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Viacom and Time Warner Settle Suits Over Device-Streaming Apps
Time Warner stopped streaming Viacom shows in March 2011, after Viacom claimed that its licensing agreement didn't allow Time Warner subscribers to watch Viacom programs through broadband transmissions. The settlement allows that streaming to resume, for now at least.
Baxter Loss at Federal Circuit Draws Sharp Dissent over PTO Authority
Judge Pauline Newman tore into her Federal Circuit colleagues Thursday for affirming a PTO determination that a patent was invalid, accusing the two-judge majority of ignoring the appellate court's prior decision that the very same patent passed muster.
Keker, Latham Lose Bid to Eject Electronic Arts from NCAA Players' Antitrust Case
Former college basketball players defeated an attempt by Electronic Arts to evade a proposed antitrust class action on Wednesday, when a federal judge in San Francisco refused to throw out claims that EA conspired to cheat the players out of payments for using their likenesses in video games and other media.
RPX Attacks 'Nonsensical' Antitrust Suit over Patent Licensing Campaign
Cascades Ventures picked a court fight with RPX in March, alleging that RPX and a few of its most prominent members conspired to rebuff Cascades' efforts to ink patent licensing deals. According to RPX counsel at Latham & Watkins, the novel antitrust claims make "absolutely no sense."
In Tablet War, Apple Wins Small Battle at Federal Circuit
Apple's lawyers at Morrison & Foerster have another shot at getting a temporary injunction to stop Samsung from selling its Galaxy tablet.
After Hearing, Verdict in Oracle v. Google Even More Muddled
San Francisco U.S. District Judge William Alsup denied each side's motions for judgment as a matter of law, seemingly setting up a retrial, but he questioned aloud some of his earlier decisions.
