Mistrial declared in $10 billion suit against Motorola
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Motorola Inc. said on Monday that a Florida court declared a mistrial in a $10-billion misappropriation case brought against it by SPS Technologies Corp. as the jury could not agree on a verdict.
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Aruba Networks&#160;countersued two divisions of Motorola&#160;Wednesday, adding a new twist to a wireless LAN (local area network) patent-infringement case that affects some of the biggest vendors in the business.Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications, both of which are now&#160;owned by&#160;Motorola, sued Aruba&#160;in August. They claimed Aruba knowingly used technology covered by several patents they own, and are seeking an injunction and damages.But in its response to their complaint, filed Wednesday, Aruba claimed Symbol knew enough about Aruba&#39;s products in 2003 to say they might be infringing Symbol&#39;s pending patents. Aruba also argues both Symbol and Wireless Valley withheld information they were required to give to patent examiners. As a result, the patents are invalid and Symbol and Wireless Valley&#39;s complaints should be dismissed, the company said.Aruba also countersued, seeking declaratory judgments that it didn&#39;t infringe and that the patents are invalid and unenforceable. Aruba wants Symbol and Wireless Valley to pay the costs of the suit and its attorney fees.In 2003, when Symbol was an independent company, it came close to buying Aruba, according to the filing. Throughout the first half of that year, as the companies discussed the proposed deal, Symbol had &quot;essentially unfettered access&quot; to information about how Aruba&#39;s products were designed and made, Aruba said. Among the engineers inspecting its technology was the inventor on two of the patents involved in the suit, they said. The talks eventually broke off because the companies couldn&#39;t agree on terms, the filing said.Aruba argued that Symbol never warned it might sue over the patents, leading Aruba to infer that it didn&#39;t intend to enforce any patent rights. The company waited for four years after that inspection and then sued without warning on the eve of an Aruba quarterly earnings announcement, Aruba said. In addition, both Symbol and Wireless Valley knew about Aruba&#39;s business for years and should have known about the activities it sued over, yet only sued after Aruba had invested tens of millions of dollars in designing and testing its products, the company said.&#160;
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A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of woman accused of killing her month-old baby by burning her in a microwave, finding that new defense witnesses bolster her claim that she is innocent.
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Dispute between regulators and SBC IP Communications highlights an endangered species: the 10-digit number.
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AT&amp;T said yesterday it has agreed to a $100 million settlement of a shareholder lawsuit that accused the telecommunications giant and its former chairman, C. Michael Armstrong, of misleading
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A Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial in the murder trial of pioneering rock producer Phil Spector on Wednesday after jurors said for a second time that they could not agree on a verdict.
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A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in a medical malpractice case brought by Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis after a juror collapsed and several doctors &#151; including the two defendants &#151; rushed to his aid.
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A U.S. judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case against a Colombian rebel leader who was charged with hostage-taking and giving material support to a terrorist group.
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Aruba Networks added a new twist to an old patent lawsuit by claiming that a Motorola division knew  all along whether Aruba was infringing its patents but said nothing.
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Regulator plays rough The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has taken two men to court over allegations of insider dealing during Motorola's takeover of TTP Communications.â¦
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Aruba Networks Inc. countersued two divisions of Motorola Inc. Wednesday, adding a new twist to a wireless LAN (local area network) patent-infringement case that affects some of the biggest vendors in the business.
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Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to pay $10 million to the state to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of dishonestly marketing the painkiller OxyContin in West Virginia.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A judge declared a mistrial in a first-degree murder case Wednesday after the recent suicide of a Montreal police officer who was the lead detective in the case.
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It was a dramatic end to a trial that pitted Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis against two respected surgeons: a juror collapsed, the doctors rushed to his aid and the judge declared a mistrial.
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Among the charges in the 10-count indictment are obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to law enforcement officers.
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Texas fisticuffs RIM and Motorola are suing each other for patent infringement, with both companies refusing to pay the other for using their patented technologies. RIM is also complaining that Motorola is demanding "exorbitant" fees with the intention of damaging its business.â¦
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A federal judge in Dallas, Texas, declared a mistrial Monday in the case against leaders of a Muslim charity accused of aiding terrorists.