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Technology - August, 2012

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• Fed. Circ. Makes Induced Infringement Easier To Prove
• CHL Secures $20M Interim DIP Loan, Plans Quick Turnaround
• Acacia Unit Targets Google Street View In Patent Suit
• DOL Nixes Ex-Sprint Atty's Sarbanes-Oxley Claims
• AT&T's $3M OT Suit Settlement Sunk By Flawed Claims Release
• Google, Microsoft Must Face Data Transmission Patent Suit
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• Samsung Beats Apple's Smartphone Patent Claims In Japan
• Apple Says Samsung Injunction Hearing Schedule Is Unfair
• High Court Grants Review Of CAFA Dispute
• ITC Takes 2nd Look At IPod Cover Infringement Claims
• Defining The Mission Of The Complex Case
• Foreign Trade Law Won't Bar Nokia LCD Antitrust Claims: Judge
• Battle Over Google Fine Could Halt No-Fault Deals At FTC
• Fed. Circ. Orders 3rd Damages Trial In Quanta Disc IP Case
• Northrop Keeps $2M Suit Over Army Software In Fed. Court
• $88M Verdict Tossed In Shareholder Oppression Suit
• FTC Sues To Get Patient Data Spreadsheet From LabMD
• Mobile App Privacy Efforts Hampered By Rough Rulemaking
• Hitachi Unit Accused Of Breaching Blade Server Tech Patent
• IP Suit Over Google Book Project Won't Pause For Appeal
• Apple IPhone, IPad Violate Compression Patent, Suit Says
• Toshiba Resolves Price-Fixing Suit Over Patent Deals
• Publishers Pay $69M To Settle State AGs' E-Book Claims
• Case Study: Qwest V. FCC
• CHL Enters Ch. 11 To Restructure $360M Debt Load
• Feinstein Pushes For Cybersecurity Executive Order
• Ariba Shareholders Sign Off On SAP's $4.3B Takeover
• Electronics Maker Pays $367M To Clean Up NJ Superfund Site
• LCD Retailers Ask 9th Circ. To Revisit ATM Fee Antitrust Ruling
• Ira Glass Drops Trademark Suit As Podcast Changes Name
• Fed. Circ. Calls Applied Materials' Polishing Patents Obvious
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Antitrust Claims In Lexmark-Static Row
• A Change In Application Of EPROMs Factors At ITC?
• LifeLock Files For $175M IPO With Greenberg Guidance
• New Charges Filed In $72M Dell, Nvidia Insider Trading Case
• Driverless-Car Safety Bill Clears Calif. Assembly
• Apple's Move For Samsung Phone Ban Will Be Heard Dec. 6
• Sprint Reaches Deal With Landowners In Cable-Laying Dispute
• Ex-Motorola Engineer Gets 4 Years For Trade Secrets Theft
• KKR Reportedly Leading $2.5B Bailout Of Chip Maker Renesas
• Royalties Doom Bid To Block Chimei Innolux Imports, ITC Says
• As Big Tech Buys Up, PE Scrambles For Good Cloud Deals
• Sprint Says Comcast Xfinity Services Infringe Patents
• US Allowed 2nd Delay In $874M Postal Service Contract Row
• Consumer Seeks To Block Mo.'s Cellphone Locator Law
• City's Manned Surveillance Flights Duck Drone Controversy
• Sidley Lands Latham Partner To Head Tech M&A Group
• Motorola Cloud Apps Accused Of Infringing Data Patents
• DirecTV Beats Technicians' Class Cert. Bid In Wages Suit
• EU Security Agency Calls For Tougher Data Law Interpretation
• GAO Again Tells DOJ To Nix Smart Card ID Contract
• Calif. Judge Axes Indirect State Claims In LCD Antitrust MDL
• Samsung Faces Tough Odds Against Apple's Sales Ban Bid
• Facebook, MySpace Among 22 Hit By Blue Spike Piracy IP Suit
