all - Opinion Summaries

WMS Gaming Inc. v. WPC Gaming Prods. Ltd.

Gaming Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trademark
In a trademark-infringement suit, award of actual damages is reversed and remanded where: 1) plaintiff had clearly requested in its pleadings both...

Carnegie Mellon Univ. v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement suit over patents relating to plasmids for the enhanced expression of an enzyme, summary judgments of invalidity of certain claims...

Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V. v. Apotex, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action arising from alleged infringement of plaintiff's patent for the drug Risperdal, dismissal of defendant's counterclaims for lack of...

In re Swanson

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case regarding the reexamination of a patent for a method of quantitatively analyzing small amounts of biological fluids, a Board of Patent...

Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco v. Culbro Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a case arising from a dispute over the ownership of the COHIBA mark on cigars sold in the U.S., denial of motion directing U.S. Patent and...

Omega v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement action under 17 U.S.C. sections 106(3) and 602(a), grant of summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where...

EraGen Bioscience, Inc. v. Nucleic Acids Licensing LLC

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute arising out of a patent licensing agreement that had been purportedly terminated by defendant, the district court's judgment is vacated...

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. v. Wright Med. Tech., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit claiming infringement of a patent for an artificial knee prosthesis, judgment of noninfringement to which plaintiff stipulated on the basis...

800 Adept, Inc. v. Murex Sec., Ltd.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent suit over technology for routing toll-free telephone calls to appropriate service locations, judgments of infringement, invalidity, and...

Venture Tape Corp. v. McGills Glass Warehouse

Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Sanctions, Trademark
In a Lanham Act claim of liability for infringement of the registered trademarks "Venture Tape" and "Venture Foil", judgment in favor of...