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Judge overturns $625.5M patent suit against Apple

Newsvine - business  Tue, 04/05/2011 - 13:01

A federal judge has overturned a federal jury's order that Apple Inc. pay $625.5 million in damages for violating patents held by a Mirror Worlds LLC, a small technology company.


 

Bob Marley's heirs fight for his image in NV court

Newsvine - business  Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:01

A lawyer told a federal jury in Las Vegas that Bob Marley's children don't want to see the reggae legend portrayed as a bobblehead or a plush toy.


 

US engineer convicted of selling secrets to China

Newsvine - business  Mon, 08/09/2010 - 16:00

A federal jury convicted a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer Monday of selling military secrets and helping China design a stealth cruise missile.


 

Jury says Disney owes 'Millionaire' makers $269.2M

Newsvine - business  Wed, 07/07/2010 - 14:49

A federal jury has awarded the creators of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" $269.2 million in damages because they didn't get their fair share of profits from the popular Walt Disney Co. game show.


 

Unit of Louis Vuitton wins lawsuit

Newsvine - business  Mon, 08/31/2009 - 15:12

Louis Vuitton Malletier SA, a unit of French luxury goods maker LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, said Monday that a federal jury in California awarded it $32.4 million in damages in a copyright infringement lawsuit against businesses that hosted Web sites selling counterfeit consumer products.


 

Jury finds BLM, DuPont negligent in farmland case

Newsvine - business  Mon, 08/24/2009 - 18:21

A federal jury has decided the Bureau of Land Management and E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. were negligent in a case involving thousands of acres of herbicide-damaged farmland.


 

Jury awards punitive damages to smoker's daughter

Newsvine - business  Mon, 08/24/2009 - 16:50

A federal jury in Los Angeles says cigarette maker Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to the daughter of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.


 

Federal jury awards $1.25 million in chemical leak

Newsvine - business  Tue, 07/14/2009 - 15:35

A federal jury has ordered DuPont to pay more than $1.25 million to six people who were injured when fuming sulfuric acid spilled from an eastern Kentucky plant five years ago.


 

Federal jury rejects Altria's tax shelter claim

Newsvine - business  Fri, 07/10/2009 - 15:11

A federal jury has rejected a $24 million tax refund claim filed by tobacco company Altria Group Inc.


 

RJ Reynolds wins patent fight with Star Scientific

Newsvine - business  Tue, 06/16/2009 - 16:51

A federal jury ruled on Tuesday that RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. did not infringe on two patents claimed by Star Scientific for a tobacco-curing method.

Star Scientific shares lost nearly 80 percent of their value in late trading.