The settlement and 10-year licensing agreement ends one of the first major conflagrations of the smartphone patent wars.
TRADE LIBEL – Filmon.com Inc. v. Fox Broad. Co. Inc.
COMPLAINT – Filmon has developed mobile-device apps that allow users to view television channels on their phones. Filmon claims that Fox has contacted Filmon’s prospective business partners and intentionally spread misinformation that Filmon’s apps, and the distribution of them, aid in infringing Fox’s copyrights. (Super. Ct. Cal.)
CIVIL RIGHTS - Johnson v. Sammy's Rest. Inc.
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION - A disabled plaintiff has won a default judgment of $8,000. under the Unruh Civil Rights Act against a restaurant for failure to provide accessible door entrance hardware and accessible restroom. (C.D. Cal.)
REAL PROPERTY - Lee v. Fairfield Properties LP
JUDGMENT - Renter who caught 14 mice and was repeatedly bitten by bedbugs won $5,000. from landlord for personal injury. (C.D. Cal.)
Bankruptcy partner Brett Miller will succeed Charles Kerr as managing partner at Morrison & Foerster; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton adds Stephen Reiter as counsel.
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