all - Opinion Summaries

Delta & Pine Land Co. v. Monsanto Co.

Agriculture, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade, Patent
In a dispute involving an exclusive license agreement for the use of patented technology for production of genetically-modified cotton plants, summary...

Panduit Corp. v. HellermannTyton Corp.

Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a contract and patent case involving multi-channel wiring raceway systems, summary judgment for defendant finding that it had not breached a...

Marder v. Lopez

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) of plaintiff's copyright and related claims involving the movie "Flashdance" is affirmed...

Xerox Corp. v. 3Com Corp.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving a system and method for computerized handwriting recognition, summary judgment of invalidity for anticipation and...

M2 Software, Inc. v. M2 Communications, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Drugs & Biotech, Entertainment Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A decision dismissing a mark holder's opposition to the registration of a mark for interactive multimedia CD-ROMs containing information on the fields...

Apotex, Inc. v. Food & Drug Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Intellectual Property
In a dispute between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and several generic drug manufacturers, a district court's refusal to grant a preliminary...

Pactiv Corp. v. Dow Chem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of plaintiff's declaratory judgment action against a chemical company in which it sought a judgment of noninfringement, invalidity, and...

Liquid Dynamics Corp. v. Vaughan Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
Denial of defendant's JMOL motion on issues of non-infringement, invalidity, willful infringement, and unenforceability due to inequitable conduct is...

In re: Appraisal of Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Securities Law
In a discovery dispute involving a proposed confidentiality order, it is determined that the discovery order contain a single confidentiality tier as...

Shadewell Grove IP, LLC v. Mrs. Fields Franchising, LLC

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Judgment is entered in favor of defendant on claims arising from alleged breaches of three licensing agreements and the covenants of good faith and...