• Samsung Likely To Target Evidence, Jury In $1B Apple Appeal
• Class Again Denied Cert. In False Ads Suit Over LED Bulbs
• HP Close To Escaping Investor Suit Over WebOS Failure
• Greenberg Traurig Corporate Finance Pro Heads To Dykema
• Samsung Accused Of Selling Faulty Washing Machines
• Apple To Ask For US Ban On 8 Samsung Smartphones
• RF Micro Says Ex-Workers Used Secrets To Start Rival
• Google False Ads Class Action Slashed Again
• Judge Trims Carnegie Mellon's IP Suit Against Marvell
• AT&T, Subcontractors Settle $5M Fuel Spill Suit
• Cravath Guides IBM On $1.3B Social Business Consultant Buy
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Stream-Of-Commerce Theory In Asus IP Case
• $140M Verizon Penalty Withstands Fed. Circ. Appeal
• Apple Didn't Infringe Key Motorola Wi-Fi Patent, ITC Rules
• GAO Backs Philips' Protest Of VA Imaging System Contract
• DC Circ. Stays FCC's Tennis Channel Order Against Comcast
• Jury Awards Apple $1B In Samsung Patent Battle
• Horizon Unit Closes $75M Loan For Health, Tech Investments
• Kodak Wrongly Redacted Notebook, ITC Judge Finds
• Olympus To Get $670M In Mobile Telecom Unit Sale
• Toshiba Settles With LCD Direct Buyers After $87M Verdict
• Apple, Samsung Face Sales Ban In S. Korean Patent Battle
• Comcast Class Cert. Defies Dukes, Retail Group Tells High Court
• Avanquest Duped Customers With Rigged Software Tests: Suit
• Ex-Weingarten IP Atty Joins McCarter & English In Boston
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• Kodak To Shift Focus On Commercial Printing Business
• TerreStar Disclosure Statement, Elektrobit Deal Get Nod
• Broadview Granted 1st-Day Motions, $25M DIP Loan
• FTC Accuses Dish Network Of Violating Do Not Call Registry
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Resolve Simmering Abstract Patent Debate
• Verizon's $3.9B Spectrum Buy Wins FCC Approval
• Proposed Rule Would Set Contractor Data Security Standards
• Koss Targets Software Co. Over 'Hearing Is Believing' Tagline
• House Dems Urge DNC To Plug Internet Freedom At Convention
• DOJ Blasts Challenges To E-Books Price-Fixing Settlements
• ITC To Review Ruling On Overland Data Storage Patents
• 3 Things You Need To Know About The SHIELD Act
• Damages Issue Dooms T-Mobile Class Action, 11th Circ. Says
• FlashPoint To Appeal Kodak Win On Rights To 5 Patents
• Satellite Tracking Patent Owner Seeks ITC Probe Of Rivals
• Google Denies Email Scanning Is Privacy Violation
• SEC's Conflict Minerals Rules: Strict, Onerous, Vague
• Simpson Thacher Aids Rockwood On $732M Lithium Co. Buy
• Fox Pushes For Ban On Dish Network Ad-Free DVR
• Seagate Bids $90M For Solyndra Factory And Headquarters
• Blue Spike Continues To Target Tech Cos. Over Anti-Piracy IP
• Software Co. Dodges Claims It Filched $7.2M USPS Contract
• Internet Provider Broadview Networks Files For Ch. 11
• Trados Directors Can't Escape Shareholder Class Action
• Xicor Patent Changes Invalid Under Recapture Rule: Fed. Circ.
• FTC Greenlights Facebook's $1B Instagram Buy
• Fed. Circ. Reopens Amkor Chip Patent Dispute
• LG Gains Key Approvals For North American HQ In NJ
• FSI Investor Challenges $252M Tokyo Electron Deal
• Consumer Groups Stall Mobile App Privacy Code Talks
• DOJ Shines Some Light On FCPA Definitions In 11th Circ.
