all - Opinion Summaries

HUMANOIDS GROUP v. ROGAN

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark
In a trademark case, the court decided that the United States Patent and Trademark Office may reject an application to register a trademark because...

ELI LILLY v. ARADIGM CORP.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute, the Court reversed the district court's denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law on a joint inventorship...

CAPITOL RECORDS, INC. v. NAXOS OF AMERICA, INC.

Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a copyright dispute, the Court reversed summary judgment and found for plaintiff, concluding that the case raises unsettled issues of New York...

PLAYMAKERS v. ESPN

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement action concerning the mark PLAYMAKERS, the district court denied plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction and the...

AFG INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CARDINAL IG COMPANY, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning windows, the Court reversed summary judgment for defendant's claim of noninfringement because a factual dispute still...

THE BEACON MUT. INS. CO. v. ONEBEACON INS.

Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
The court reversed summary judgment in favor of defendants where a factfinder could have reasonably inferred that actual confusion injured the...

SWIRSKY v. CAREY

Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a copyright case, the Court reversed summary judgment for defendants, finding that the plaintiff's expert evidence was sufficient to present a...

MID-LIST PRESS v. NORA

Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
Company was entitled to permanent injunction preventing company president from using the company's trade name and ISBN number on his book of poetry,...

SEARFOSS v. PIONEER CONSOLIDATED CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning truck covers, the district court did not err in their finding of non-infringement as a matter of law under the doctrine...

TYPERIGHT KEYBOARD CORP.v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning ergonomic keyboards, the court reversed summary judgment for the defendants on defendant's claim of invalidity, and...