all - Opinion Summaries

DYNACORE HOLDINGS CORP. v. U.S. PHILIPS CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment of noninfringement is affirmed. The accused products, which incorporate technology that facilitates the design of networks compliant with an...

MONSANTO CO. v. BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V.

Agriculture, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of noninfringement, inequitable conduct, and collateral estoppel was erroneously entered for plaintiff in this declaratory action;...

CHIRON CORP. v. GENENTECH, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because of a failure to satisfy the written description requirement, plaintiff is not entitled to priority back to 1984 for claims broadly construed...

SUMMIT TECH., INC. v. NIDEK CO., LTD.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Insufficient evidence supported the jury verdict of infringement as to two patents covering basic aspects of laser eye surgery technology; judgment as...

KINIK CO. v. INT'L TRADE COMM'N

Intellectual Property, International Trade, Patent
Intervenors' patent was not infringed to produce certain abrasive articles imported by the appellant; the International Trade Commission's judgment of...

ARNOLD P'SHIP v. DUDAS

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
District court did not err in upholding the Patent and Trademark Office's interpretation of 35 U.S.C. section 156's "first commercial marketing"...

EXXON MOBIL CORP. v. SAUDI BASIC INDUS. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
Because plaintiff's federal claims are identical to the claims in which the Delaware Superior Court reached a final judgment, the Rooker-Feldman...

SAUDI BASIC INDUS. CORP. v. EXXON CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
Because the district court did not require defendant to satisfy the requisites for the injunctive relief it requested, the order enforcing the...

GLOBETROTTER SOFTWARE, INC. v. ELAN COMPUTER GROUP, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because plaintiff's communications asserting infringement of its patent were not objectively baseless, defendant's state-law tort and unfair...

IN RE SULLIVAN

Intellectual Property, Patent
The Board of Patent Appeals' redeclaration of the interference in this case, and its decision to terminate the interference after an early concession...