all - Opinion Summaries

STROMBACK v. NEW LINE CINEMA

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright dispute, Plaintiff's claim that the movie "Little Nicky" infringes on his poem entitled "The Keeper" is dismissed where the two works...

CHIRCO v. MOCERI

Constitutional Law, Construction, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a dispute where the district court has yet to rule on plaintiff's main injunction for copyright infringement of condominium design, plaintiff's...

INT'L RECTIFIER CORP. v. IXYS CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The trial court's grant of a permanent injunction, prohibiting any future infringement of plaintiff's patent, is reversed where such a broad...

THE TORO CO. v. WHITE CONSOL. INDUS.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving a vacuum blower, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where the district court properly held that the disclosure...

GATEWAY INC. v. COMPANION PRODS.

Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
Defendant's product infringed plaintiff-Gateway's black and white cow and spots trademark where the spots have acquired distinctiveness through...

CITIZENS FIN. GROUP v. CITIZENS NAT'L BANK OF EVANS CITY

Banking Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute over a bank's name, judgment against defendant-CNBEC is reversed where plaintiff is not entitled to a declaratory judgement...

JERRY'S FAMOUS DELI, INC. v. PAPANICOLAOU

Intellectual Property, Sanctions, Trademark
In a trademark dispute over deli-style restaurants, defendant's civil contempt for violation of a stipulated injunction governing trademark use is...

GROSSO v. MIRAMAX FILM CORP.

Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Plaintiff's claim for breach of an implied-in-fact contract is not preempted by the Copyright Act where it alleges an extra element, the bilateral...

MONSANTO CO. v. RALPH

Agriculture, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute concerning patented plant seeds, jury award for patent infringement is affirmed where defendant did not show that it was unlawful,...

BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC. v. DIMENSION FILMS

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Summary judgment against plaintiff's claim of infringement of its sound recording copyright is reversed where no substantial similarity or de minimis...