SYDNEY--9 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PATENT INFRINGEMENT... HERZLIA PITUACH: Genoa Color Technologies, Ltd., filed a patent infringementlawsuit in The United States District Court for the Southern District of NewYork against Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric US Holdings,Inc., Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics USA, Inc., Mitsubishi DigitalElectronics America, Inc, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung ElectronicsAmerica, Inc. www.genoacolor.com LIQUIDNET SURPASSES... NEW YORK: Liquidnet, the top institutional brokerage firm for globaltrading, announced it surpassed 100 million in U.S. traded volume in a singleday as of 2:41 PM EDT. http://www.liquidnet.com KIDS SPONSORED... SINGAPORE: International gold firm Zurich Gold Exchange, Pte. Ltd.(Singapore) is sponsoring kids in need -- putting solid "Gold" into their"stuffed bags." GLOBAL MOBILIZATION... NEW YORK: On October 16th and 17th, millions all over the world will onceagain Stand Up and Speak Out against poverty and inequality and in support ofthe Millennium Development Goals. http://www.standagainstpoverty.org http://www.whiteband.org http://www.endpoverty2015.com ISTITHMAR REVISES... DUBAI: Istithmar PJSC, the leading private equity and alternative investmenthouse headquartered in Dubai, Wednesday announced that it has revised itsoffer to acquire Barneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, from JonesApparel Group Inc. at a purchase price of USD 942.3 million and undercompetitive terms in the share purchase agreement. http://www.istithmar.ae DRUG-DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY... BEND, Ore.: Bend Research Inc. Wednesday announced a new initiative to makeavailable Pfizer's drug-delivery technology for improving the clinical value ofexperimental compounds. http://www.bendresearch.com RESPIRATOR OUTPERFORMS... JEFFERSON, N.C.: The U.S. Government, in pre-pandemic preparation, hasstockpiled over 100 million N95 respirators. http://www.nextsafety.com WATER PURIFICATION... MOUNT PLEASANT: Starpharma Wednesday announced that its wholly ownedsubsidiary Dendritic Nanotechnologies Inc (DNT) will develop its proprietarytechnology to purify water following the award of a contract with the USDepartment of Defenses (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and DevelopmentProgram. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.