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Technology - December, 2013

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• Top 10 ITC Developments Of 2013
• What's Next For International Cartel Cases?
• Obama Will Evaluate NSA Review, Won't 'Unilaterally Disarm'
• Ky. Auditor Backs Bill To Ward Off Cybersecurity Threats
• USPTO Slams Suit Over Refusal To Grant AIA Reviews
• Vectren Says Calif. City Owes It $6.1M For Contract Breach
• Canadian Creditors Say Nortel Deal Could Hurt Them
• Security Firm Says Contractor Stole Info For New Navy System
• SAP Asks Supreme Court To Weigh In On $391M Patent Row
• AT&T To Reveal Government Orders For Consumer Info
• Brand Battles: 'The Hobbit,' Google, Instagram
• Google Sees Sharp Rise In Government Takedown Requests
• NAD Asks Charter To Halt Certain Ad Claims About AT&T
• Intel Succeeds In Axing Lehman Claims Over $1B Collateral
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hard Rock, Evonik, Vivendi
• EC To Probe Telefonica's Planned €8.5B E-Plus Buy
• Vodafone Inks Deal For Full Control Of Kabel Deutschland
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• A Busy Year For Patent Eligibility: 6 Key Decisions
• Weil Steers Another Oracle Buyout In $1.5B Responsys Deal
• Alcatel-Lucent Reaps $200M In Sale Of LGS Innovations
• EU Sends Google Back To Drawing Board In Antitrust Case
• ITC Says Nokia, Huawei, ZTE Didn't Infinge InterDigital Patents
• EU Committee Pushes For Trade Talks To Exclude Privacy
• Target Breach Will Push Industry, Congress To Act In 2014
• Ex-Microsoft Employee, Pal Charged With Insider Trading
• Bankrupt OCZ Tech Gets Nod For Jan. Auction
• Martinair Again Gets Software Contract Suit Nixed In Texas
• Verizon To Disclose Law Enforcement Data Requests
• Inside Calif.'s Proposed Guidance For Do-Not-Track Law
• Calif. Energy Storage Juiced By New Federal Guidelines
• Ex-Broker Admits To Insider Trading On $1.2B IBM Deal
• NJ Courts Lack Power Over Tech Co. Worker Row, Panel Says
• Mobile Giants Hit With ITC Complaint Over GPS Tracking
• Top EU Court Upholds Siemens' $542M Fine In Cartel Case
• Google Fined $1.2M For Violating Spanish Privacy Law
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, KKR, European Commission
• FISA Judge Nixes Watchdog Bid To Review NSA Spying Order
• Alleged Steinberg Conspirators Claim Innocence In 2nd Circ.
• EU Takes Brazil To WTO Over Import Fees On Cars, Computers
• Rockefeller Wants Light Shined On Data Broker Industry
• A Look Back At The Deals That Defined 2013
• SAC's Steinberg Guilty Of Insider Trading
• Motorola Strikes Deal With Innovatio In Wi-Fi Patent Case
• Italy High Court Clears Google Execs In Video Privacy Case
• Fla. AG Settles With Telecom Co. Over Unauthorized Charges
• EU Watchdog Weighing Gazprom, Google Antitrust Proposals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Al Jazeera, Warburg Pincus, Sony
• Google, Facebook Denied Attys' Fees After Beating IP Suit
• Apple Puts Aussie Watchdog's Product Defect Worries To Bed
• Panasonic Denies Infringing, Seeks Dismissal Of ITC Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• Sherman Act's Int'l Reach — A Hot Issue In 2013 And 2014
• Nortel Settlement Resolves Billions In UK, Euro Claims
• Commodore Brand Owner Gets $1M For Infringement
• NSA Ruling Opens Door For Fresh Take On Spying Regime
• Claims Pared In Contractor's Night-Vision IP Row
• CORRECTED: FTC Commissioner Wants US To Mull EU Privacy Suggestions
• NJ School Board Settles Privacy Suit Over Google Subpoena
• Burt Staples & Maner Partner To Head IRS E-Committee
• Former Microsoft Exec To Oversee HealthCare.gov Fixes
• Clear-Cut Petronas Ruling Good News For Registrars
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• Thoma Bravo Sells Digital Security Co. To ID Card Supplier
• LightSquared Pulls Plug On Sale To Centerbridge
• AT&T Exits Conn. Landline Business In $2B Deal
• China Threatens Arrest Of InterDigital Execs, Co. Says
• MetroPCS Employees Get Conditional Cert. In Overtime Case
• Akerman Launches Emerging Companies Practice
• Canadian Antitrust Watchdog Demands Google Data
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Motorola Import Ban In Microsoft IP Case
