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TRINTEC INDUS. v. PEDRE PROMO. PROD. INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction is vacated where plaintiff made a prima facie...

FUJI PHOTO FILM CO. v. JAZZ PHOTO CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning disposable cameras, the district court did not err in finding defendant liable for direct and induced infringement and...

BRUNO INDEP. LIVING AIDS, INC. v. ACORN MOBILITY SERV.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning stairlifts, an award of attorney fees to defendant is affirmed where the district court did not err in its...

LAMLE v. MATTEL, INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a breach of contract dispute concerning a board game, summary judgment in favor of defendant is vacated where a genuine issue of material fact...

BUSINESS OBJECTS v. MICROSTRATEGY, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning improvements to searching relational databases, the district court erred in its finding of non-infringement under the...

ELEC. FOR IMAGING, INC. v. COYLE

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning computer printing technology, the district court abused its discretion by dismissing plaintiff's lawsuit under the...

BROOKS FURNITURE MFR. v. DUTAILIER INT'L INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute, the award of attorney fees to plaintiff is vacated where there is not clear and convincing evidence of bad faith by defendant in...

STAR FRUITS S.N.C. v. US

Intellectual Property, Patent
The United States Patent and Trademark Office did not act unlawfully when it deemed plaintiff's patent application abandoned for failing to respond to...

STEPHENS v. TECH INT'L INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit for patent infringement, the grant of defendant's motion for attorney's fees is reversed where the district court erred in finding the case...

IN RE CRISH

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning purified DNA molecules having promoter activity for the human involucrin gene, plaintiff's claims are unpatentable on...