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Federal Circuit Affirms Award, Vacates Injunction In Patent Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A software company awarded $260 million on patent infringement claims will keep its award, but the terms of a permanent injunction entered by a Texas federal magistrate judge were...
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Pennsylvania Federal Judge Grants Partial Summary Judgment In Patent Case
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Allegations that a patent infringement plaintiff's failure to comply with the patent-marking statute bars it from recovering infringement damages during certain time periods were...
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D.C. Circuit Affirms FDA's Exclusivity Ruling In Seroquel Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia federal judge did not err in granting the Food and Drug Administration summary judgment on allegations the agency improperly denied the makers of the brand...
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Federal Circuit Affirms Re-Examination Findings
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) properly sustained the patentability of various claims of a mechanism for bicycle gear...
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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari, Remands In Fraud Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing its recent ruling in Gunn v. Minton (568 U.S. ___ 2013; See 3/4/13, Page 6), the U.S. Supreme Court on April 15 granted certiorari in a dispute over a failed patent...
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2nd Circuit Affirms $33.72M Kodak Award In Asia Optical Patent Dispute
NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 1 affirmed a ruling by a district court awarding bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. more than $33.72 million in a patent licensing dispute with Asia...
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VirnetX Sues Microsoft In Texas Court, Says Skype Infringes Patents
TYLER, Texas - A license granted to Microsoft Corp. following an adverse verdict on patent infringement allegations has since been exceeded by the software giant, VirnetX Inc. alleged in an April 22...
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Illinois Federal Judge Grants Partial Summary Judgment In Trademark Dispute
PEORIA, Ill. - Because a plaintiff continued to use a series of trademarks over a three-month period in 2011 despite knowledge that such use was unlicensed, a counterclaimant won partial summary...
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Judgment On The Pleadings Granted In Dispute Over 'Honky Tonk' Trademark
HOUSTON - Citing a trademark infringement plaintiff's prior use of a common-law mark, a Texas federal judge on April 30 granted judgment on the pleadings (Mohammad Ayman Jarrah, et al. v. Justin Z....
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Lanham Act Claims Survive Dismissal In New Hampshire Case
CONCORD, N.H. - A New Hampshire federal judge on April 12 refused to dismiss allegations of false advertising levied in connection with hat boxes used to package and display spa products (Sarah's Hat...
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New Jersey Judge Says Venue Improper In Trademark Case
TRENTON, N.J. - A dispute over the "GR8" trademark was dismissed April 22 by a New Jersey federal judge, who found that the action could have been brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...
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Delaware Firm's Website Found 'Clearly Insufficient' To Confer Okla....
TULSA, Okla. - Because a Delaware-based firm did not intentionally direct its website or any other electronic activity toward Oklahoma, a federal judge in that state on April 12 declined to exercise...
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California Judge Won't Dismiss, Transfer Trademark Case
SAN DIEGO - Citing evidence that a trademark infringement defendant has sold and shipped products to California consumers while maintaining an interactive website and an in-store presence, a federal...
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Indiana Judge Won't Dismiss Trademark Case
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Finding that a trademark infringement plaintiff has "clearly made at least a prima facie showing" that personal jurisdiction can be exercised over four defendants, an Indiana federal...
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Infringement, Cybersquatting Claims In 'Space Walk' Dispute Partly Dismissed
NEW ORLEANS - A maker of inflatable amusements saw its trademark and cybersquatting claims dismissed by a Louisiana federal judge on April 11 because it did not own the mark at issue in the lawsuit...
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Wisconsin Judge Orders Dismissal Of Dispute Over Trademark
MILWAUKEE - A defendant accused of infringing the "Hearing Is Believing" trademark obtained dismissal of the allegations on April 28, when a Wisconsin federal judge agreed that jurisdiction is lacking...
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8th Circuit Remands Attorney Fees Award In Trademark Case
ST. LOUIS - An Arkansas federal judge did not err in entering judgment on a jury's verdict that rejected claims of trademark infringement, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled May 1 (B&B...
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NVIDIA Secures Dismissal Of California CFAA, Unfair Competition Claims
SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge agreed April 22 that allegations that NVIDIA Corp. violated the state unfair competition law (UCL), codified at California Business and Professions Code...
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ABC Wins Dismissal Of Copyright Claims In D.C. Federal Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Television network defendant American Broadcasting Cos. Inc. won summary judgment on copyright infringement claims on April 23, when a District of Columbia federal judge agreed that...
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Pennsylvania Federal Judge Dismisses Some Claims In Copyright Case
PHILADELPHIA - Allegations of copyright infringement levied in connection with "bootleg" books survived a motion to dismiss April 12; however, a Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed the vast majority...
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