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Western Diversified Servs., Inc. v. Hyundai Motor Am., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a claim for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. sections 1051-1127, the willfulness required to support an award of profits or...

Callicrate v. Wadsworth Manufacturing, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a complex infringement case, substantial evidence did not support the jury's verdicts of non-infringement and invalidity of the Plaintiff's...

Sorensen v. International Trade Commission

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where a patent claim within an injection molding patent required that the first and second materials have -different characteristics,- an identical...

Hacny Transp. v. Chu

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
Claims for misappropriation of trade secrets are foreclosed by Section 8(a) of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act only when they rest on the conduct that...

Andretti v. Borla Perf. Indus.

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies
In a dispute concerning the right of publicity of a public figure, the district court properly issued the permanent injunction sought by plaintiff and...

Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A licensee in good standing under a patent, and not in reasonable apprehension of suit, cannot bring a declaratory action to challenge the patent...

Sicom Sys. v. Agilent Tech.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of plaintiff's infringement action is affirmed where plaintiff did not qualify as an "effective patentee" and therefore lacked standing...

State of Idaho Potato Cmm'n v. G & T Terminal Packaging

Administrative Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
The district court correctly ruled that a no-challenge provision in plaintiff's licensing agreement with defendant is unenforceable where the...

Novo Nordisk Pharm. v. Bio-Tech. Gen. Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning human growth hormones, the district court improperly ruled that plaintiff's patent was invalid based on anticipation...

Invitrogen Corp. v. Biocrest Mfg.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning DNA, the trial court's judgment of invalidity is reversed where it relied on an incorrect understanding of public use.