31.   Ritter leaves Napster as the company is embroiled in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the recording industry.

32.   The company is battling copyright infringement lawsuits and trying to reach licensing agreements with major record labels.

33.   The memory chip maker ended its patent infringement lawsuit against Hitachi Ltd. after Hitachi agreed to a worldwide licensing agreement on a variety of Rambus products.

34.   The next day, the company filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal court.

35.   The next day, the company filed its patent infringement lawsuit.

36.   The next day, the company filed a patent infringement lawsuit in United States District Court in Los Angeles.

37.   The order was issued Tuesday at the request of Razor, which filed a patent infringement lawsuit earlier this month.

38.   U.S. District Court Judge Manuel R. Real issued the order at the request of Razor, which filed a patent infringement lawsuit earlier this month.

39.   Thursday also brought an end to copyright infringement lawsuits filed against Napster by Metallica and rap artist Dr. Dre.

40.   A federal judge in San Francisco has stayed a pending copyright infringement lawsuit against the Napster online music site.