Yesterday software developer LimitNone filed a trade secret suit against Google Inc. in Illinois, alleging that Google misappropriated software for migrating information from Microsoft Office to Google Apps. The developer says it was a member of an authorized Google developer program and was promised that Google would not build a similar tool itself. (Wall Street Journal)

Last Thursday Los Angeles Judge Marilyn Huff denied Microsoft's request for reconsideration of a jury award of more than $500 million damages in a long-running patent infringement suit against it by Alcatel-Lucent. (AP)