all - Opinion Summaries

JACK GUTTMAN, INC. v. KOPYKAKE ENT., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction was improper where it was based on a construction of patent claims at odds with the clear definitions...

ELAN PHARM., INC. v. MAYO FOUND. FOR MED. EDUC. & RESEARCH

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment holding that patents directed to transgenic animals were invalid as anticipated is reversed, where the legal requirements of...

BBA NONWOVENS SIMPSONVILLE, INC. v. SUPERIOR NONWOVENS, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
Claimed trade secret technology satisfied each of the statutory requirements for existence of a trade secret under South Carolina law, and the record...

MINNESOTA MINING AND MFG. CO. v. CHEMQUE, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A claim of a patent related to compositions of encapsulants used for protecting signal transmission devices was infringed by inducement, and was not...

MASCO CORP. v. US

Government Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent claims against the U.S., directed to an electronic dial combination lock, the Court of Federal Claims erred in construing a "transmitting a...

MONSANTO CO. v. MCFARLING

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
An injunction was proper where defendant conceded violation of a technology agreement, a reasonable likelihood of success existed on issues of...

BRASSICA PROT. PROD. LLC v. SUNRISE FARMS

Intellectual Property, Patent
Patents related to methods of preparing food products to reduce the risk of developing cancer are invalid, as anticipated by prior art which...

BOWERS v. BAYSTATE TECH., INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent
Where breach of contract damages arose from the same copying and included the same lost sales that formed the basis for copyright damages, district...

BIONX IMPLANTS, INC. v. LINVATEC CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Claim construction on a patent related to a surgical fastener were correct, but judgment of noninfringement was improper where a test was not rendered...

BAYER AG v. CARLSBAD TECH., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court correctly determined a patent expiration date, where the disclaimed term of the patent was due to another patent whose expiration...