• OneLink Wants 2nd Look At Immunity Rule In Antitrust Suit
• Alta Ventures Closes $70M Fund As Mexican Startups Heat Up
• Oracle Investor Suit Over Purchase Of CEO's Co. Survives
• Citing Concepcion, 11th Circ. Nixes Sprint Fee Suit
• Judge Voids CyberFone Patent In Warner Bros., CBS Suits
• Feds Shut Down Sites Suspected Of Offering Pirated Apps
• LG Targets Toshiba-Samsung Venture Over Disc Format Patents
• McDonald's, Viacom Websites Violate Child Privacy, Groups Say
• FTC's $23M Google Fine May See Protest Over Liability Denial
• 'DisHarmonix' — Dispute Resolution For Deal Provisions
• Big Or Small, Cos. Need Insurance Against Data Breaches
• Apple, Samsung Trade Parting Blows As They Wrap Up Trial
• Trident Investors Can Examine Ex-Director, Judge Says
• Apple-Samsung Jurors May Rely On Instinct Instead Of Law
• Google Analytics Violates Norwegian Law, Watchdog Says
• Ad Industry's Self-Regulatory Push Goes Mobile
• LG Escapes Class Action Over Allegedly Defective LCD TVs
• Schwab, Others Accused Of Infringing Online Security Patents
• Samsung, Nintendo Targeted In ITC Patent Probe
• Telecom Cos. Can't Dodge Collusion Suit Over 4G Standards
• Search Engines And The 1st Amendment
• Comcast Arbitration Bid Nixed In Antitrust Class Action
• Smart Tech Investors' $660M Suit Over IPO Will Proceed
• VirnetX To Refile Patent Complaint Against Apple At ITC
• Goodwin Procter Hires Wilson Sonsini Tech M&A Pro
• Adobe Taps Silver Spring GC To Lead Its Legal Department
• Comcast Class Asks Court To Enforce Antitrust Settlement
• Chip Set Imports Don't Breach Freescale Patent, Judge Says
• LCD Buyers Say 9th Circ. ATM Ruling Can't Nix Antitrust Suit
• Dish Must Produce Docs In Telemarketing Class Action
• Interchangeability In The Tablet Product Market
• FTC Weighs In On Verizon Cramming Deal To Protect Interests
• Google Counsel Backs Creation Of Lead EU Privacy Regulator
• Fed. Circ. Says Courts Must Account For Future Infringement
• Electronics Makers Want State Claims Axed In Antitrust MDL
• Samsung Says 'Miniscule' Galaxy Sales Don't Harm Apple
• 3rd Circ. Misread Dukes With Cert. In Antitrust Row: Comcast
• USA Tech, Shareholder Resolve Proxy Battle
• Dish Updates Hopper Suit To Stress Users' Role In Ad Skipping
• Kodak Again Attacks Apple's Claim To 8 Patents
• HTC, AccuWeather Settle Smartphone Tracking Suit
• Motorola Again Targets Apple's IPad, IPhone
• Google Skirted Order To Reveal Paid Bloggers, Judge Says
• Suit Dropped After US Axes $16.5M Amazon Kindle Contract
• $1.3M Camtek Fine Over Semiconductor Machine Ban Halved
• Dell Faces Customers' Claims Of Billing Blunders
• Google's $22.5 Million FTC Fine: Why Should Cos. Care?
