all - Opinion Summaries

VAIS ARMS, INC. v. VAIS

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute, summary judgment is granted to plaintiff where defendant abandoned his rights to the mark at issue by selling his business to...

IN RE BIGIO

Intellectual Property, Patent
The United States Patent and Trademark Office Board properly rejected plaintiff's hair brush patent application as obvious under 35 U.S.C. section...

KOITO MFG. v. TURN-KEY-TECH, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute, denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law is vacated with regard to anticipation and obviousness where...

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS v. GROKSTER LTD.

Communications Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Distributors of peer-to-peer file-sharing computer networking software may not be held contributorily or vicariously liable for copyright...

MARTHA GRAHAM SCH. v. MARTHA GRAHAM CTR.

Contracts, Copyright, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Education Law, Intellectual Property
In a case concerning copyright and contract issues relating to choreographed dances, the work-for-hire doctrine applies to works created by the...

SOCIETE DES HOTELS MERIDIEN v. LASALLE HOTEL OPERATING P'SHIP

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is reversed where plaintiff's stated claims under the Lanham Act,...

POWER MOSFET TECHS. v. SIEMENS

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning semiconductor power devices, the district court's judgment of noninfringement and denial of plaintiff's motion for a...

IN RE ELSNER

Agriculture, Intellectual Property, Patent
Rejection of plaintiff's plant patent application is reversed where the record is silent on the extent to which the foreign sales were known to the...

THE SCOTT FETZER CO. v. HOUSE OF VACUUMS, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case, summary judgment was granted to defendant as no reasonable jury could conclude that defendant misappropriated...

INNOVA/PURE WATER, INC. v. SAFARI WATER FILTRATION SYS.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning bottle filter caps, the district court erred in granting summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of defendants...