• Takeaways From ECPA Rulings In Google Privacy Cases
• Apple Looks To Oust Goodwin Atty As E-Books Monitor
• Syntax Trust Urges 3rd Circ. To Revive Preferred Bank Suit
• Samsung Seeks New Patent Trial Over Apple's 'Racial Bias'
• NSA Phone Dragnet Likely Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
• Sony Nixes Insurance Claim Over PlayStation Data Breach
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• Verizon Denies Privacy Invasion In Call-Recording Suit
• Congressional Techies Ask USTR To Defend Free Data Flows
• Chipmaker Avago To Pay $6.6B For LSI
• OCZ Tech's Auction Terms Chill Bidding, Trustee Says
• Philips Wins Bid To Arbitrate Costco's Claims In CRT Row
• SpaceX, Not Bezos, Awarded Kennedy Center Launchpad
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Cisco, Return Path E-Discovery Costs Award
• AT&T, Verizon Risk Investor Battle Over Gov't Spying
• Sony, EMI Allowed To Intervene In Pandora-ASCAP Row
• 2nd Circ. Upholds GPS Tracking Under Good-Faith Exception
• Judge Overrules Objections To $154M TLO Bankruptcy Sale
• UK Floats New Cybersecurity Benchmarks For Contractors
• Studies Find Little To Love In Google Antitrust Offer
• Fed. Circ. Curtails ITC Authority On Import Bans
• 2 AUO Execs Jailed For LCD Price-Fixing Released On Bail
• Ex-GlobeTel Execs Say Penalties Too High For $119M Fraud
• 3 Ways To Help Hospitality Cos. Facing 'Patent Trolls'
• China Sees 'Substantial' Proof In Qualcomm Antitrust Probe
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Sprint, Icahn
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• Tyco Seeks Import Ban On Electronic Surveillance Tags
• Microsoft Case Is Great Example Of Emergency Arbitration
• 5 Steps To A Successful Cross-Examination
• Reed Smith Lures Tech Deals Pro From Wilson Sonsini
• Apple, Samsung Seek To Trim Claims In Newer-Gadget IP War
• CBS Settles Patent Suit Over Online Video Services
• Major Wireless Carriers To Simplify Cellphone 'Unlocking'
• En Banc 3rd Circ. To Rehear Case On Vehicle GPS Tracking
• ASUS Can't Dodge Netgear's Router False Ad Suit
• Fed. Circ. Backs Win For Dell, HP In Power Patent Row
• No Bright-Line For Foreign Insolvency Law In Ch. 15
• Calif. Do-Not-Track Law Will Have National Impact
• How To P.O.L.I.C.E. Your Brand During 2014 GTLD Launch
• Aereo Won't Fight Networks' Bid For Supreme Court Review
• White House To Respond To Push For Surveillance Reform
• Ore. High Court Frees Tektronix From $3.7M Tax Liability
• EU Legal Adviser Says Data Law Needs Privacy Overhaul
• Time Warner Hit With Suit Over Nortel Network Patents
• US Urges Justices To Hear Induced Patent Infringement Appeal
• US Wants Tech Pioneer's Mansion To Satisfy $18M Tax Debt
• NY AG Presses Wireless Giants On 'Kill Switch' Block
• Indian Court Unfreezes Nokia Assets, Clearing Way For Sale
• Call Log Sharing Violates Telecommunications Act, FCC Told
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• Turkish Family Must Drop Spying Charges Against Motorola
• Korean Court Vindicates Apple In Patent Feud With Samsung
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Dish, European Commission
• Samsung, Other Cos. Fork Over $310M In DRAM Antitrust Suit
• Dutch Cable Co. Ziggo Revives Liberty Takeover Talks
• NASA Says Google Execs Got $5.3M DOD Fuel Discount
• Data Pact Wrong Target For EU Ire, FTC's Brill Says
• Digital Trade Bill Aimed At Guarding Cross-Border Data Flow
• Google, Blockbuster Beat Chinese Inventor's Patent Suit
• Rakoff Sets Royalty Rate For Nintendo 3DS Technology
• JDSU Puts Up $200M For Network Instruments
• Sens. Grill Intel Officials Over New Surveillance Claims
• ITC To Review Infringment Finding In Nokia-HTC Patent Row
• Apple, Nokia, Sony Hit With Camera Phone Patent Suits
• HP Laptop Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Warranty Suit
• EU Court Backs Approval Of $8.5B Microsoft, Skype Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Men's Wearhouse, Scripps, Morgan Stanley
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• When Hacking An Email Account Doesn't Violate The SCA
• What To Expect From High Court In Software Patent Case
• Dish Chairman Finds No Quick Exit From LightSquared Row
