all - Opinion Summaries

Thompkins v. Lil' Joe Records, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In case involving a rap artist who sold copyrights to works for future royalties to a recording company that went bankrupt, summary judgment for...

SEB S.A. v. Sunbeam Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In case where jury held against defendants for breach of contract and part of judgment was reversed on appeal based on erroneous calculation of...

Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Texas Sys. v. Nippon Tel. & Telegraph Corp.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patent, Trade Secrets
In a dispute involving the patent of lithium batteries, denial of a motion to dismiss brought by defendant, Japan's largest telecom company, following...

Vivid Video, Inc. v. Playboy Entm't Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Appeal from order on motion to compel arbitration is dismissed as, since the issue of whether any claims are to be arbitrated remains unresolved, no...

Voda v. Cordis Corp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patent
A decision assuming supplemental subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's foreign patent infringement claims is reversed where the district court...

In re Hot-Hed Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A petition for a writ of mandamus in a trademark case challenging denial of a motion to remand and requesting such remand is granted in part to the...

Israel Bio-Engineering Project v. Amgen, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant in a patent infringement action involving a pharmaceutical to treat rheumatoid arthritis is affirmed where plaintiff...

Goswani v. Lennox Indus., Inc.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a contract action brought by the inventor of a patented air filtration and purification system who transferred ownership of the system and...

Andersen Corp. v. Fiber Composites, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents relating to composite materials made from a mixture of polymer and wood fiber, the judgment of the...

Brilliance Audio, Inc. v. Haights Cross Communications, Inc.

Commercial Law, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Trademark
In the context of the "first sale" exception in trademark law that provides a defense to claims of infringement, resale of a product does not fall...