits In Calif., ITC
• Case Study: CLS Bank V. Alice Corp.
• Broadband Research Founder Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Cathode Ray MDL Cos. Want Direct Purchaser Class Trimmed
• Ira Glass Says Podcast Copying 'This American Life' Mark
• Oracle Will Pull IBM-Disputed Ad Claims, Watchdog Says
• Judge Slams Samsung's Auto-Delete Email System
• NEA Raises $2.6B For VC Fund, Setting Record For 2012
• FCC Won't Review Ruling In Comcast, Tennis Channel Bias Case
• Wiretap Act Doesn't Trump State Law, Carrier IQ Judge Says
• Spansion Pushes 3rd Circ. To Overturn Bar On Apple Suit
• Oracle Wants Off Hook For Google's $4M Costs In IP Suit
• Judge Delays Ruling In Kodak Patent Row With Apple
• Facebook, Google Beef Up Privacy Lobbying Drive
• Kellogg Huber Hires Antitrust, IP Atty From Verizon
• 4th Circ. Affirms Conviction In Cisco Warranty Fraud
• Cooley Opens In LA With Ex-Gibson Dunn, DLA Piper Attys
• Swiss Regulator Probes Cisco Over Software, Service Bundling
• Galaxy 7.7 Ban Should Be Throughout EU, German Court Rules
• EU Targets CD, DVD Drive Makers In Bid-Rigging Probe
• Apple Seeks $2.5B From Samsung In Smartphone Patent Case
• Honeywell Plans Pay $24M To End Retirees' ERISA Suit
• VMware Lays Down $1.3B For Computer Networking Firm
• 9th Circ. Backs Wiretaps, But Could Restrict Use Of New Tech
• ITC Ruling Could Be Nail In Kodak Patent Sale's Coffin
• LCD Makers Cite ATM Case In Bid To Nix Price-Fixing Claims
• NTP Ends Wireless Email Patent Feud With Apple, Others
• Apple Wants Amazon To Cough Up Docs In 'App Store' IP Row
• 'Minecraft' Game Developer Sued For Patent Infringement
• Oregon Laser Co. Files For Ch. 11 In Expanding Market
• DOJ Defends E-Book Settlements From Apple's, B&N's Gripes
• Ex-Rutgers QB Slams EA's Claim To 1st Amendment Rights
• Chinese Firm Seeks Legal Fees From $60M Apple IP Settlement
• LG Latest Target For FlatWorld's Touch-Screen IP Claims
• GenCorp To Pay $550M For United Technologies' Rocketdyne
• DigitalGlobe's $900M Deal Turns Tables On Ex-Suitor GeoEye
• Clock Hasn't Run Out On 'Madden' Suit Against EA, Judge Says
• Kodak Didn't Infringe Apple Image Patents, Fed. Circ. Says
• Ex-Veritas CFO Settles SEC Fraud Suit Over Fudged Earnings
• Google Wants De Facto Essential Patents Added To Table
• Obama Tech Advisers Push Federal Spectrum Sharing
• Sens. Strengthen Privacy Protections In Cybersecurity Bill
• VC Firm Kleiner Will Appeal Arbitration Ruling In Bias Case
• ITC Affirms Invalidity Of Kodak's Camera Preview Patent
• Apple Blocked From Using Patent Win In Samsung Trial
• High Court Asked To Review 'Unfair' $40M Dell Fraud Deal
• Microsoft Must Face Consumer Suit Over Unsolicited Xbox Texts
• Invalid Browser IP Verdict Stands In Suit Against Google
• High Court Asked To Weigh NLRA Preemption Of ID Theft Law
• AT&T Retirees Take ERISA Suit To Supreme Court
• Yelp, Vizio, Wal-Mart, Others Sued Over Auto-Fill Patent
• Fed. Circ. Won't Lift Block On Samsung Galaxy Tablet Sales
• SEC Sues STEC Head For Insider Trading In Stock Offering