• Foreign Acquisitions Merit CFIUS Analysis: An Overview
• Apple Witness Says Samsung Abused Its Market Position
• Domain Name Suits May Multiply After '.XXX' Antitrust Ruling
• SAP Sues Insurer Over $18M Liability From $80M Settlement
• Lewis Brisbois Ends Tech Co.'s Trade Secret Malpractice Suit
• Netflix Bids Adieu To Privacy Suit Over Viewable User Data
• NYC, Steiner To Build $400M Media Campus At Navy Yard
• Baltimore Can Seek Damages Over Unisys Tax System Deal
• Apple Still On Hook In MobileMedia Smartphone IP Suit
• Starting An AIA Post-Grant Proceeding
• Apple Atty Tells Amused Judge He's Still 'Not Smoking Crack'
• Samsung Avoids Sanctions After Quinn Emanuel Atty's Slipup
• Samsung Knocks Apple's $3B Damages Claim As Judge Heats Up
• Apple Targeted In Patent Suit Over Playback Feature
• Qatar Telecom Offers $2.2B For Unowned Kuwaiti Co. Stake
• Covington Rips 3M's Bid To DQ Firm From Minn. Enviro Suit
• IBM Ditches Subpoena In Apple, Pixar Anti-Poaching Pact Suit
• Open Range Trustee Targets Feds Over $267M Stimulus Loan
• Oracle Pays $2M To Settle Claims It Breached FCPA In India
• Zycus Says Ex-Sales VP Poached Clients For Rival
• Golden Hour Cleared Of IP Deception In Wake Of Therasense
• DOJ OKs $4B Verizon Spectrum Sale But Limits Side Deals
• Apple Asks E-Books Judge To Delay Ruling On DOJ Settlements
• Texas Joinder Ruling Lets Plaintiffs Skirt Key AIA Provision
• RealPage Says Insurers In Yardi Row Can't Recoup Payout
• Rambus Patent In Hynix Row Invalid, Fed. Circ. Says
• Kodak Seeks OK To Redo Supply Deals With Movie Studios
• Text Message Cos. Deny Conspiracy In Price-Fixing Class Action
• Judge Urges Apple, Samsung To Settle Patent Feud
• GoToMeeting Maker Gets Rival's Patents Invalidated
• ITC ALJ: A Case Unsupported Cannot Stand
• What Contractors Can Learn From Indiana V. IBM
• ICM, ICANN Get Claims Cut From '.XXX' Antitrust Case
• Samsung Swipes Back In Apple Patent Feud
• Paxfire Denied Depos, Scores Docs In Internet Privacy Suit
• Merrill Lynch Pares $26M ARS Fraud Suit From MDL
• Lenovo Sued Over 2 Computer Graphics Card Patents
• Consumer Groups Urge Scrutiny Of Google's Frommer's Deal
• Probe Of Prebankruptcy LightSquared Loan Extended
• MIT Hard Drive Patent Is Invalid, Fed. Circ. Agrees
• The Potential Reach Of EU's First-Sale Doctrine
• Samsung IP Damages Could Reach $2.75B, Apple Says
• Kodak Patent Sale Results Delayed As Auction Runs Long
• Procedures For Sharper Image's Ch. 11 Exit Get Green Light
• Supreme Court Urged To Review NBC Channel-Tying Case
• Trade Group Rips Congressional Probe Of Marketing Data Cos.
• Networks Follow Fox In Suing Online TV Streaming Site
• 9th Circ. To Mull Google AdWords 'Garbage Sites' Suit
• Google Picks Up Frommer's Brand From John Wiley & Sons
• Puerto Rico Cable Co. Can't Duck Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Investor Group Fights Micron's $2.5B Bid For Bankrupt Elpida
• Music Exec Says DOJ's E-Book Deals Threaten Competition
• EQT Partners To Pay $271M For IT Automation Co. UC4
• Samsung Exec, Designer Barred From Smartphone Patent Trial
• Tokyo Electron To Put Up $252M For FSI International
• $780M Deal Will Sever Software Co. Verint From Comverse
• Gawker Beats Startup Head's Libel Claims In Calif. Appeal
• Attys' $5.9M Fee Bid Slashed In IPhone Antenna MDL Deal
• Google Dodges Suit Over $500M Drug Ad Settlement, For Now
• Establishing The Weight Of Evidence After Sciele
• Google Faces Antitrust Probe In India
• Samsung Docs Show Intent To Copy, Apple Experts Say
• Apple Suit Over Motorola Essential Patent Licenses Survives
• Rudolph Ordered To Pay $39M In Semiconductor Patent Fight
• Viacom Ordered To Pay $300M To Complete 'Guitar Hero' Deal
• Markey Floats Bill To Curb Cellphone Tracking Requests
• Edwards Wildman Adds Regulatory Atty From Robinson & Cole
• Avon, Victoria's Secret Can't Dodge $18M Patent Verdict
• Samsung, Osram Settle LED Patent War
• Judge Seals Financial Data In Apple-Samsung Patent Trial
• Judge OKs EMG's Mobile Internet Browsing Patent Suit
• ITC To Review Ruling On Richtek's Electric Current Patents
• Dropbox Can't Pause Suit Pending Trademark Board Appeal
• Orrick, Simpson Advise $875M Merger Of Chinese IT Cos.
