Tech Legal Week: IBM's EU Complaint, Apple Hat Trick, Plots Against Google, More

IBM Might Face EU Investigation — Florida-based mainframe vendor T3 has filed a complaint in the EU against IBM for refusing to sell its z/OS operating system to companies using T3 hardware. [Source: Computerworld]

The plot to kill Google — Wired has an interesting story about the interplay of law and lobbying when it came to keeping the deal between Google and Yahoo from going through. Not all critical steps in a court battle play out before a judge. [Source: Wired]

IP litigation falls, but why? — IP litigation fell by about ten percent from 2007 to 2008. But why? The number of anti-trust lawsuits rose by 27 percent. [Source: Out-Law.com]

Apple and Palm, sue or be sued? — Apple made what has been viewed as a fairly transparent threat of potential IP litigation against Palm, whose Pre smartphone and WebOS platform seem to have struck a competitive nerve. The latter responded by noting that it had beaucoup patent filings of its own, and all in the mobile space. [Source: Silicon Alley Insider, Between the Lines]

Apple faces SEC probe — Apple’s financial results may have seemed good, but its penchant to end up in legal wrangles seems to be continuing. The SEC is reportedly examining how the company disclosed the health issues of CEO Steve Jobs. [Source: The Wall Street Journal]

Apple agrees to settle iPod Nano scratch class action — Under the terms of a proposed class action lawsuit settlement, Apple will pay up to $22.5 million because allegedly the iPod Nano was prone to scratching and that the company failed to disclose defects. [Source: Cnet]

Limelight wins Level 3 patent infringement suit — A jury found that Limelight Networks did not infringe on patents owned by Level 3 Communications. [Source: Light Reading]