A federal judge in Wisconsin on Monday unceremoniously threw out Apple's claims that Motorola Mobility breached a contractual duty to license its standards-essential wireless patents on fair terms.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has finally reaped the first settlement in its litigation campaign against financial giants that sold mortgage-backed securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The terms of the deal, with General Electric, were not disclosed.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh is taking a wait-and-see approach on the first major question of how to implement a San Jose jury's searing verdict against Samsung in its high-stakes patent showdown with Apple.

Freight rail companies accused of scheming to bump up their rates through "aggressive" fuel surcharges are trying to undo class certification in the case against them. Carter Phillips of Sidley Austin told a D.C. Circuit panel on Friday that the certification conflicted with the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Comcast v. Behrend.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear arguments by the world's biggest banks that the Federal Housing Finance Agency waited too long to sue them over losses on $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities.

Were investors wrong to punish TiVo for capping its litigation campaign against the digital television industry with a $490 million settlement?

It used to be that Intellectual Ventures could negotiate licensing fees for its patents without going to court. Those days are gone, as the latest complaint filed by Irell & Manella shows.

The court held in a unanimous ruling that language software maker Rosetta Stone can pursue its suit against Google over whether an Internet advertising program creates brand confusion.