• Brother Fails To Escape Toner Cartridge Class Action
• Quinn Atty's Slip May Bring Samsung Penalties In Apple Case
• FCC Denies Comcast's Bid For Stay Of Tennis Channel Ruling
• Infosys Targeted Again With Business Visa Fraud Claims
• Fujifilm Loses Bid To Expand Victory In Patent Fight
• Rhode Island Gets OK To Liquidate 38 Studios' Collateral
• Sens. Urge ITC To Side With Intel, HP On Processor Patents
• Judge Approves SBA Takeover Of Venture Capital Firm
• Japan Seeks More Info On Hitachi's Seiko Nanotech Unit Buy
• Fed. Circ. Mulls Reviving Northrop's Software Contract Case
• Falcone Blasts Investigation Into Lightsquared Creditors
• LCD Makers Can't Ax Motorola Foreign Injury Claims
• Unisys Owes $30M On Faulty Medicaid Pay System, Suit Says
• FTC's $23M Google Fine Warns Cos. To Keep Privacy Promises
• Ex-Intel Engineer Gets 3 Years For Trade Secrets Theft
• Gateway Can't Arbitrate Monitor Class Action, Judge Rules
• Apple Sanctioned Over Deposition Conduct In VirnetX IP Suit
• Judge Erases $147M Patent Verdict Against RIM
• Patent Troll Bill May Be Too Vague, Narrow To Rein In Suits
• Scientific-Atlanta, Motorola Beat Fraud Claims In Adelphia MDL
• 10th Circ. Won't Revive Class Bid In Cox Set-Top Box Case
• ITC To Probe Tech Tariff Reductions' Impact On US Imports
• ZTE USA Counsel Sues Company Over Expenses In Iran Probe
• Data Center Co. Plans $300M IPO, To Restructure As REIT
• ITC Reins In Google's Role In Nokia-HTC Infringement Case
• E-Voting Co. Tells Fed. Circ. Its IP Case Got No Fair Shake
• Lawmakers Want Consumer, IP Protections On Web Domains
• Court Kills TV Giants' Online Venture Over Cartel Worries
• Cingular, PacBell Dodge False Advertising Suit Appeal
• Judge Grants Sanctions To Fox, Big 10 In NCAA Antitrust Row
• Raising The Bar For NPEs To Establish Domestic Industry
• $5M Suit Claims Comerica Improperly Sublicensed Software
• Samsung Attys Hit Back At Apple's User Confusion Experts
• Google's Street View Data Flub Could Rekindle Aussie Probe
• Google, Oracle Must Reveal Any Payments To Writers
• Minn. Fights 3M Bid To Remove Covington From Enviro Suit
• Canada's Antitrust Cop To Review BCE's $3.4B Astral Bid
• FCC Should Update Cellphone RF Exposure Standard: GAO
• Verizon Can't Shake Fraudulent Transfer Claims Over Spinoff
• VTB Capital, CCB To Pay $161M For Bulgarian Telecom Co.
