http://technology.law360.com/ The Newswire for Legal Professionals Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://technology.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://technology.law360.com/ http://technology.law360.com/articles/135568 Technology company NetMass Inc. has struck a settlement deal in which it admitted infringing three online storage and computing patents. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135568 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135656 Sprint Nextel Corp. has claimed a bankruptcy court made a reversible error in striking down its $1.9 billion spectrum-clearing reimbursement claims against DBSD North American Inc., saying the final call on the claim should go to the Federal Communications Commission. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135656 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135413 The U.S. International Trade Commission has preliminarily determined that a U.S. industry exists for the hand-held wireless technology at issue in Saxon Innovations LLC’s Section 337 complaint against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Palm Inc. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135413 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135321 Dell Inc. and Abstrax Inc. have reached a confidential settlement and licensing agreement in a suit accusing the computer giant of infringing an Abstrax patent related to a method for assembling products with a computer. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135321 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135385 The European Commission on Friday extended the deadline for its review of Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. by six business days, based on a request by Oracle for time to work on its response to the regulator's concerns about the anti-competitive effects of the deal on the database technology market. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135385 http://technology.law360.com/articles/134494 A federal judge has reserved his ruling on Honeywell International Inc.’s bid to dismiss bid-rigging allegations brought by its former distributor Integrated Systems and Power Inc. after hearing the parties’ arguments on Friday over competition in the fire-detection and alarm system market in New York City. http://technology.law360.com/articles/134494 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135408 The International Trade Administration has found that Hynix Semiconductor Inc. received countervailable subsidies in the dynamic random access memory semiconductor market in 2007. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135408 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135485 Aloft Media LLC has dismissed Oracle Corp. from a patent infringement suit that targets several leading financial products companies over their software, less than two weeks after the patent-holding company asserted a second patent in the suit. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135485 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135419 Precision motion device and laser developer GSI Group Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 protection, saying it has finalized an agreement with a majority of its noteholders on a restructuring plan that will exchange much of its debt for equity in the reorganized company. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135419 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135492 MPC Corp., a small business computer services provider that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier in November, has filed a Chapter 11 liquidation plan that calls for all secured claims to be repaid in full and a possibility for unsecured claimants to be paid back with interest. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135492 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135424 The U.S. International Trade Commission has effectively signed off on settlements between Cognex Corp. and respondents Yxlon International Inc. and Multitest Electronic Systems Inc., paving the way for the companies to resolve their infringement dispute over patents for machine vision software. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135424 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135379 Retalix Ltd. has quickly snuffed a putative shareholder class action accusing the software company and its directors of agreeing to a lopsided $32.9 million share purchase agreement with a group of investors. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135379 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135388 A federal judge has denied DirecTech Southwest Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in a case brought by former technicians who alleged the company, which provides installation services for DirecTV customers, failed to give them overtime pay. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135388 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135495 A Texas county has opposed Spansion Inc.’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan because it doesn’t prioritize the $8 million unpaid tax bill the bankrupt flash memory chip maker owes on its land and personal property in the state. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135495 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135429 After more than three years of litigation and failed mediation efforts, Quest Software Inc. has agreed to pay a class of investors $29.4 million to settle allegations that the company’s stock options backdating artificially inflated stock prices. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135429 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135398 RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks have opened talks that could see the U.S. digital media company give up its majority stake in online music seller Rhapsody.com to the company best known as the first music video channel. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135398 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135145 IPhone buyers who claim Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC violated antitrust laws by monopolizing the aftermarket for iPhone voice and data services have asked a federal judge to make Apple fork over iPhone source code. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135145 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135312 Sony Corp., Panasonic Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. are among a slew of companies that have been accused by VoxPath RS LLC of infringing a patent for optical data storage technology. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135312 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135095 JPMorgan Chase & Co. has struck a partial settlement with Affiliated Computer Services Inc. in its patent infringement case over debit card services and check-imaging technology used to process child support payments. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135095 http://technology.law360.com/articles/135297 Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. has agreed to buy rival Sierra Monolithics Inc. for $180 million in cash, in an effort to increase its exposure to the telecommunications and defense markets. http://technology.law360.com/articles/135297