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Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In plaintiff's copyright-infringement case against defendant for infringement of its copyright on George Clinton's song, based on the use of the...

Imation Corp. v. Koninklijke Philips Elec. N.V.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's case against defendants arising from a patent license agreement dispute, judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants is reversed...

Schering-Plough Healthcare Prod., Inc.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law, Intellectual Property
In plaintiff's Lanham Act suit against defendants involving an oral laxative and over-the-counter versions of the drug manufactured by defendants,...

Sunstar, Inc. v. Alberto-Culver Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, International Law, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case involving interpretation of a trademark licensing agreement of defendant's "VO5" trademark and Japanese trademark...

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Universal-MCA Music Publ'g., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In plaintiffs' lawsuit against defendants, alleging copyright infringement and various state law claims relating to the use of samples in rap...

In re: DDAVP Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action alleging that defendant drug manufacturers conspired to maintain a monopoly in the market for desmopressin acetate tablets, dismissal of...

Premium Mortgage Corp. v. Equifax, Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Property Law & Real Estate, Trade Secrets
In an action for misappropriation of trade secrets against credit reporting agencies engaged in the practice of permitting lenders competing with...

Bd. of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr., Univ. v. Roche Molecular Sys. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving claim methods for quantifying HIV in human blood samples, district court's judgment is affirmed in part and vacated and...

Advanced Software Design Corp. v. Fed. Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case involving a method for detecting fraudulent bank checks, district court's dismissal of certain counts of plaintiff's...

Janssen Pharm. N.V. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving a method for treating Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, district court's conclusion that the claims of the patent...