January 18, 2012
An administrative law judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. did not infringe three patents of Apple, Inc. in the production of several of its smartphones, according to a report in Law360. Apple … Continue reading
October 22, 2011
Louis Dreyfus Commodities is considering restructure options according to recent reports in the Financial Times, Bloomberg News, and Reuters. Following the death of Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 2009, the parent holding company, Louis Dreyfus Holding BV, has explored alternatives to expand … Continue reading
October 12, 2011
Twitter, Inc. was denied summary judgment of the claims brought by a social networking patent holder, VS Technologies, LLC. In a decision rendered by Senior United States District Judge Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. of the United States District Court for … Continue reading
September 15, 2011
The First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision on September 14, 2011, that emphasized the elements that must be established to maintain a successful copyright infringement suit. The case was brought by Airframe Systems, Inc. against L-3 Communications Corporation. … Continue reading
August 20, 2011
Songwriters are anticipating the effective date of a provision in the Copyright Act of 1976 that will permit them to terminate assignment agreements and to reclaim their ownership of songs they authored. The Act established a 35 year time frame … Continue reading
August 13, 2011
On August 12, 2011, Isys Technologies and Google Inc settled a trademark case that had been brought by Isys in the U.S. District Court for Utah. Isys, an intellectual property management firm in Utah, alleged that it owns the mark … Continue reading
August 10, 2011
On August 8, 2011, Walker Digital, the parent company of Priceline.com, sued Microsoft Corp and three Sony businesses over technology for storing player preferences. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The suit claims that Walker … Continue reading
July 30, 2011
An order entered on July 28, 2011 in a case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin will result in more streamlined (and probably fewer) Markman hearings in patent cases in that district—and perhaps serve … Continue reading
