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Court Refuses To Pull The Plug On Savant Systems’ Home Automation Suit Against Creston

Posted  06/6/11
A suit by a newcomer in the “smart home” automation market – Savant Systems – against the dominant player in the “smart home” automation market – Crestron Electronics – has survived a second motion to dismiss in federal court in Boston. Savant Systems has accused its much larger competitor of unlawful exclusionary agreements and market monopolization under the Sherman Act, exclusive dealing in...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, Monopolization,

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Dems Urge Feds To Investigate Surging Gas Prices

Posted  05/25/11
Skyrocketing gas prices may be getting an extra boost from anticompetitive conduct according to some Democratic legislators that are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate possible anticompetitive conduct by gasoline refineries. Last week, Democratic senators, including Senators Claire McCaskill, Charles Schumer, Patty Murray and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, asked the FTC to investigate whether...

Tagged in: Monopolization, Price Fixing,

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Bob Marley May Have Shot The Sheriff, But He Is Not A Product Market

Posted  05/13/11
Bob Marley may have been the first Reggae superstar and the writer of such hits as I Shot The Sheriff, but he is not a product market, according to a California federal judge. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has dismissed the antitrust claims in Rock River Communications Inc. v. Universal Music Group Inc., rejecting Rock River’s theory that reggae music – and Bob Marley in...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, Monopolization,

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Novell’s Antitrust Claim Against Microsoft Is Reborn Just As Feds’ Oversight Expires

Posted  05/11/11
Although Microsoft’s epic antitrust battle with the U.S. Department of Justice officially comes to an end tomorrow, with the expiration of the government’s decade-long oversight of the software giant, Microsoft has learned that another antitrust challenge has just received a new lease on life. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has revived the antitrust action Novell filed against...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, Monopolization,

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Software Illustrators Draw Up Complaint Against Adobe

Posted  05/5/11
Adobe Systems Inc. has been hit with an antitrust class action in federal court by Free FreeHand Corp., a non-profit group, and graphic design professionals and consumer users of FreeHand, the vector-graphic illustration software product acquired by Adobe several years ago. The complaint in Free FreeHand Corp. et al. v. Adobe Systems Inc., 5:11-cv-02174 (N.D. Cal.), alleges monopolization in violation of the...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, Monopolization,

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U.S. Airways Seeks To Ground High-Flying Sabre

Posted  05/2/11
U.S. Airways is seeking to ground high-flying Sabre Holdings Corp. – which runs the largest U.S. global distribution system linking travel agents with airline fares and other services – for allegedly engaging in monopolistic acts. U.S. Airways has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Sabre in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.  The airline’s complaint in U.S. Airways, Inc., v....

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Federal Court Finds Sprinkler Monopolization Claims To Be all Wet

Posted  04/18/11
A federal court has decided that Digital Sun’s wireless sprinkler system may be innovative, but its claims of anticompetitive conduct by competitor Toro Company are all wet. Judge Lucy Koh of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that that Digital Sun’s antitrust complaint in Digital Sun v. The Toro Company falls well short of pleading standards, and dismissed all claims...

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Green Tech And Antitrust Intersect: One Recycler Sues Another Over Alleged Anti-Competitive Behavior

Posted  11/16/10
In addition to antitrust, Constantine Cannon has an environmental and sustainability practice and represents green technology companies profiting from wise resource use.  These different disciplines that we work in are reflected in a recent filing we noticed in the federal district court for Connecticut, Environmental Products Corp. (“Envipco”). v. Tomra of North America, Inc. (D. Conn. filed Nov. 4,...

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Dairy Farmers Milk Class Certification In Antitrust Suit

Posted  09/20/10
A class of more than 4,500 dairy farmers spread across 11 southeastern states in two geographic markets has been certified by Judge J. Ronnie Greer of the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in a case alleging a conspiracy to monopolize the production, marketing and processing of milk. The dairy farmers allege multiple claims of antitrust conspiracy against Dean Foods Company (the nation's...

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Federal Court Denies GE’s Request To Turn Off The Lights In Mitsubishi Heavy’s Mighty Wind Case

Posted  09/9/10
A federal judge has denied General Electric Company’s request to pull the plug on Mitsubishi Heavy Limited’s potential billion-dollar case alleging GE has tried to snuff out competition in the wind turbine market. United States District Court Judge J. Leon Holmes in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has denied GE’s motion to dismiss an attempted monopolization case brought by Mitsubishi.  Mitsubishi alleges that GE...

Tagged in: Intellectual Property Law and Antitrust, Monopolization,

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