• No Retrial For Nixed $107M Patent Suit Against Lexmark
• Tensions High As Apple, Samsung Take Aim At Patent Experts
• Target Sues Technicolor, Mitsubishi Over CRT Price-Fixing
• Silicon Storage Seeks Coverage For Xicor Trade Secrets Deal
• Batman Film Infringes Software Trademark, 7th Circ. Hears
• Orrick Adds Kaye Scholer IP Pro To NY Office
• ABC Station Urges 1st Circ. To Declare Aereo Illegal
• BlackBerry Ripped Off 'Smart Dialing' Patent, Suit Says
• Rambus, Micron End 13-Year Feud With $280M Licensing Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• Justices Rule Federal Courts Can Weigh State Agency Fights
• Quinn Emanuel Fights Sanctions Bid In Apple-Samsung War
• Google Data Privacy Ruling Widens ECPA Divide
• Google, Others Ramp Up Push For Global Spying Reforms
• AOL Dodges Senior Dial-Up Payments Suit
• Apple's 'Hail Mary' Falls Short In E-Book Suit, States Say
• Verizon Nabs EdgeCast To Boost Video, Web Capabilities
• TPG Telecom Drops $407M To Boost Broadband Infrastructure
• Biz Groups Push China To Renew WTO Tech Talks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Technology MVP: Wiley Rein's Nancy Victory
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• Aussie Watchdog Says Kids' Game Apps Need Clearer Fee Info
• Justices Nix Fed. Circ. Venue Ruling In Broadcom Patent Row
• HP, Seagate Dodge Supreme Court Fight Over Hard Drive IP
• FTC's Android App Suit Is An Important Section 5 Case
• Hitachi Reaches $13.4M Deal In Cathode Ray Price-Fixing MDL
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, KKR, Freedom Group
• Ex-Vitesse Execs Get Probation For Data Tampering
• High Court To Ease Software IP Confusion In Alice Suit
• $95M E-Book Price-Fixing Settlements Get Final Approval
• Technology MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg
• Federal Privacy Board Looking To Hire Atty Advisers
• Samsung Owes $15.7M In Attorneys' Fees, Apple Says
• Panasonic Ordered To Remit Criminal Docs In Antitrust MDL
• Brand Battles: McDonald's, FIFA, MLB
• NSA Cellphone Location Tracking Is Legal, Officials Say
• Philips Faces Infringement Suit Over LED Lighting
• 5 Key Provisions In The Innovation Act
• EU Data Protection Reform Hits Snag At Ministers' Meeting
• SynQor, Cisco Settle Suit Over Patent Infringement
• Microsoft Denies Accessing Smartphone Location Data
• Scientific Games Hires Zuckerman Spaeder Partner As GC
• 3rd Circ. Rules Out Arbitration In $7.5B Nortel Cash Dispute
• Fed. Circ. Denies Samsung Bid For Duty-Free Plasma TVs
• Video Streaming Cos. Hit With Import Bans In Slingbox Row
• Texas Supreme Court Won't Revive $780M Suit Against AT&T
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• Health Care Tech: A Year-End Review
• State AGs And Online Privacy: Trends We Saw In 2013
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Time Warner, Wing Hang
• Apple Fights 'Breathtaking' Fee Bid In $53M Warranty Deal
• EU Probes Samsung, Others Over Online Prices
• Samsung Defective Phone Class Action Won't Go To Arbitration
• Obama To Propose NSA Reforms To 'Give People Confidence'
• Wolf Haldenstein Attys Face Sanctions In AOL Patent Sale Suit
• Facebook, Yahoo, Google Accounts Among 2M Hacked
• Ex-Dell Manager Dodges Prison In Insider Trading Case
• LightSquared Defends Suit Against Dish Over $1B Debt Buy
• Technology MVP: Weil Gotshal & Manges' Keith Flaum
• Coller Torpedoed Tech Patent Portfolio Sale, Atty Says
• Ex-Fish Atty Cuts Deal In Wireless Network Patent Suit
• Memory Card Patent Cartel Claims Timely, 9th Circ. Told
• Microsoft To Shield Consumer Data Amid Gov't Spying Leaks
• NJ Judge Blocks Google Subpoena Over School Testing Leak
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, JC Penney, Wilbur Ross
• Android Makers Still Can't Escape NPE Boycott Suit
• Sen. Drafting Bill To Boost Regulation Of Illegal Robocalls
• Flashlight App Settles FTC Suit Over Sharing User Info
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Russia's VTB Reports $1.2B Sale Of Half Of Telecom Giant
• Merck Shells Out $2.6B For Specialty Chemicals Maker
• Icahn Again Ups Nuance Stake, Stoking Sale Speculation
• Google On Defensive In Oracle's Java Appeal At Fed. Circ.
