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BANCORP SERVS., L.L.C. v. HARTFORD LIFE INS. CO.

Banking Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Plaintiff's patent, describing a system for administering and tracking the value of life insurance policies in separate accounts, is not fatally...

PFIZER INC. v. DR. REDDY'S LABS., LTD.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment of non-infringement is reversed. The extended term of plaintiff's patent covers amlodipine and any salt or ester, as provided by 35 U.S.C....

CHEF AM., INC. v. LAMB-WESTON, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Plaintiff's patent, concerning a process for producing a flaky-textured dough product, unambiguously requires that the dough be heated "to" (rather...

SULZER TEXTIL A.G. v. PICANOL N.V.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent cases in which claim construction rulings on disputed claim terms are made prior to trial and followed by the parties during the course of...

UNIV. OF ROCHESTER v. G.D. SEARLE & CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent, directed to methods for selectively inhibiting mammalian prostaglandin H synthase-2 (PGHS-2) activity by adminstering a non-steroidal...

SUPERGUIDE CORP. v. DIRECTV ENTERS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court's finding that defendants did not infringe three of plaintiff's patents, relating to interactive electronic program guides, is...

LIEBEL-FLARSHEIM CO. v. MEDRAD, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of noninfringement is reversed. The common specification of two of plaintiff's fluid-injector patents does not limit the scope of the...

NOMOS CORP. v. BRAINLAB USA, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of noninfringement of a patent was properly granted to defendants. The structure of defendants' ExacTrac device, a patient...

FIELDTURF, INC. v. S.W. RECREATIONAL INDUS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Sports Law
Plaintiffs, putative exclusive licensees of an artificial-turf patent, lack a substantial interest in that patent, and thus lack standing to enforce...

MICROSOFT CORP. v. MULTI-TECH SYS., INC.

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court properly construed the asserted claims of three of defendant's patents to be limited to communications over a telephone line and to...