XM settles patent lawsuit with Universal Music
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc   said on Monday it has settled a patent infringement  lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group and hopes to reach deals  with the other music companies.
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Apple Computer Inc.  said  it will pay $100 million for a license to use Creative  Technology Ltd.'s  patented digital music player  technology, settling legal disputes between the two companies.
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XM Satellite Radio  and Warner Music Group , the world's third largest music company, said on Friday they had settled a lawsuit brought by the music company over XM's portable satellite radio with advanced recording features.
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. on Tuesday said it bought Effanel Music Inc., a privately held company that produces on-location recordings, to improve its live broadcast offerings.
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Motorola has settled a long-running patent dispute with Metrologic Instruments, a maker of bar-code scanners.Motorola inherited the lawsuit as part of its 2006 acquisition of wireless handhold device maker Symbol Technologies. Symbol and Metrologic had been engaged in the spat since early 2002, when Symbol sued Metrologic, claiming that the company had failed to make adequate royalty payments.Symbol was a maker of wireless barcode scanners that are used by delivery and warehouse workers to keep track of inventory.In 1996, Metrologic licensed Symbol&#39;s barcode scanning technology for use with its handheld scanners, paying Symbol royalties of $10 per scanner. However, in 2001 Metrologic stopped making these payments, claiming that &quot;product changes had pushed the scanners beyond the scope of definitions laid out in the agreement,&quot; according to Symbol.The actual amount in dispute had been less than $500,000 Metrologic has said.In June 2003 Metrologic counter-sued, claiming patent infringement.Monday&#39;s agreement settles all pending litigation and enters Motorola and Metrologic into a patent cross-license deal that covers barcode scanning and mobile computing technology, they said in a statement. Terms of the settlement were not released.
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Research in Motion settled a lawsuit filed against Samsung Electronics alleging trademark infringement on its hugely popular Blackberry handheld email devices by Samsung's Blackjack cell phones.
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Vonage Holdings Corp., the beleaguered provider of Internet-based telephone service, said Thursday it has settled a patent lawsuit brought by Verizon Communications Inc. for a maximum of $120 million.
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The estate of late funk singer Rick James has settled a lawsuit that claimed a music publishing company collected money from licensing his songs without permission. The estate's attorney, Jennifer J. McGrath, announced the settlement in court Thursday. Trial had been set to begin Jan. 7.
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US-based mobile music solutions provider Melodeo, Inc. and the Warner Music Group (WMG) today announced the signing of a global agreement that allows consumers to securely download entire tracks from WMG&#39;s
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The estate of Rick James has settled a lawsuit claiming that a music publishing company collected money from licensing his songs without permission.
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The Beatles settlement clears the way for Apple to make revolutionary changes to its music player. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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Universal Music Group has settled litigation against Germany's Bertelsmann AG over its $85 million investment in the original peer-to-peer service Napster.
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Computer peripheral maker Belkin said Friday it has settled a patent infringement complaintÂ brought against it by software giant Microsoft.
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A lawsuit in which UK mobile phones maker Sendo had accused Microsoft of stealing its technology and customers is settled.
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Sun on Thursday announced that it settled the lawsuit Eastman Kodak had brought against it, but the charge that Sunâs Java violated software patents held by Kodak brought to light the major impact patents can have on software techniques.
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The agreement settles a California civil suit over its pursuit of private phone records to trace a news leak.
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Apple Computer Inc. will pay $100 million to rival Creative Technology Ltd. to settle five patent lawsuits over technology for navigating through songs on the popular iPod digital music player, the companies said Wednesday.