• Sony Settlement Docs Barred In LCD Cartel Suit
• IBM Beats Inventor's 'Bookmark' Secrets Suit In 9th Circ.
• DOD Picks 7 Cos. For $4B Anti-WMD Research Contract
• SEC's Courtroom Cred Slips As Trial Losses Mount
• Citibank Wins Bid To Keep $73M Fraud Suit In Federal Court
• Goldman Is Liable For Failed Buyout, Dragon Founders Says
• Google Escapes, Yahoo Remains In Sponsored Ads Suits
• Icahn Urges Investor Vote On Scaled-Down Apple Buyback
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Cybersquatting Suit Against GoDaddy
• $130B Verizon-Vodafone Deal Gets Green Light From FCC
• EU Regulators Urge Swift Action On Data Protection Reform
• LG, Consumers Sent To Mediate Washer Defect Action
• OCZ Technology Gets Interim Nod For $23.5M DIP
• RealTime Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Data Tech Patent Case
• LG, Nokia Can't Dodge ITC Probe Over Smartphone Chips
• Comcast, AT&T Win Fees From 'Porn Troll' Prenda
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• Google Beats Suit Over Privacy Policy A 2nd Time
• Deals Rumor Mill: GM, Essex Property, Men's Wearhouse
• Thoughts On DOD Rules For Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Risk
• SBA Puts Up $645M For More Brazilian Telecom Towers
• NTIA Sets Stage For Facial Recognition Privacy Code
• NIC CFO Cleared On All 12 Charges In Fraud Suit
• FTC Stakes Claim To Privacy Authority With 2014 Plan
• IPCom Slams HTC Telecom Patent Ruling In Fed. Circ.
• Cellular Sales Can't Force Ex-Workers To Arbitrate Wage Row
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Too Hot Or Cold For An MDL?
• Huawei Patent Suit Belongs In Texas, Fed. Circ. Says
• Justices Weigh Different Tests For False Ad Standing
• CORRECTED: Bluestone Must Reveal Exec's LG Ties in LED Patent Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Bridgepoint, Toshiba
• AOL Says Senior Not Deceived Into Dial-Up Payments
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• FTC Eyes Data Tracking Privacy Risks In Spring Seminars
• Sen. Calls For Privacy Protections Amid Amazon Drone Plan
• OCZ Technology Hits Ch. 11, Plans $35M Sale To Toshiba
• Google's Privacy Policy Breaks Dutch Law, Regulator Says
• EU's Data-Transfer Demands Will Heighten US Scrutiny
• Defunct Tech Co. Wants Suit Against Southern Union Revived
• 9th Circ. Says DirecTV Customers Must Arbitrate Fee Dispute
• ID Co. Exec Sanctioned For Failure To Produce 'Smart Cards'
• DOJ Approves Microsoft's $7B Nokia Mobile Buy
• UPI Asks Fed. Circ. To Overturn ITC's Consent Order
• Samsung Asks Fed. Circ. To Reject Tariff On Plasma TVs
• Apple Escapes App Store Monopoly Suit
• NCR Puts Up $1.65B For Mobile Banking Co.
• Symantec Scores 2nd Dismissal Of Data Breach Suit
• Dell Says $25B Buyout Didn't Undervalue Company
• Samsung Asks Fed. Circ. To Nix $38M Fractus Antenna Ruling
• ITI Seeks Toss Of TechAmerica Employee Poaching Suit
• Ariz. Appeals Court Clarifies Business Income Test
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas
• Linklaters Reps Alinda In Deal For Polish TV Towers Co.
• Fed. Circ. Should Clarify Irreparable Harm In Patent Cases
• Calif. Case Limits Health Care Data Breach Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Versace, Foster Wheeler
• Apple Says Goodwin Atty Milking Fees In E-Books Case
• Mild Modifications To The R&D Tax Credit