(12/18/08) - Ten years after Jacob Krippelz, Sr. first sued Ford Motor Co. for patent infringement, a Federal jury awarded the independent inventor a $23 million verdict. At issue was Krippelz' 1991 patent on an automotive lighting system used in exterior rear view mirrors.

(12/17/08) - Nintendo of America and Nyko Technologies, Inc. announced that they have settled a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Nintendo, which held that Nyko's Kama wireless controller for the Nintendo Wii gaming system infringed on Nintendo's patent for its wired Nunchuk controller.

Nyko will continue to sell a redesigned version of the Kama controller under the agreement.

(12/15/08) - Energizer Holdings Inc. dropped its patent infringement suit against Spectrum Brands, as the two companies settled the case earlier this month. The suit, filed in July, alleged that Spectrum infringed Energizer's patent on lithium batteries by importing lithium batteries from China and selling them under the Rayovac brand.