all - Opinion Summaries

Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement suit over a design patent for a nail buffer, summary judgment of noninfringement is affirmed where: 1) the "point of novelty" test...

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Org. v. Buffalo Tech. Inc.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case alleging infringement of wireless local area network patents, summary judgment rulings for plaintiff are affirmed in part and vacated in...

Broadcom Corp. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Patent
A determination by the International Trade Commission that certain chipsets did not infringe the claims of two of appellant's patents is affirmed in...

Campbell Pet Co. v. Miale

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement of patents for mobile folding stretchers for transporting injured animals, dismissal...

ExcelStor Tech., Inc. v. Papst Licensing GMBH & Co. KG

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action claiming fraud and breach of contract arising out of an agreement to license a patent for the manufacture of hard disk drives, dismissal...

AutoZone, Inc. v. Strick

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a suit alleging both federal and state trademark infringement over marks used for automotive services businesses, summary judgment for defendant is...

Asset Marketing v. Gagnon

Commercial Law, Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In a software copyright and trade secret case, summary judgment for defendant on the grounds of an implied license to retain, use and modify the...

Facenda v. N.F.L. Films, Inc.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Sports Law, Trademark
In a suit by the estate of a broadcaster claiming that defendant's use of the broadcaster's voice in a program about the video game "Madden NFL 06"...

Med. Solutions, Inc. v. C Change Surgical LLC

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit claiming infringement of plaintiff's patents for devices that control the temperature of medical and surgical fluids, dismissal for lack of...

Univ. of Pittsburgh v. Townsend

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a university's suit claiming that defendants misappropriated plaintiff's rights and interests in a type of medical-scanning technology that the...