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Russo v. Ballard Med. Prods.

Contracts, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies, Trade Secrets
In a suit brought by a medical device inventor against defendant-company claiming that the company misappropriated his trade secret and breached the...

Rentrop v. Spectranetics Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Final judgment for plaintiff in a catheter-patent infringement case is affirmed. Appellant waived its argument regarding obviousness, because that...

Avocent Huntsville Corp. v. Aten Int'l Co., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Defendant, a Taiwanese company, did not purposefully submit itself to jurisdiction in Alabama by sending three letters asserting infringement, and...

Bd. of Supervisors for La. State Univ. Agric. & Mech. Coll. v. Smack Apparel Co.

Education Law, Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a trademark dispute alleging that defendant infringed trademarks by selling t-shirts with several universities' color schemes and other identifying...

Welker Bearing Co. v. PHD, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of noninfringement is affirmed where: 1) one of the allegedly infringing pin-clamps was not made, used, sold or offered for sale...

Sanofi-Synthelabo v. Apotex, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
District court correctly ruled that the patent for Plavix, a drug used to treat or prevent blood-thrombotic events, is valid. Appellee's reference...

Ilor, LLC v. Google, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action relating to a method for adding a user selectable function to a hyperlink, denial of Plaintiff's motion for preliminary...

Societe Civile Succession Richard Guino v. Renoir

Constitutional Law, Copyright, Intellectual Property, International Law
In a copyright infringement case, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) under Twin Books v. Walt Disney Co., 83 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir....

Netcraft Corp. v. eBay, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit over internet billing methods, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the claim language "providing a...

Takeda Chem. Indus., Ltd. v. Mylan Labs., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit over alleged infringement of a patent for the anti-diabetic drug pioglitazone, a finding that the case was exceptional and award of...