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Central Mfg., Inc. v. Brett

Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trademark
In a suit for trademark infringement and unfair competition against a baseball bat manufacturer and a prominent former baseball player, summary...

Phelps & Assocs. v. Galloway

Construction, Copyright, Intellectual Property
In suit by architectural firm for copyright infringement for defendant's use of plaintiff firm's architectural plans, damage award for plaintiff, but...

Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving a magnetically coupled piston, a judgment of non-infringement in favor of defendant is affirmed as: 1) foreseeability...

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa Int'l Serv. Ass'n

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a suit brought against Visa and affiliated banks and data processing services, alleging secondary liability under federal copyright and trademark...

Hutchins v. Zoll Med. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal arising from charges of patent and copyright infringement based on a computer-assisted system of administering emergency procedures,...

Honeywell Int'l, Inc. v. Universal Avionics Sys. Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case concerning a patent on aircraft technology that Honeywell asserted against defendant, a judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where: 1)...

Hansen Beverage Co. v. Nat'l Beverage Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
Grant of a preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant from infringing upon the trade dress of Hansen Beverage Company's line of "Monster" energy...

Takeda Chem. Indus., Ltd. v. Alphapharm Pty., Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A decision finding that a patent for a compound used in a diabetes drug was not shown to be invalid under 35 U.S.C. section 103 is affirmed where the...

Hyatt v. Dudas

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent examiner, by complying with the PTO's Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) section 2163.04(I)(B) and the decision in In re Alton, 76...

Saunders Group, Inc. v. Comfortrac, Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving competitors in the market for relatively inexpensive and lightweight cervical traction devices, summary...