• SEC's Suit Against Ex-Integral Execs Can Go To Trial
• PE Firm, Pension Fund Put Up $6.6B In Suddenlink Buy
• 2nd Circ. Flips Grant Thornton Win In Winstar Audit Suit
• Former Hitachi-LG Exec Sentenced For Bid-Rigging Plot
• Case Study: Rates Tech V. Speakeasy
• Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Gannett Again Targeted Over Mobile IP
• Franken Targets Facebook In Push For Facial ID Protections
• Motorola Beats Apple Suit Over Qualcomm License Deal
• Kodak Gets $33.7M Win In Digital Camera IP Licensing Suit
• Google Virtual Pet Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Apple Acquires Austin Land For $304M Campus Expansion
• Landowners Sue Sprint, Qwest Over Fiber-Optics Installations
• Cisco, Others Tell Lawmakers To Keep NPEs Out Of ITC
• Spotlight On Section 550 Of The Bankruptcy Code
• House Votes To Force OMB To Reveal Sequestration Plans
• Microsoft's GroupMe Says It Hasn't Infringed Rival's Name
• IBM Wins Battle Over $1.4B Ind. Welfare Contract
• Cogeco Offers $1.36B For Atlantic Broadband, US Presence
• Apple, Samsung Lose Bids To Seal Docs In Tablet Patent Row
• Judge Nixes Lawyer Fee Cap For Kodak Retiree Committee
• Elements Of A Takedown Notice After Viacom V. YouTube
• Wireless Network Co. FiberTower Files Prepack Ch. 11
• Gov't Says Galleon-Linked Fund Chief Admitted Insider Trading
• Hedge Fund Consultant Cops To Insider Trading
• GPS Warrant Debate Likely To Climb Back To High Court
• GOP Rep. Wants To Open CBO Numbers To More Scrutiny
• Google Board Sued By Pension Fund Over Online Drug Sales
• German Court Rules Motorola Tablets Don't Infringe IPad
• Sanyo, Vizio, Others Infringe Circuitry Patents, Freescale Says
• Judge OKs LightSquared's $51M DIP Plan, CEO Deal
• Samsung To Pay $310M For Chipmaker's Mobile Handset Biz
• Microsoft Faces New EU Probe Over Web-Browser Tying
• Departing Yahoo CEO Could Face Radar Fraud Suit
• Leaving Enviro Rating Program Was Mistake, Apple Says
• FCC Shouldn't Regulate Privacy Protections: Cellular Carriers
• Panasonic Accuses CardioNexus Of Obscuring Software's Value
• Sony Ericsson, HTC, Acer Face IP Suit Over Diary Technology
• Comcast Pays $300M To Break NBC News JV With Microsoft
• Microsoft Prevails In Novell Antitrust Suit
• LG Execs Indicted Over Alleged Theft Of Samsung LED Secrets
• Kirkland Reps PE Firm In Deal For Biometrics Co.
• AmEx, Costco Latest Targets Of Browser Patent Holder
• Jury Hits RIM With $147M Verdict In Wireless Tech IP Fight
• HTC's Bid To Reopen Apple Patent Probe Refused By ITC
• EPIC Urges FTC To Move Beyond Focus On Privacy Notices
• Fed. Circ. Axes Kilpatrick Sanctions In Wi-LAN Patent Case
• Samsung Asks 9th Circ. To Save Panasonic Antitrust Suit
• Fujifilm Says Motorola Phones, Tablets Flout Digital Image IP
• Weil Aids Silver Lake Sumeru In $225M Velocity Cloud Biz Buy
• Apple Pushing Retailers To Halt Galaxy Phone Sales: Samsung
• Apple Asks Fed. Circ. To Overturn ITC's Kodak Camera Ruling
• Jury Finds Garmin GPS Devices Infringed Ambato Patent
• Is Google The Victim Of Genericide?
