Elliot Spagat

July 23, 2013 | Daily Report Online

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Irene McCormack Jackson says she endured months of harassment from Mayor Bob Filner while serving as his communications director, and the turning point came at a staff meeting in June when another top aide confronted the mayor over his behavior and quit.

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December 29, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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July 27, 2007 | Law.com

A federal judge questioned Qualcomm Inc. Thursday about its failure to share tens of thousands of documents with rival chipmaker Broadcom Corp. in a patent-infringement lawsuit that it lost. U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Major made no decision after a six-hour hearing but said she was struggling to understand how Qualcomm overlooked so many documents and why it didn't turn them over sooner.

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January 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

A federal jury in San Diego ruled that Broadcom did not infringe on two of rival semiconductor maker Qualcomm's patents for video compression technology, in the companies' latest battle. Qualcomm has filed numerous lawsuits that accuse Broadcom of infringing on 10 patents and misappropriating trade secrets. Broadcom has filed lawsuits that accuse Qualcomm of violating a total of 18 patents, and is one of six companies that has asked the European Commission to investigate Qualcomm's business practices.

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May 04, 2011 | Law.com

One of Mexico's earliest drug kingpins appeared in court Monday, nearly eight years after being charged with overseeing a vast operation to funnel cocaine and marijuana to the U.S. from Mexico and South America. The judge entered a not guilty plea on Benjamin Arellano Felix's behalf to drug and racketeering charges and ordered him held without bail.

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April 05, 2007 | Law.com

Qualcomm said that it filed two lawsuits against Nokia for patent infringement, one week before a key licensing agreement between the two wireless technology companies expires. The complaints -- the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle -- were filed in the Eastern District of Texas' Marshall division and in the Western District of Wisconsin. A 2001 licensing agreement expires April 9, raising prospects for additional litigation if the two sides fail to strike a deal.

By Elliot Spagat

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January 30, 2007 | Law.com

A federal jury in San Diego ruled that Broadcom did not infringe on two of rival semiconductor maker Qualcomm's patents for video compression technology, in the companies' latest battle. Qualcomm has filed numerous lawsuits that accuse Broadcom of infringing on 10 patents and misappropriating trade secrets. Broadcom has filed lawsuits that accuse Qualcomm of violating a total of 18 patents, and is one of six companies that has asked the European Commission to investigate Qualcomm's business practices.

By Elliot Spagat

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July 24, 2008 | Law.com

Nokia and Qualcomm said Wednesday they agreed to settle a high-stakes licensing dispute and end a bitter legal battle that has lasted nearly three years and spanned several continents. The wireless industry heavyweights said the 15-year licensing deal gives Nokia rights to a wide portfolio of Qualcomm's patents. The pact covers a host of technologies that didn't exist or were in their infancies when the two companies signed, and later renewed, their initial agreement.

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January 29, 2007 | Law.com

Wireless communications pioneer Qualcomm is under legal assault, with other major equipment makers charging that the company levies unjust, inflated licensing fees to use its patented technologies in their products. Regulators in Europe, South Korea and Japan are probing Qualcomm's business practices as the company trades lawsuits with rivals around the world. The outcome may influence how aggressively others try to mimic its success at selling technology rights.

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August 07, 2007 | Law.com

The Bush administration upheld an import ban Monday on cell phones that contain Qualcomm Inc. chips, further threatening the introduction of new handsets. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said she was sticking to a long practice of declining to overrule the U.S. International Trade Commission unless conditions were "extraordinary." The executive branch has overruled the ITC only five times, most recently in 1987.

By Elliot Spagat

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