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Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. v. International Securities Exchange, LLC

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent infringement litigation concerning competing automated systems for trading on commodity futures exchanges: 1) the district court's judgment...

Minkin v. Gibbons, P.C.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice
In a suit alleging that a law firm committed legal malpractice in prosecuting a patent application, the district court's grant of summary judgment in...

In re EMC Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent litigation against numerous defendants brought in the Eastern District of Texas, a petition for mandamus seeking to have cases severed and...

Caldera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Regents of the University of California

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit alleging fraud and breach of a patent license agreement, the trial court's grant of the defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings is...

Landmark Screens, LLC v. Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius, LLP

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice
In a state-law fraud suit stemming from alleged acts of malpractice committed by a lawyer and his firm in connection with a patent application: 1) the...

Kappos v. Hyatt

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a civil action under 35 USC section 145 against the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) challenging the denial of a patent, the...

USPPS, Ltd. v. Avery Dennison Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice
In a suit for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud arising out of a licensee's and law firm's alleged failure to secure a patent on the licensed...

In re Pacific Pictures Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a suit by the company that owns intellectual property rights to the Superman character against a movie producer-attorney, claiming that he...

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A S

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent infringement litigation between a brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturer and a generic manufacturer, the Federal Circuit's holding denying a...

Bayer Schering Pharma AG v. Lupin, Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In consolidated patent infringement actions brought by a pharmaceutical manufacturer against defendants who filed abbreviated new drug applications...