• RR Donnelley Says Xerox Infringed Printing Patents
• Epstein Lands GE Expert On Health Tech For LA, DC Offices
• Reed Smith Adds Ex-BofA Counsel To Data Security Team
• South Africa Fines Telkom $55M Over Competition Violations
• Brocade Wins $112M In Trade Secrets Battle With A10
• The New Tech Patenting Paradigm — Unmasked
• Apple Expert Pressed On Differences In Samsung Devices
• AT&T To Pay $3M To End Calif. Overtime Claims
• EU States Bash Data Privacy Overhaul As Too Stringent
• 10th Circ. Upholds FCC's Unbundling Order On Qwest
• On Remand, 9th Circ. Preserves GPS Data In Pre-Jones Pot Case
• 5th Circ. To Tackle Legal Gray Areas Of Cellphone Tracking
• NCAA To Hand Over Classified Docs In Player Antitrust Suit
• Accenture Pushes Fed. Circ. To Nix Software IP Invalidation
• Sony Joins Critics Of $9M Freight Price-Fixing Settlement
• AOL, Vringo Agree To Settle Part Of Search-Engine IP Suit
• Toshiba Says ATM Fee Ruling Dooms LCD Antitrust Claims
• Dish, Echo Sued Over DVR Management Technology
• DOJ Urges Quick Approval Of E-Book Antitrust Settlement
• Semiconductor Co. ASML Sells $1B Stake To Taiwanese Co.
• Kodak Can Extend Incentive Plan To 12 Execs Denied Earlier
• Authors Say Google's Digitized Books Don't Count As Fair Use
• Apple Marketing Exec 'Shocked' By Look Of Samsung Devices
• Google, HTC Beat Class Action Over Nexus One 3G Promises
• House Dems Float Update To Electronic Privacy Law
• No Deal In Sight In Dish's DVR Copyright Fight With Networks
• Fortissimo Takes Comverse's Software Co. Stake For $80M
• Hitachi Asks High Court To Address Deadline For Duty Protests
• 11th Circ. Won't Hear Appeal Over $92M Alcatel-Lucent Deal
• EA Calls Zynga Facebook Game A Ripoff Of 'The Sims'
• Judge Declines To Sanction Samsung But Scolds 'Theatrics'
• Sidley Aids Synopsys In $305M Taiwanese Tech Co. Buy
• DLA Piper Hires Cooley Private Equity, Tech Partner
• 2nd Circ. Denies Retiree Challenge To Xerox Benefit Cuts
• Interpreting Section 1782 Post-Intel: Part 2
• IG Nixes LightSquared's Conflict Claims Over NASA Talks
• Yahoo Users May Struggle To Show Damages From Data Breach
• Insider Trading Witness Says Analysts Often Chat Up Insiders
• SAP To Pay $306M In Damages Over Oracle Copyright Suit
• Apple Seeks Infringement Sanction For Samsung Media Leak
• Sprint Faces SEC Probe Into Sales Tax Collection
• Woman Says Dell Made More Than 100 Robocalls In 6 Weeks
• UK Competition Watchdog OKs BSkyB Movie Service
• Senate Shuts Down Bipartisan Cybersecurity Bill
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides AT&T In $600M NextWave Buy
• Congressmen Push Bill To Deter 'Patent Troll' Suits
• Samsung Sued Over DVD, Blu-Ray Content Filter Patents
• Sens. Want Detailed Cost-Benefit Studies For New Regs
• 9th Circ. Snubs Ex-Maxim Exec Seeking New Appeal In Scam
• Kodak Allowed To Sell 2 Patents Despite Apple's Protests
• Comcast Says FCC's Tennis Channel Ruling Was Out Of Bounds
• Fed. Circ. Says ITC Misconstrued Terms In Nokia Patent Case
• HP Wins Round In $4B Contract Row Over Oracle Software
• Apple-Samsung Judge Brings Tech Patent Prowess To Trial
• Bain Affiliates Pay $1B For Stake In Indian Outsourcing Co.
• Carrier IQ State Class Stayed While MDL Chugs On
• B&N, Independent Bookstores Look To Fight DOJ E-Book Deals
• LG Display Escapes Wash. State Price-Fixing Suit
• Comcast Data Caps Violate NBC Merger Deal, FCC Told
• Apple's $358M Bid For AuthenTec Not Enough, Investor Says
• Judge Slashes Claims In FCA Case Over Asian Tech Imports
• Judge Trims Suit Against Verizon Over Spinoff Transactions
• Samsung Atty Defends Release Of Banned Apple Trial Evidence
• IBM Dodges Bankrupt Computer Reseller's Antitrust Suit