• Proper Funding Can Boost NASA Tech Innovation, Reps. Hear
• White House, Stakeholders Spar Over Mobile App Privacy Code
• Softmart Locked Ex-CEO Out Of Home After Firing, Suit Says
• Judge Silences Bose Speaker System Patent Suit
• Markey Queries DOJ On Cellphone Data Requests
• 450K Yahoo Usernames, Passwords Stolen In Data Breach
• Toshiba Seeks To Avoid Damages On $87M LCD Verdict
• Nvidia Defect Class Action Mostly Dismissed
• Boutique French Firm Joins Jones Day PE Team In Paris
• Apple To Pay Up For Doc Delay In Samsung Tablet Patent Row
• FTC Asks House To Extend Foreign Fraud Enforcement Tools
• Vodafone To Pay $662M For Telstra's New Zealand Unit
• AUO, LG, Toshiba To Pay $571M In LCD Antitrust MDL
• Privacy Pacts Show Strength Of US Approach, FTC Head Says
• San Francisco Spurns Macs After Apple Drops Enviro Rating
• Import Bans On Essential Patents Must Be Rare, Officials Say
• COPPA Revision To Come In Fall, FTC's Leibowitz Says
• ITC Staff Sides With Motorola On IPhone, IPad Import Ban
• Sprint, Google Target Apple's Samsung Ban In Fed. Circ.
• Nanotech: Who Will Lead The 5th Tech Revolution?
• Venable Draws Pillsbury IP Atty To Washington Office
• Calif. Court Kills Suit Over Verizon Worker Commissions
• EA Games Don't Use Athletes' Images, NCAA Tells 9th Circ.
• FTC Head Awaiting Google's Entry Into Do-Not-Track Fray
• 2nd Circ. Says Licensing Deals Can't Bar Patent Challenges
• Essential Patent Import Bans Should Be Rare, FTC Head Says
• Retirees Seek To Curb Kodak's Leeway To Cut Benefits
• Regulators Warn Banks Of Cloud Computing Security Risks
• Womble Carlyle Upgrades IP Practice With Jones Day Vet
• Former Haiti Teleco Director Gets 1 Year For Bribery Scheme
• Chinese Co. Sues Microsoft, Wal-Mart Over Use Of Fonts
• DOJ Wants 180 Days For Hitachi-LG Exec In Bid-Rigging Plot
• Kleiner Perkins Gets 2nd Shot At Arbitration Bid In Bias Suit
• Takeaways From United Technologies' $75M Settlement
• Willkie Farr Aids Aquiline In BI-SAM Buy
• Google's Chrome Latest Target In Mobile Browser IP Spree
• Intel Invests $4B To Boost ASML's Chip Development
• Networks Get Most Of Dish Ad-Skipping Fight Booted From NY
• Osram, LG At A Draw In 1st ITC Ruling In LED Patent Fight
• Patton Boggs, Cummins & White Must Face 'Malicious' Claim
• LightSquared Reaches Termination Deal With Ex-CEO
• Sharp To Pay Dell, Others $200M In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• ArrivalStar Targets Garmin Over Vehicle-Tracking Patents
• Rembrandt Urges Fed. Circ. To Broaden Patent Scope In MDL
• Cisco Aims To Rescue AT&T, Others From TR Labs' IP Claims
• Fed. Circ. Ruling Aims To Set Guidelines On Abstract Patents
• Kilpatrick Townsend Brings Back IP Partner In Silicon Valley
• India Launches Another Probe Into Google Ad Policies
• Verizon's $4B Spectrum Plan Ducks Antitrust Law, Group Says
• TiVo's Cisco Patent Claims Can't Be Added To Verizon Suit
• Law Enforcement Requests For Cellphone Data Shoot Up
• Coordinating Direct And Indirect Purchaser Cases
• Samsung Tablet Doesn't Infringe 'Cool' Apple Design: UK Court
• Loeb & Loeb Hires Beijing Deals Atty Away From Paul Hastings
• Google Seeks $4M In Trial Costs From Oracle After IP Win
• British Airways' Flyer Profiling Draws Privacy Backlash
• Fed. Circ. Lets Samsung Sell Galaxy Phones, Not Tabs
• Panasonic To Pay $17.5M To Settle Cathode Ray Antitrust MDL
• Cypress Can't Shut Down GSI's Antitrust Suit
• Judge Delays Showdown Over Vicor's $50M Ericsson Payout
• Facebook, Yahoo End IP War To Form Advertising Alliance
• DC Circ. Rules Copyright Board Structure Unconstitutional
• Facebook Spared Sanctions In Pragmatus Patent Fight
• Did The Court Get The Oracle Analysis Right?
