US judge dismisses Apple, Motorola patent suits

U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner has tentatively decided to dismiss the ongoing patent litigation between Apple and Google?s newly acquired Motorola Mobility unit, the Wall Street Journal reports. A trial in the case had been scheduled to start Monday. Apple had sued Motorola for infringement in 2010; Motorola had countersued. Posner said that neither ...

Boeing Co. won a U.S. appeals court ruling affirming the dismissal of an investor lawsuit accusing company officials of making misleading public statements about the readiness of its 787 “Dreamliner” aircraft. In the unanimous ruling, the Chicago-based appeals panel also asked a trial-court judge to consider punishing lawyers for the plaintiff, the Livonia, Michigan, public employees’ retirement system, for failing to adequately investigate statements allegedly made by a confidential source they relied on.

Several big foreign tobacco companies lost a bid on Thursday to have a $50 billion lawsuit by the Ontario government thrown out of court. Ontario’s Court of Appeal refused their request. The three-judge panel unanimously said it sees no legal reason to overturn a lower court ruling that the case should proceed. Ontario launched a lawsuit against 14 tobacco companies in September 2009 to try to recoup past and present health-care costs related to smoking.

(Reuters) - Calling them "tax cheats" and their lawsuit a "travesty," a U.S. appeals court threw out an effort by some American customers of UBS AG to recover damages over bank services that resulted in their having evaded U.S. taxes.

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Massive lawsuits targeting people who illegally download copyrighted content are common in the U.S., where people have been stuck with hefty fines and out-of-court settlements. Now there’s an attempt to bring that to Canada. At the center of the effort is Canipre, the only anti-piracy enforcement firm that provides forensic services to copyright-holders in Canada.

By Patrick Anderson: This past Friday afternoon, Judge Richard Posner issued the final word (for now) in the patent dispute between Apple (AAPL) and Motorola (MMI).

By Dana Blankenhorn: With the coming together of Google (GOOG) and Motorola Mobility (MMI), the search giant's legal troubles will now be in one place, and it's not a good place.