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- Google Out-of-court settlement in $17.5 million copyright infringement lawsuit. (May-22-07)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Patent litigation struggle ends with a $1 million fine in federal antitrust suit. (May-14-07)
- Stratagene Corp. $10.75 million settlement in genetic analysis products patent infringement lawsuit. (May-7-07)
- D-Link Corporation and D-Link Systems Patent infringement lawsuit ends with royalty agreement and a $100,000 payout. (May-3-07)
- Minebea Co., Ltd. Patent infringement lawsuit settled with a $6.7 million payout. (Apr-30-07)
- Bertelsmann $110 million payout in music copyright infringement lawsuit. (Apr-26-07)
- Synergetics USA, Inc. Patent infringement lawsuit ends with a $2.5 million settlement. (Apr-16-07)
- eDirectSoftware $1 million settlement for copyright infringement and intellectual property fraud. (Apr-11-07)
- Magma Design Automation Inc. $12.5 million software patent infringement settlement. (Apr-3-07)
- Microsoft Corp. $1.52 billion in damages for MP3 patent infringement. (Mar-5-07)
- GlobalSantaFe Corp. Oil companies reach patent and licensing agreement at $15 million. (Feb-27-07)
- GlaxoSmithKline $35 million patent infringement settlement awarded to Andrx Corporation. (Feb-18-07)
- Anita Minervino and Peter Forbes South Carolina residents pay over $8,000 for downloading pirated music. (Feb-8-07)
- Stratagene Patent infringement lawsuit sees out of court settlement of $10.75 million in cash. (Feb-1-07)
- Adam Opel and McCann Erickson German Intellectual property lawsuit settlement awarded to Tom Waits for an undisclosed amount. (Jan-31-07)
- Coca-Cola British band wins undisclosed settlement. (Jan-28-07)
- High-Tech Magic Lucasfilm gets $250,000 settlement in copyright infringement lawsuit. (Jan-26-07)
- Affinion Loyalty Group Undisclosed patent infringement settlement with Maritz. (Jan-25-07)
- Teva $70 million patent infringement settlement paid to Pfizer. (Nov-23-06)
- Avcom Avionics & Instruments, Inc. $3.4 million for violating Rockwell Collins intellectual property rights. (Oct-12-06)
- March Networks $2 million patent dispute settlement. (Oct-10-06)
- Monolithic Power Systems Inc. $3 million paid to Micrel for patent infringement. (Sep-26-06)
- Zebra Technologies Corp. $63.8 million patent infringement settlement. (Sep-15-06)
- MetaMachine Inc. $30 million for online file sharing copyright infringement. (Sep-13-06)
- Nike £300,000 settlement awarded to the London Borough of Hackney for unauthorized logo use. (Sep-11-06)
- Start Licensing, Inc. $1.25 million patent infringement settlement awarded to Advanced Cell Technology. (Sep-7-06)
- Bertelsmann $60 million settlement awarded to Universal Music Group for allegedly aiding copyright infringement. (Sep-7-06)
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. Oxycodone and OxyContin patent settlement reached. (Aug-29-06)
- Apple $100 million patent infringement settlement awarded to Creative Technology. (Aug-25-06)
- Alcon Inc. $121 patent settlement awarded to Advanced Medical Optics. (Jul-17-06)
- Nektar Therapeutics $25 million patent settlement awarded to the University of Alabama. (Jul-17-06)
- Unica Corp. $1.5 million patent infringement settlement awarded to NetRatings. (Jul-11-06)
- Applera Corp. and Beckman Coulter Inc. $55 million in outstanding litigation settled and awarded to both parties. (Jul-11-06)
- Palm Inc. $22.5 million patent settlement awarded to Xerox Corp. (Jul-5-06)
- Cutera Inc. $22 million patent infringement settlement. (Jun-6-06)
- WestJet Airlines $15.5 million settlement awarded to Air Canada for spying in an internal Web site. (May-31-06)
- Seattle Seahawks $100,000 licensing agreement for using a trademarked slogan. (May-10-06)
- BearShare $30 million to avoid a copyright infringement lawsuit regarding online music services. (May-9-06)
- Conexant Systems Inc. $70 million patent infringement settlement awarded to Texas Instruments. (May-8-06)
- Random House Inc. and Author Dan Brown Court rules that best seller does not infringe copyright laws. (May-8-06)
- Nokia $235 million patent infringement settlement awarded to InterDigital. (May-4-06)
- Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. $34.7 million patent infringement settlement. (May-4-06)
- QuadraMed� Corp. $2 million settlement for breaching a software license and service agreement. (May-2-06)
- Microsoft and Autodesk $133 million z4 Technologies patent infringement settlement. (Apr-27-06)
- Qualcomm Inc. and Flarion Technologies Inc. $1.8 million settlement for violating pre-merger waiting period requirements. (Apr-18-06)
- EchoStar Communications Corp. $74 million patent infringement settlement awarded to TiVo. (Apr-18-06)
- Gateway Inc. Undisclosed settlement for patent infringement awarded to an engineer. (Apr-13-06)
- AGA Medical Corp. $30 million patent infringement settlement awarded to NMT Medical regarding Amplatzer devices. (Mar-30-06)
- Gateway Inc. $47 million patent infringement settlement awarded to Hewlett-Packard. (Mar-6-06)
- Research In Motion Ltd. $612.5 million settlement awarded to NTP Inc. regarding a BlackBerry patent dispute. (Mar-6-06)