all - Opinion Summaries

PLAYTEX PROD. INC. v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Dismissal of plaintiff's trademark infringement claim is affirmed where 1) the challenged junior trademark is not confusingly similar to the senior...

WE DO GRAPHICS, INC. v. MERCURY CAS. CO.

Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff's suit against its insurer, for its refusal to defend and indemnify it in a third party action, is dismissed where the underlying action did...

JOHN G. ALDEN, INC. v. JOHN G. ALDEN INS. AGENCY

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement action, summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where the district court failed to comply with Federal Rule of...

CAMPBELL PLASTICS ENG'G v. BROWNLEE

Intellectual Property, Military Law, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning a gas mask, plaintiff forfeited title to the patent by failing to comply with the disclosure provisions of the parties'...

C.R. BARD, INC. v. US SURGICAL CORP.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning a device used to repair hernias, judgment of non-infringement is affirmed where defendant's device did not include a...

GEN. TECH. APPLICATIONS v. EXRO LTDA

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
In a claim for litigation proceeds recovered in a patent-infringement suit, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, denying defendant-foreign...

DAIMLERCHRYSLER v. THE NET INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Defendants violated the Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act with their registration of the domain name "foradodge.com" where the mark qualifies as...

CATERPILLAR, INC. v. STRUMAN INDUS.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning residual magnetism, judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the district court erred in allowing a presumed...

LEXMARK INT'L, INC. v. STATIC CONTROL

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies
In a copyright dispute concerning computer programs, a preliminary injunction against defendant is reversed where plaintiff failed to establish a...

CAPO, INC. v. DIOPTICS MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning sunglass lenses, dismissal of plaintiff's declaratory judgment action for noninfringement is reversed where the...