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ELECS. FOR IMAGING, INC. v. COYLE

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
Dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction of complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief is reversed. Plaintiff established a prima facie case...

LEARNING CURVE TOYS, INC. v. PLAYWOOD TOYS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff had a protectable trade secret in a concept for a noise-producing toy railroad track under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act; a rational jury...

IN RE MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's refusal to register the word marks MONTANA SERIES and PHILADELPHIA CARD because Section 2(e)(1) of the Lanham...

ANCHOR WALL SYS., INC. v. ROCKWOOD RETAINING WALLS, INC.

Construction, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the district court erred in its claim construction of patents that claim the interlocking features of masonry blocks that can be stacked to...

CORDIS CORP. v. MEDTRONIC AVE, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court erred in its claim construction and its application of prosecution history estoppel for a patent dealing with expandable coronary...

NYSTROM v. TREX CO., INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Defendant's invalidity and unenforceability counterclaim as to various claims of a patent remains pending at the district court and the judgment...

FOREST LABS., INC. v. ABBOTT LABS.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Award of attorneys' fees is reversed where the district court erred in finding this case to be "exceptional" under 35 U.S.C. section 285 based on...

HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. v. MUSTEK SYS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A judgment of infringement of the asserted claims of an optical scanner patent is reversed, and a judgment of invalidity of the asserted claims of a...

SARGENT FLETCHER, INC. v. ABLE CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In an action by a manufacturer against a subcontractor for misappropriation of trade secrets under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, the trial...

HARVEY BARNETT, INC. v. SHIDLER

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Summary judgment was not appropriate on whether an "Infant Swimming Program," viewed comprehensively, was a trade secret under Colorado law; district...