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Novell boosts legal team with litigation expert

August 6, 2007 Company taps high-powered patent lawyer Eric Acker, who has a formidable history, including 45 jury trials as a federal prosecutor. TAGS: Novell Inc., litigation, federal prosecutor, lawyer, patent, law firm, Microsoft Corp.

Kodak, Sony settle patent dispute

January 3, 2007 Cross-licensing agreement puts to rest litigation over imaging technology; Kodak will receive royalties. TAGS: Eastman Kodak Co., agreement, litigation, Sony Corp.

Samsung, Sony cross-license their patents

December 14, 2004 The enemy of my enemy is me, but there's no reason to go to court over the issue. That's the essence of the patent license. TAGS: patent, litigation, Japanese company, organic light-emitting diode, consumer electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sony Corp.

Groklaw founder exits open-source firm

November 24, 2004 Pamela Jones steps down from OSRM, which insures against open-source intellectual property risks. TAGS: Open Source Risk Management, SCO Group Inc., intellectual property, open source, litigation, founder, Unix, Linux

Europe's software patent war ignites again

September 21, 2006 Patent debate may be taken out of hands of elected politicians under new measure, Parliament groups say. TAGS: software patent, litigation, measure, European Union, critic, Europe

The new e-discovery burden

October 17, 2007 Rather than streamline and limit litigation, a rule change adds a new financial burden, Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says. TAGS: litigation, TASER International Inc., discovery, material, word-processing, backup, e-mail

Welcome to litigation land, 2006

March 4, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says there's no joy in tech-dom after the RIM-NTP settlement. TAGS: Research In Motion Ltd., NTP, litigation, jury, lawyer

Sprint Nextel buys reseller for $4.3 billion

November 21, 2005 As part of the deal, Sprint Nextel and Alamosa, its largest PCS affiliate, will seek a stay of litigation. TAGS: Alamosa Holdings Inc., Sprint Nextel, affiliate, Nextel Communications Inc., PCS, reseller, Louisiana, litigation, merger

Open-source leader: SCO suits a boon to Linux

March 10, 2005 The OSDL's Stuart Cohen says the litigation is "one of the best things that ever happened to the operating system." TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Open Source Development Labs, diligence, litigation, Linux, IBM Corp., intellectual property, London, CEO, open source, operating system

HP, Intergraph settle patent dispute

January 21, 2005 The multimillion-dollar sum is just the latest Intergraph has gathered after alleging abuse of its chip patents. TAGS: Intergraph Corp., patent, settlement, litigation, Texas Instruments Inc., chip company, HP, agreement, Intel, Gateway Inc., Dell, AMD

Sex sites win reprieve from new federal rules

June 24, 2005 But industry's free-speech advocates continue to fight regulations that would require Web sites to keep records on performers. TAGS: coalition, producer, rule, regulation, litigation, video

Microsoft alums amass thousands of patents

November 3, 2005 An IP firm wants to reinvigorate Thomas Edison's ethos of invention. Some in Silicon Valley fear the firm will channel Tort-king Melvin Belli instead. TAGS: patent, Forgent Networks Inc., royalty, lawsuit, litigation, intellectual property, IP, Intel, Microsoft Corp.

Clock is ticking on e-discovery

October 25, 2006 perspective With civil-procedure rules changing, attorney Eric J. Sinrod says electronic-discovery missteps could start costing companies. TAGS: litigation, plaintiff, discovery, defense, attorney, rule, damage, evidence, party, failure, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, database

August 25, 2005 The search giant adds lawyers from a firm that represented Grokster, banker Frank Quattrone and former Enron exec Andrew Fastow. TAGS: litigation, Grokster Ltd., firm, Enron Corp., attorney, Google Inc., lawyer, China, Microsoft Corp.

SCO reports deeper loss, shrinking revenue

December 22, 2004 It's another quarter of financial bad news for the firm engaged in litigation over Unix and Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., SCOsource, litigation, SCO OpenServer, Unix, intellectual property, CFO, Linux, IBM Corp., CEO

Fixing a broken patent system

October 10, 2007 Copyright attorney Alex Chachkes says the pressure is on to fix a system generally agreed to be in a state of disarray. TAGS: patent, NTP, Research In Motion Ltd., continuation, jury, litigation, RIM BlackBerry, corporation, dollar

Woman accuses Yahoo of stealing her image

March 2, 2007 Ohio woman demands $20 million from Yahoo for allegedly embedding a photo of her in a welcome e-mail sent to new users. TAGS: Ohio, Yahoo! Inc., complaint, litigation, attorney, photograph, image, message, e-mail

Bill aims to school judges in patent law

May 19, 2006 Politicians call for decade-long "pilot programs" designed to expand expertise among federal judges handling the thorny cases. TAGS: district, litigation, bill, proposal, expertise, federal judge, court, Rep.