• Emulex, Broadcom Strike $58M Patent Licensing Deal
• Quantlab Ducks Claims In Stock Trading Software IP Fight
• EU Backs €230M In Project Bonds To Woo Private Investors
• UK Watchdog Vows To Curb Data Mishandling, Unwanted Calls
• Apple Says Motorola Must License Standards Patents
• AXA Private Equity Backs French Web Conferencing Co.
• HTC Beats Apple Smartphone Patent Claims In UK Court
• Unmanned Aircraft: Filling US Airspace — And Courtrooms?
• Intel Rips EU's Evidence In Fight Over €1B Antitrust Fine
• Covance Says It Doesn't Owe $22M In Software License Fees
• EU Privacy Panel Endorses Cloud Computing, But At A Cost
• Xbox Class Sues Microsoft For Blocking Online Access
• VC Firms Win In Fight Over $6.7M Breach Of Contract Award
• EU Court Ruling Chips Away At Software Copyrights
• Verizon Call Center Workers Get Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Calif. Driverless Vehicle Bill Cruises Ahead In Assembly
• Allowing Policyholders To Sign On The Electronic Line
• BMC Software, Elliott Funds Strike Deal To End Takeover Battle
• SAIC Loses Protest Over $33M Lockheed Navy Contract
• Verizon Pushes DC Circ. To Scrap FCC Net Neutrality Rules
• Jury Awards LCD Buyers $87M In Toshiba Price-Fixing Trial
• JPMorgan PE Arm Bids $1.1B For Medical Transcription Co.
• ACLU, Others Want Better Access For Gov't Privacy Meetings
• Shearman, Debevoise Steer Syniverse's $694M MACH Buy
• LG Hit With Suit Over Touch-Screen Patents
• Apple Faces New China Trademark Suit After $60M Settlement
• Samsung Loses Bid To Lift Galaxy Sales Ban During Appeal
• Wilson Sonsini Hires Hunton EU Data Privacy Expert
• ITC Won't Grant Apple Emergency Ban On HTC Products
• Microsoft Posts $6.2B Writedown, Citing 2007 aQuantive Buy
• Legal Advice Is Property In Extortion Case, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Naspers Unit Picks Up Netretail Stake From Intel, PE Firm
• TV Networks Want Dish Ad-Skipping DVR Fight Out Of NY
• Google, Yahoo Review Emails For Ad Purposes, Suits Say
• Jury Finds Adobe Didn't Infringe Tarkus Imaging Patent
• Apple To Pay $60M To End IPad Trademark Row In China
• Ex-Sierra Technologies GC Shakes Co.'s Securities Claims
• Kodak Gets Go-Ahead For Controversial Patent Sale
• LG Probed Over Patented Circuit Design In LCD TVs
• Google Proposes Fixes To EU Antitrust Worries
• Samsung Wants Bar On US Galaxy Sales Lifted During Appeal
• Skadden Aids Dell In $2.4B Quest Software Buy
• Xbox Ban On Hold As ITC Remands Motorola Patent Case
• Micron's $2.5B Buyout Covers Bankrupt Elpida's Debts
• Dewey & LeBoeuf And The 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine