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A songwriter and record producer has filed a $35 million lawsuit in New York Superior Court, claiming he helped invent pop star Lady Gaga's public persona.

HTC, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of Google's Nexus One cellphone, says it plans to mount an aggressive defense against a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Apple.

It tells Congress it has gone to great lengths to share information, but acknowledges the existence of the Books of Knowledge, or troves of technical information about its vehicles.

Toyota Motor Corp.

The 23-year-old actress filed a lawsuit Monday claiming the latest E-Trade commercial violated her rights under New York's state civil-rights law... by using her name, "Lindsay." In the ad, a baby boy apologizes to his girlfriend for not calling her the night before. She then asks, "And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?"

The family of a Dallas police officer who died in a crash two years ago while escorting then-presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in a motorcade has sued her, the city of Dallas and the maker of the helmet he was wearing.

The Hulk settled with the family of the young victim in his son's car crash.

The attorney general accused the bank and two executives of securities fraud. Meanwhile, the bank settled an S.E.C. claim for $150 million.

The online dating service eHarmony has agreed to settle a California lawsuit that claimed it discriminated against homosexuals.

The photography company hopes to expose patent-infringing smart phone makers.

A Santa Barbara software maker has filed a $2.2-billion lawsuit against China, two Chinese software companies and seven computer manufacturers, accusing them of conspiring to steal and disseminate Internet filtering technology.