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Google Search Targeted In Data-Retrieval Patent Suit

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:41:00 -0400

Google Inc. was hit with a suit Friday in Texas federal court brought by a Taiwanese research institution that claims the search engine giant’s Google Search and other products infringe its information retrieval system patent. Read More...

Exotic Dancers Can Notify Class Of $8M Win In X-Rated Mag

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:35:00 -0400

Exotic dancers who scored an $8 million settlement in their wage-and-hour class action against the Penthouse Executive Club in Manhattan can notify class members through an adult-oriented website and magazine, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday. Read More...

KKR Can't Dodge Investor Suit Over $525M Primedia Sale

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:31:00 -0400

Private equity firm KKR & Co. LP must face a class action alleging its $525 million sale of Primedia Inc. in 2011 was unfair to the publisher’s minority investors because it shielded KKR from a potentially valuable insider trading claim, a Delaware Read More...

5 Tips For Patent Lawyers To Avoid The Judge's Bad Side

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:06:00 -0400

Overly complex cases, inconsistent litigation positions and intense battling over minor issues were among the pet peeves about patent litigators listed by a group of federal judges at a panel discussion Friday. Read More...

Facebook GC Ted Ullyot Leaves Company

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:48:00 -0400

Social media giant Facebook Inc. is losing its top lawyer, Ted Ullyot, the company announced Friday. Read More...

AIA Prior Art Submission System Picks Up Steam

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:37:00 -0400

A new America Invents Act procedure allowing third parties to submit prior art for pending patent applications has attracted hundreds of submissions, but another system allowing patentees to supplement their issued patents has been little-used in comparison Read More...

Fla. Appeals Court Axes Gambling Permit Conversions

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:25:00 -0400

A Florida appeals court on Friday struck down a 2010 state law allowing certain gambling facilities to change their jai-alai permit to a greyhound permit, saying it “is a special law unconstitutionally enacted in the guise of a general law.” Read More...

Legendary Denied Arbitration In 'Godzilla' Producers' Suit

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:43:00 -0400

A California judge on Friday denied a bid by Legendary Pictures Productions LLC to arbitrate claims alleging it breached a producer loan agreement for its planned reboot of “Godzilla,” finding “substantial evidence” that a trio Read More...

Producer Sues WWE, Wrestler For Posting Violent Interview

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:28:00 -0400

The World Wrestling Federation harmed producer Andrew Green when it aired a video in which wrestler Big Show unleashed his violent persona and physically assaulted Green during a profanity-laced post-match interview, according to a lawsuit removed to Read More...

Pandora Customers Bring New Suit Over Personal Data Use

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:25:00 -0400

A putative class of users of Pandora Media Inc.'s Internet radio took a second whack at the company Thursday, amending a previously tossed complaint with more information about how the users are damaged by Pandora's allegedly improper use of their Read More...

Texas Trade Secrets Law Gets Business-Friendly Upgrade

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:19:00 -0400

The Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act, recently signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry, strengthens trade secret protections for businesses and makes subtle changes to existing common law that experts say will add certainty to litigation and bring earlier settlements Read More...

Alice Corp. Software Too Abstract For Patents, Fed. Circ. Says

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:59:00 -0400

A deeply divided en banc panel of the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that a computerized platform for reducing risk in financial trading offered by Alice Corp. was merely an abstract concept that's ineligible for patent protection. Read More...

Fox Fights Class Cert. In Unpaid Interns' Wage-And-Hour Suit

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:40:00 -0400

Fox Entertainment Group Inc. attorneys on Friday told a New York federal judge that internships at its corporate subsidiaries are so varied and individualized that a wage-and-hour lawsuit brought by former unpaid interns can't proceed on a classwide Read More...

Trico Imports Copycat Windshield Wipers, Federal-Mogul Says

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:21:00 -0400

Federal-Mogul Corp. on Thursday asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to halt all imports of Trico Products Corp. windshield wipers it says violate a patent it holds covering blades outfitted with adjustable spoilers designed to counteract the Read More...

Dial, Heinz Urged To Move News Corp. Coupon Suit To NY

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:51:00 -0400

An antitrust suit brought by H.J. Heinz Co. and Henkel Corp.-owned Dial Corp. against News Corp. over coupon and in-store promotional services it provides should be moved to New York, a Michigan magistrate judge recommended Friday. Read More...

Bloomberg Restricts Its Journalists From Client Log-In Info

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:27:00 -0400

Bloomberg LP reportedly said Friday it had taken steps to limit its journalists' access to client log-in data on the New York-based financial news and information company's trading terminals after complaints by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., one of Read More...

Teva Pushes Fed. Circ. To Revive Seasonique Patent Suit

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:23:00 -0400

Teva Women's Health urged a Federal Circuit panel on Friday to revive its lawsuit against Lupin Ltd. and Mylan Inc. for their efforts to market a generic version of Teva's oral contraceptive Seasonique, claiming the lower court “was led Read More...

Film Investor’s Fight With Aramid Over $3M Deal On Thin Ice

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400

A California judge on Friday tentatively tossed film investor David Bergstein's lawsuit claiming Aramid Entertainment Fund Ltd. breached their $3 million settlement of a loan dispute, saying the suit's claims are preempted by the filing of involuntary Read More...

Genentech Patent Win Can't Halt Foreign Arbitration

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:20:00 -0400

The Federal Circuit on Friday found that Genentech Inc. cannot block a European arbitration in which it was found to have breached a cancer drug patent license with Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, even though the court previously determined Genentech Read More...

NJ Gov. Vetoes Bill To Relax Racing Agency Job Limits

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:17:00 -0400

New Jersey Gov. Christie has conditionally vetoed a measure that would have loosened restrictions on when former employees and members of the state's Racing Commission can hold new jobs and positions with license holders in the horse racing industry Read More...

Jackson's Heart Visible Through His Chest, Witness Testifies

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:16:00 -0400

Michael Jackson was so thin during rehearsals for his final tour that a costume designer could see his heart beating in his chest, a witness testified Friday in the Jackson family's wrongful death case accusing AEG Live LLC of pressing ahead with Read More...

Atari Asks For More Time To Assemble Asset Sale

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:57:00 -0400

Atari Inc. on Thursday sought an extra 90 days to put together a Chapter 11 plan without the threat of rival plans being submitted, saying it needs more time to put together a sale of its well-known brands and intellectual property. Read More...

Siliconware Exits Microchip Patent Fight With Tessera

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:39:00 -0400

Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd. has reached a settlement with Tessera Inc. to resolve long-running claims that the company infringed Tessera's semiconductor chip technology patents, according to court documents filed Thursday in a California Read More...

Fed. Circ. Says PTO Erred In Levi, Abercrombie Stitching Spat

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:31:00 -0400

A Federal Circuit panel on Friday considered reviving Levi Strauss' challenge to Abercrombie & Fitch's bid to register an allegedly infringing stitching design with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, saying a trademark board relied on improper Read More...

Town Named For Jim Thorpe Fights To Keep Athlete's Remains

anonymous@localhost.com (Liz Barrett) — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:25:00 -0400

A Pennsylvania town named in honor of famed Native American sports star Jim Thorpe voted Thursday to appeal to the Third Circuit a federal judge’s decision clearing the way for the athlete’s remains to be returned to tribal lands in Oklahoma Read More...