After the Federal Circuit allowed TS Tech to transfer out of the supposedly plaintiffs-friendly Eastern District of Texas last year, the defense transfer motions poured in. In a pair of recent rulings, the Federal Circuit confirmed that sometimes defendants can exit the Lone Star State--but not always.

Google Inc. subsidiary Motorola Mobility Inc. has been dealt another setback in its patent battle with Apple Inc. at the International Trade Commission, prompting speculation that Google's $12.5 billion Motorola acquisition may have been a bust.

A British court handed down a ruling in favor of billionaire brothers Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay dismissing a suit brought by well-known Irish real estate developer Patrick McKillen. The decision capped a five-month trial to settle a power struggle over three of London's most famous and expensive hotels.

The folks left out of the money in Washington Mutual Inc.'s proposed reorganization plan tried to exclude huge chunks of the testimony supporting a $7 billion settlement between WMI, JPMorgan, and the FDIC, arguing that it was based on privileged materials they weren't allowed to see. They get credit for trying--but not for succeeding.

Pointing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on class actions, a federal appeals court in Washington on Friday struck down the certification of thousands of businesses pursuing a large-scale antitrust case against four major freight rail companies.

After a last-minute counsel switch last October, Smith had just three days to prepare to convince the Second Circuit to revive Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against YouTube and Google. But it was enough for Smith, who along with Sims persuaded the court to pull Google back into the ring.

Why anyone would want to recreate anything relating to baseball styles from the 1970s is beyond us, but Topps is claiming Upper Deck's new line of baseball cards infringes its card designs from the seventies. The cards do look similar, but last week a Manhattan federal judge denied Topps's request for a TRO.

The inimitable Gwen Stefani and her bandmates alleged that Activision breached their contract when the video game maker permitted No Doubt's digital avatars to perform other bands' songs in the Band Hero game. Activision put up a First Amendment defense, but the state appellate court slapped it down.