In pursuing its new "sue-the-Internet" claim, the patent-holding company nabbed a Texas address and roped in a trio of Plano-based companies. Plus, updates on the fallout from two other patent suits.

Climate change concerns, rising oil prices, and ongoing geopolitical instability make solar power a promising business opportunity. Considering the IP issues can really help you shine.

Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories; JA Apparel Corp. v. Joseph Abboud;

The parties in the closely watched defamation suit reached a confidential settlement shortly after the judge hearing the case ruled that plaintiff Eric Albritton would have to prove "actual malice" to collect punitive damages from defendant Cisco Systems.

The plaintiffs take the stand in the East Texas defamation suit against Cisco and Rick Frenkel.

In a closely watched case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Latham & Watkins helped its client Prometheus Laboratories overturn a ruling concerning the patentability of the company's method for treating Crohn's disease and other conditions, reports sibling publication The Am Law Litigation Daily.

The former Cisco Systems lawyer takes the witness stand to face a barrage of questions about the blog posts at the heart of defamation suit against him and his former employer.

Lone Star State litigator Eric Albritton's defamation suit against Cisco and Rick Frenkel gets underway in Tyler.

The perils of joining forces in a multiparty suit. —By Zusha Elinson

New FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz has long opposed pharmaceutical industry "pay-for-delay" settlements. Now he may finally be able to do something about them.(From the October/November issue.)