Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin and a group of builders, suppliers, and insurers have agreed to cover the cost of remediation and temporary relocation for the owners of 300 properties affected by allegedly defective drywall. If the program is a success, the plaintiffs' lawyers say, it could lead to fixes at another 2,000 to 3,000 properties.

Amgen sued Roche in a declaratory judgment action to protect a franchise renal anemia drug. On appeal, the Federal Circuit upheld the lower court's bar against Roche's competing drug. But it also placed some key Amgen patents--and a frequently used patent-extending technique--in danger.

Alexsam Inc. on Wednesday agreed to dismiss claims against three retailers—J.C. Penney, Toys "R" Us and The Home Depot— for allegedly infringing patents related to prepaid electronic gift cards. The move marks a victory for Fisch Hoffman Sigler, which represented the retailers.

Google has decided to fight patent lawsuits rather than settle them, according to Bloomberg. The Internet search giant didn't settle any of the 24 pending patent cases against it last year, according to Bloomberg. That's a change from the previous four years in which Google settled cases