41.   Xerox Corp. and Xeikon NV said they settled a patent infringement suit filed by Xerox in March.

42.   Yesterday, TVT Records Inc. of New York agreed to drop its own copyright infringement suit and open its catalog for file sharing.

43.   A federal judge refused to throw out a copyright infringement suit against the major record companies filed by file-sharing computer service Aimster.

44.   Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has filed a patent infringement suit against Impax Laboratories Inc. over Allegra-D, one of the medicines in its popular family of allergy drugs.

45.   Bristol-Myers listed a new patent on Taxol in response to a court order in its patent infringement suit initiated by American BioScience Inc.

46.   Callaway claimed in a suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta that Bridgestone originally filed its patent infringement suit against Callaway in order to stifle competition.

47.   Genentech Inc. said Friday it won a patent infringement suit brought by GlaxoSmithKline PLC over two oncology drugs.

48.   International Rectifier Corp. filed a patent infringement suit against IXYS, a maker of semiconductors that convert and control electric power.

49.   Napster continues to defend itself in a copyright infringement suit filed against it by the recording industry.

50.   Napster CEO Hank Barry said the company is following the law as it tries to fend off a copyright infringement suit filed by the recording industry.