all - Opinion Summaries

Group One Ltd. v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning a device and method of curling ribbon, the grant of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law is reversed and...

Arthrocare Corp v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning electrosurgical instruments, denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law is reversed where the jury's...

PC Connector Solutions v. Smartdisk Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement dispute concerning computer hardware, summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of defendant is affirmed where the...

California Scents v. Surco Prod. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 38, plaintiff reasonably relied on defendant's jury trial demand "as to all counterclaims," which preserved its...

Toney v. L'Oreal

Copyright, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Plaintiff's right of publicity claim, under the Illinois Right of Publicity Act, is not preempted by federal copyright law.

Clontech Lab. Inc. v. Invitrogen Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment in favor of plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant's molecular biology products were not covered by the patents used to mark those...

Surfvivor Media, Inc. v. Survivor Productions

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement claim concerning the television show "Survivor," summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where there is no...

The Gillette Co. v. Energizer Holdings, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning four-bladed safety razors, the district court erred in limiting plaintiff's patent to encompass safety razors with...

Am. Circuit Breaker Corp. v. Oregon Breakers Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute concerning circuit breakers, dismissal of plaintiff's claims is affirmed where it failed to produce a material fact as to...

Tyne v. Time Warner Entm't

Commercial Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property
The term "commercial purpose" as used in section 540.08, Florida Statutes, does not apply to publications, including motion pictures, which do not...