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FERGUSON BEAUREGARD v. MEGA SYS., LLC

Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
In a patent infringement case concerning systems for petroleum production, the district court's evidentiary rulings are affirmed as there is no record...

JORGENSEN v. EPIC/SONY RECORDS

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Evidence of corporate receipt of unsolicited work is insufficient to raise a triable issue of access where there is no evidence of any connection...

WELL-MADE TOY MFG. CORP. v. GOFFA INT'L CORP.

Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement action involving a rag doll, 1) registration of the copyright in a work does not implicitly register the copyright in its...

3M INNOVATIVE PROPS. CO. v. AVERY DENNISON CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action, the district court's finding that defendant did not infringe an adhesive film patent, either literally or under the...

RANBAXY PHARM., INC. v. APOTEX, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent infringement action involving the drug cefuroxime axetil, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, the district court's denial of preliminary...

PHONOMETRICS, INC. v. WESTIN HOTEL CO.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action, the district court's award of attorney's fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. section 285 and 28 U.S.C. section 1927 is...

ASSESSMENT TECHS. OF WI, LLC v. WIREDATA, INC.

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
Plaintiff, a database software manufacturer, cannot by contract or copyright prevent municipalities from revealing their own data that exists within...

GENEVA PHARM. INC. v. GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The US District Court's granting summary judgment invalidating the claims of several patents for nonstatutory double patenting is affirmed as the...

COMBINED SYS., INC. v. DEF. TECH. CORP. OF AM.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Appellant's summary judgment appeal is affirmed. The district court correctly construed the disputed terms of the asserted claim and its methodology...

CFMT, INC. v. YIELDUP INT'L. CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action concerning a system for cleaning semiconductor wafers, judgement in favor of defendant is reversed in part and vacated...