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Delaware Federal Judge Moves Patent Dispute To California Court
WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Judge Gregory Sleet of the District of Delaware agreed March 6 to transfer a dispute over a technology patent to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California...
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Motion To Compel Altered By Nevada Federal Magistrate Judge In Patent Dispute
LAS VEGAS - A Nevada federal judge on March 11 adopted in part a federal magistrate judge's order compelling a patent infringement plaintiff to produce certain unredacted documents (Ferring B.V. v....
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Massachusetts Federal Magistrate Judge Compels Discovery In Patent Dispute
BOSTON - A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge on March 4 ordered a defendant to produce information regarding tests it performed on accused products in a patent dispute (Koninklijke Philips...
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Federal Circuit Issues Partial Reversal Of Re-Examination Findings
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A decision by the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences (BPAI) that rejected various claims of an online advertising patent was vacated in part on March 7 by the Federal...
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Federal Circuit Reverses In Dispute Over Online Zoom Patent
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A California federal judge erred in finding that a defendant had not infringed an asserted claim in a since-expired patent covering an online zoom feature, the Federal Circuit U.S....
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Delaware Federal Judge Disqualifies Counsel In Patent Action
WILMINGTON, Del. - A defendant's motion to disqualify a patent infringement plaintiff's lead counsel was granted March 4, when a Delaware federal judge agreed that the firm has an impermissible...
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Federal Circuit Partly Reverses In Dispute Over Animal Collar Patents
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Although largely affirming findings in a dispute over electric animal collar patents, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 6 found that a Washington federal judge...
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Record Labels, United States Say No Review Needed For File-Sharing Damages Award
Case: Jammie Thomas-Rasset v. Capitol Records Inc., et al., No. 12-715, U.S. Sup.; See 12/17/12, Page 46....(read more)
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Lyrics Writer: Court Erred In Finding No Similarity In Elton John Song
Case: Guy Hobbs v. Elton John, et al., No. 12-3652, 7th Cir....(read more)
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Authors Fail To Rebut Arguments Against Class Certification, Google Says
Case: The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc., No. 12-3200, 2nd Cir.; See 3/4/13, Page 42....(read more)
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Supreme Court Should Affirm Validity Of Gene Patents, Myriad Argues
Case: The Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al., No. 12-398, U.S. Sup.; See 3/4/13, Page 34....(read more)
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Safe Harbor For Generic Testing Needs Review, Drugmaker Tells High Court
Case: Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sandoz Inc. v. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al., No. 12-1033, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 958....(read more)
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Jurisdiction Ruling For Lanham Act Claims Debated In Website Dispute
Case: Traton News, LLC v. Traton Corp., et al., No. 12-4139, 6th Cir....(read more)
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Dental Clinics, Lawyers Argue Propriety Of Anti-SLAPP Ruling
Case: NCDR, L.L.C., et al. v. Mauze & Bagby, P.L.L.C., et al., No. 12-41243, 5th Cir....(read more)
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Yasmin, Yaz Gallbladder Cases Settled For $24M By Bayer; Payouts Are...
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $24 million to resolve claims of plaintiffs who allege that they developed gallbladder disease or underwent gallbladder surgery as...
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari To File-Sharer Hit With $222,000 In Damages
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In its March 18 orders list, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari brought by a Minnesota woman who had a $222,000 copyright infringement damages award against her...
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Magistrate Denies Summary Judgment On Bad Faith Claim In E&O Coverage Dispute
BOSTON - A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge on March 14 found that an errors and omissions insurer's performance of initially honoring and then dishonoring a life insurance agent's timely policy...
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Agencies Breach ERISA Duties By Failing To Adequately Fund Plan, 2nd Circuit...
NEW YORK - Not-for-profit agencies breached their fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by failing to increase contributions made to a multiemployer welfare benefits plan...
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Split 11th Circuit Panel: Underlying Complaints Properly Considered In...
ATLANTA - A trial court properly looked beyond the pleadings presented in a declaratory judgment case over insurance coverage available to a contractor, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel...
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4th Circuit: Employee Failed To Prove Retaliation, Assault
RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia federal court properly rejected a worker's lawsuit against her former employer alleging a hostile work environment, retaliatory discharge and assault and battery, the Fourth...
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