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• Hovnanian Is Up 372% YTD 

  

  Nokia shareholders are unhappy with the details of the patent dispute settlement with Research In Motion, and Hovnanian is up about 370 percent year-to-date, with the FMHR traders.

• Marvell has options as it faces $1 bln patent verdict

  NEW YORK, Dec 27- As Marvell Technology Group Ltd embarks on a legal process to void a $1.17 billion damages verdict in a patent dispute with Carnegie Mellon University, it has some reasons to be optimistic.

• Marvell seeks to overturn $1.17 bln patent verdict

  Dec 27- Marvell Technology Group Ltd said on Thursday it will try to void a $1.17 billion damages award imposed by a federal jury that found the chipmaker had infringed two patents held by Carnegie Mellon University. In a statement, the company said it will seek to overturn Wednesday's verdict in post-trial proceedings in the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh.

• Chipmaker Marvell Loses $1.17 Billion Patent Verdict

  

  A federal jury on Wednesday found that Marvell Technology Group infringed two patents held by Carnegie Mellon University, and ordered the chipmaker to pay $1.17 billion in damages.

• UPDATE 2-Chipmaker Marvell loses $1.17 bln patent verdict

  *Marvell shares fall 10.3 percent. Dec 26- A federal jury on Wednesday found that Marvell Technology Group infringed two patents held by Carnegie Mellon University, and ordered the chipmaker to pay $1.17 billion in damages. The award is one of the largest by a jury in a U.S. patent case, and is nearly twice Marvell's profit in its latest fiscal year.

• CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Marvell loses patent case, damages top $1 bln

  Dec 26- Marvell Technology Group was found to have infringed two patents held by Carnegie Mellon University and ordered to pay $1.17 billion in damages in a jury verdict on Wednesday in federal court.

• UPDATE 1-Marvell found guilty in patent case, damages top $1 bln

  Dec 26- Marvell Technology Group was found guilty of infringing two patents held by Carnegie Mellon University and ordered to pay $1.17 billion in damages in a jury verdict on Wednesday in federal court.

• Jury orders Marvell to pay $1.17 bln in patent case

  Dec 26- A federal jury on Wednesday ordered Marvell Technology Group Ltd to pay $1.17 billion in damages in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Carnegie Mellon University, court records show.

• UPDATE 2-EU charges Samsung with abusing vital telecoms patent

  *Apple, Samsung locked in disputes in at least 10 nations. BRUSSELS, Dec 21- The European Commission charged Samsung Electronics on Friday with abusing its dominant position in seeking to bar rival Apple from using a patent deemed essential to mobile phone use.

• UPDATE 2-Nokia patent deal with RIM to lift finances

  HELSINKI, Dec 21- Struggling Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has settled its patent dispute with BlackBerry maker Research in Motion in return for payments, as it tries to exploit its trove of technology patents to boost its dire finances.

• RIM to Pay Nokia to Settle Patent Dispute

  

  Struggling Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has settled its patent dispute with BlackBerry maker Research in Motion in return for payments, as it tries to exploit its trove of technology patents to boost its finances.

• UPDATE 1-Nokia to get payments in patent deal with RIM

  *Nokia one of industry's top patent holders. HELSINKI, Dec 21- Struggling Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has settled its patent dispute with BlackBerry maker Research in Motion in return for payments, as it tries to exploit its trove of technology patents to boost its finances.

• UPDATE 2-European Commission wades into global tech patents war

  Technology companies are increasingly turning to the European Commission as the EU's competition authority, to resolve their disputes, with the EC also investigating Google and Microsoft. Other current cases under investigation by the EC involve Google- owned phone maker Motorola Mobility, Microsoft and Apple.

• UPDATE 1-US agency rejects Apple 'pinch-to-zoom' patent in initial ruling

  Dec 20- U.S. patent authorities rejected Apple Inc's key "pinch-to-zoom" patent in an initial ruling, the second setback in less than two months for the iPhone maker in its patent battle with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.

• UPDATE 2-Owner of OpenTV slaps Netflix with patent lawsuit

  *Netflix "stood on the shoulders of giants"- Kudelski. Switzerland- based Kudelski SA, which owns OpenTV, said in its lawsuit that Netflix infringed on seven U.S. patents covering aspects of over-the-top TV technology, including: the use of viewer information to make recommendations; digital rights management; and video playback.

• UPDATE 2-Kodak in $525 mln patent deal, eyes bankruptcy end

  *Kodak selling 1,100 patents for $525 mln. Dec 19- Eastman Kodak Co agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for about $525 million, a key step to bringing the photography pioneer out of bankruptcy in the first half of 2013..

• UPDATE 1-Bankrupt Eastman Kodak to sell patents for $525 mln

  *Kodak sells 1,100 patents for $525 mln. Dec 19- Bankrupt camera maker Eastman Kodak Co agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for about $525 million to a consortium led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp, a key step to ending its bankruptcy.

• Bankrupt Eastman Kodak to sell patents for $525 mln

  Dec 19- Bankrupt camera maker Eastman Kodak Co agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for about $525 million to a consortium led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation. Kodak said a portion of the payment will come from 12 intellectual property licensees organized by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation.

• Samsung Drops Attempt to Ban Apple Sales in Europe

  

  Korea's Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said it would drop law suits aimed at banning the sale of Apple products in Europe.

• VirnetX, An Intriguing Spec Play?  

  

  Mad Money host Jim Cramer explains why he thinks VirnetX makes for an intriguing speculative play, saying there is nothing wrong with a little reasoned gambling in your portfolio on this risky trade.