all - Opinion Summaries

SCHEIBER v. DOLBY LAB., INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit to enforce a patent license agreement, a patent owner may not enforce a contract for payment of patent royalties beyond the expiration date...

IN RE MICHAEL P. DOYLE

Intellectual Property, Patent
The Board of Patent Appeals erred in extending the doctrine of In re Orita, 550 F.2d 1277, to affirm the rejection of pending claims based on a method...

JUICY WHIP, INC. v. ORANGE BANG, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Verdict does not support evidence that claims, on a patent for a beverage dispenser, were invalid as having been in prior public use, and the record...

FRANK'S CASING CREW & RENTAL TOOLS, INC. v. PMR TECH., LTD.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In appeals from declaratory judgment in a patent claim, 1) assignee of a patent waived its personal jurisdiction defense by filing new infringement...

HOLMES GROUP, INC. v. VORNADO AIR CIRCULATION SYS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Dress
Where a complaint seeks declaratory judgment of non-infringement of trade dress and an injunction against such accusations, but does not assert a...

BECKSON MARINE, INC. v. NFM, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where district court's claim interpretation is not supported by the record, a judgment of non-infringement of a boat portlight patent is vacated and...

PIXTON v. B&B PLASTICS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
District court has subject matter jurisdiction over an action where a complaint expressly sets out an action for patent infringement, and the fact...

BERMAN v. HOUSEY

Intellectual Property, Patent
Whether a patent claim is barred under 35 U.S.C. section 135(b) is a threshold issue, and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences properly...

FESTO CORP. v. SHOKETSU KINZOKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI CO., LTD.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Prosecution history estoppel may apply to any claim amendment made to satisfy the Patent Act's requirements, not just to amendments made to avoid the...

TRANSCLEAN CORP. v. BRIDGEWOOD SERV., INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark, Patent
In multiple appeals from patent and trademark infringement claims, 1) summary judgment of infringement as a discovery sanction was not an abuse of...