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MERCK v. TEVA PHARM.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning the treatment of osteoporosis, the district court incorrectly determined that plaintiff's patent was not invalid as...

SILICON IMAGE, INC. v. GENESIS MICROCHIP INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement dispute concerning specifications for digital interface, no final judgment was issued since conditions precedent to a...

WOODHAVEN HOMES & REALTY, INC. v. ROBBINS

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Intellectual Property
Prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled to recover attorney fees.

BROAD. MUSIC, INC. v. ROGER MILLER MUSIC, INC.

Copyright, Intellectual Property, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Under 17 U.S.C. section 304(a), when a copyright to an author's work is renewed after the author's death and that author is survived by a spouse and...

INDEP. INK v. ILL TOOL WORKS, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, Patent
A rebuttable presumption of market power arises from the possession of a patent over a tying product.

NYLOK CORP. v. FASTENER WORLD INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Trademark
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) provides an exception to the 120-day limit for service of process in cases where service must occur in a foreign country.

WYETH v. NATURAL BIOLOGICS, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
District court did not err in finding defendant misappropriated plaintiff's trade secret for producing bulk natural conjugated estrogens used in the...

TEVA PHARM. v. PFIZER, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, seeking a determination that its generic drug did not infringe defendant's patent, is affirmed where plaintiff failed...

TRINTEC INDUS. v. PEDRE PROMO. PROD. INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction is vacated where plaintiff made a prima facie...

BEETHOVEN.COM v. LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a challenge to the copyright license rates for webcasters, 1) plaintiffs' attempt to intervene in the case is denied where they lack standing and...