The pace of litigation has barely slowed for SynQor and its lawyers at Sidley Austin since the company won a $95.2 million East Texas infringement award last year. But with the defendants still fighting to overturn the verdict, SynQor's winnings grew notably larger this week thanks to four post-trial rulings.

Lawyers for Overstock.com Inc. and Newegg Inc. at Bracewell & Giuliani, the Webb Law Firm, and Weil Gotshal convinced a Tyler, Tx., jury to reject claims that the online retailers infringed three Alcatel patents. The jury also found one of the patents invalid, which may spell trouble for Alcatel-Lucent in a separate IP spat with Barnes & Noble.

Just when DuPont thought its Teflon headaches were over, 3M has accused it of using 3M technology for an improved version of Teflon without paying fair compensation.

After a string of losses, the broadcast television industry has tapped Holland & Knight to open up a new front in its copyright fight with Aereo Inc., the fast-growing startup that streams TV programming to subscribers over the Internet.

The commission finds that Samsung Electronics infringed two of Kodak?s patents related to processing and storing digital images. Matt Powers of Weil Gotshal represented Samsung.

Suing Johnson & Johnson on behalf of state AGs over the marketing of the anti-psychotic Risperdal is turning out to be very nice gig for Houston's Bailey Perrin Bailey.