all - Opinion Summaries

OAKLEY, INC. v. SUNGLASS HUT INT'L

Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
A preliminary injunction, affecting certain of defendants' sunglass lenses that the court held to be likely to infringe plaintiff's patent, was not an...

HOMEDICS, INC. v. VALLEY FORGE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Underlying patent infringement claims did not invoke a duty to defend under a commercial general liability policy, under California law.

IN RE PETERSON

Intellectual Property, Patent
The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences did not err in finding that claims of a patent related to superalloys used in engine manufacture were...

AMGEN, INC. v. HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent claims related to the production of a hormone that controls the formation of red blood cells in bone marrow, the district court's...

PARADISE CREATIONS, INC. v. UV SALES, INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A suit for patent infringement must be dismissed for lack of Article III standing, where the plaintiff corporation claimed its patent rights under a...

GREEN MACHINE CORP. v. THE ZURICH-AM. INS. GROUP

Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
An insurer had no duty defend and indemnify a corporation in an underlying patent infringement action, as the claims did not fall within "advertising...

IN RE BASS

Intellectual Property, Patent
Claims of a patent directed to a fishing boat were properly rejected as obvious under 35 U.S.C. section 103.

TOXGON CORP. v. BNFL, INC.

Government Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
28 U.S.C. section 1498(a), pertaining to liability in patent suits involving the federal government, is an affirmative defense rather than a...

MIDDLETON, INC. v. MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In claims relating to patents for floor finishing materials, the district court failed to correctly construe the claims and determine whether...

VERVE, L.L.C. v. CRANE CAMS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In claims from patents relating to rods for internal combustion engines, 1) the court erred in requiring that intrinsic evidence of the specification...