» Patent Ruling Favors Samsung Satyam Computer Services named Chander Prakash Gurnani, below, as its chief executive in the aftermath of an accounting scandal. Satyam, an outsourcing firm, has been bought by Tech Mahindra, which is working to reorganize the company. Mr. Gurnani, formerly Tech Mahindra’s head of international operations, replaces A. S. Murty, Satyam said in a statement. Subramaniam Durgashankar, formerly senior vice president for mergers and acquisitions at Mahindra & Mahindra, was appointed chief financial o...

» Patent Judgment on TiVo Is Stayed A federal appeals court stayed a court’s order that would have forced Dish Network and EchoStar to disable millions of digital video recorders that infringe a patent held by TiVo.

» Justices to Weigh Issue of Patenting Business Methods The Supreme Court will decide what kinds of processes can be protected, an issue that could have far-reaching implications, especially in technology.

» The Curious Man Lucky Enough to Create ‘the Lucky Spud’ Jane S. Smith has written a colorful, far-reaching book about the genetic, agricultural, economic and legal issues raised by the life and legend of Luther Burbank.

» Apple Sued Over Touch-Screen Rights A Taiwanese firm contends that Apple products, including the MacBook, iPhone and iPod Touch, use technology that infringes on two of its patents.

» Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr., a TV Technology Pioneer, Dies at 99 With his boss, Allen B. DuMont, Dr. Goldsmith and others in the nascent industry perfected the cathode ray tube that eventually let little wooden boxes bring moving images into millions of homes.

» Merck to Buy Schering-Plough for $41.1 Billion Merck, facing patent expirations, is hoping to shore up its research pipeline and expand its global reach.

» Snuggie Rode Silly Ads to Stardom Over Rivals It is not always the first one to market who wins but the one with the most aggressive marketing plan.

» Jack Cover, 88, Physicist Who Invented the Taser Stun Gun, Dies Mr. Cover invented the Taser stun gun, the police weapon that subdues its targets with jolts of electricity.

» Breath of Thought A look at the classical age of science and the early history of the United States through the work of the remarkable Joseph Priestley.

» Gulf Oil States Seeking a Lead in Clean Energy Well aware of the limits of oil, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are aggressively pouring billions of dollars into green technologies.

» An Elephant in the Room An innovative toy aids difficult conversations, alerting those present that there is an unspoken issue.

» For Innovators, There Is Brainpower in Numbers True invention requires the meeting of minds from myriad perspectives, even if the innovators don’t always realize it.

» Samsung Is Hit With Patent Suits A struggling Silicon Valley maker of flash memory chips filed a pair of sweeping patent infringement suits against Samsung.

» Carl D. Keith, a Father of the Catalytic Converter, Dies at 88 Dr. Keith was a co-inventor of the three-way automotive catalytic converter a major advance in eliminating the toxic tailpipe emissions that once blanketed cities in smog.