all - Opinion Summaries

IN RE WATTS

Intellectual Property, Patent
The US Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences properly sustained the examiner's rejection of several claims of a patent application directed to a...

PLAYBOY ENTER., INC. v. NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Genuine issues of material fact exist with respect to defendants' practice of requiring adult-oriented companies to link their banner ads to search...

DEGIDIO v. WEST GROUP CORP.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
LAWOFFICES is not a protectible mark because it is descriptive and it has not acquired a secondary meaning. Summary judgment was properly awarded to...

IN RE CURTIS

Intellectual Property, Patent
In rejecting several claims of a US Patent for dental floss, the Board of Patent Appeals properly denied the inventors the benefit of the earlier...

HIDROFILTROS, DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. v. REXAIR, INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Although the settlement agreement between the two parties, arising from a prior trademark dispute, gives exclusive jurisdiction to the district court...

ECO MFG. LLC v. HONEYWELL INT'L INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark
The record supports district judge's refusal to enjoin plaintiff from marketing a round thermostat. The likelihood of a subsequent finding that a...

CHICAGO BD. OF EDUC. v. SUBSTANCE, INC.

Copyright, Intellectual Property, Media Law
District court erred in dismissing the fair use defense raised by a local newspaper after reproducing several standardized "secure tests" copyrighted...

GUCCI AM., INC. v. DAFFY'S, INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Plaintiff unsuccessfully appeals the district court's denial of its request for an order compelling defendant to recall counterfeit handbags, and of...

MATTEL INC. v. WALKING MOUNTAIN PROD.

Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
Artist's use of the copyrighted Barbie doll constitutes fair use; his works are highly transformative parodies with no discernible impact on...

MEDICHEM, S.A. v. ROLABO, S.L.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because it failed to recognize that claims 1 and 2 of plaintiff's patent plainly anticipate claims 1 and 17 of defendant's patent, the district court...