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Federal Circuit Grants Microsoft New Patent Trial
Microsoft has been given another chance to prove it did not infringe a University of California patent covering Web browser technology and thereby sidestep a $521 million jury verdict. The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that a lower court erred in preventing Microsoft from presenting evidence to a jury that could invalidate the patent, which UC licensed exclusively to Eolas Technologies. The decision sends the closely watched case back to U.S. district court for a new trial on the Eolas patent's validity.Man Who Made Millions Selling Pirated Software Gets Six Years
A Florida man who made millions of dollars selling illegal copies of computer programs was sentenced last week to six years in prison in one of the nation's largest software piracy cases. Danny Ferrer, who pleaded guilty in June, will be required to enter the federal prison system by Oct. 1. At the sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III said, "If severe penalties were not attached, people would line up from here to Los Angeles to do what you've done."Federal Circuit Grants Microsoft New Patent Trial
Microsoft has been given another chance to prove it did not infringe a University of California patent covering Web browser technology and thereby sidestep a $521 million jury verdict. The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that a lower court erred in preventing Microsoft from presenting evidence to a jury that could invalidate the patent, which UC licensed exclusively to Eolas Technologies. The decision sends the closely watched case back to U.S. district court for a new trial on the Eolas patent's validity.Federal Circuit Grants Microsoft New Trial
Microsoft Corp. has been given another chance to prove it did not infringe a University of California patent covering Web browser technology and thereby sidestep a $521 million jury verdict.Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11413AJAXO INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Defendant and R
Prominent Corporate Lawyers Didn't Stop Shady Options Deals
A review by The Recorder of SEC filings for 17 companies that had prominent Silicon Valley lawyers serving as directors has uncovered questionable option grant dates for executives at five. While the grant patterns aren't necessarily evidence of wrongdoing, they do suggest that suspect pay practices at startups may be more commonplace than previously thought. They also raise new questions about what some name-brand lawyers knew, or should have known, in their roles as directors.Prominent Corporate Lawyers Didn't Stop Shady Options Deals
A review by The Recorder of SEC filings for 17 companies that had prominent Silicon Valley lawyers serving as directors has uncovered questionable option grant dates for executives at five. While the grant patterns aren't necessarily evidence of wrongdoing, they do suggest that suspect pay practices at startups may be more commonplace than previously thought. They also raise new questions about what some name-brand lawyers knew, or should have known, in their roles as directors.Lawyers Gird for Fight Over New SEC Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing conduct rules that encourage lawyers to keep dossiers on clients and to blow the whistle with regulators when wrongdoing is suspected. The SEC announced Wednesday it will publish the proposed rules in a matter of days and then give lawyers 30 days to comment.Falk Leaving Arnold & Porter After Year at Merged Firm
The long-time Howard Rice appellate star is starting a new career as a neutral.Corporate Transparency Act Resource Kit
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