all - Opinion Summaries

INVITROGEN CORP. v. BIOCREST MFG., L.P.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the district court incorrectly construed the claims of a patent involving DNA technology, its summary judgment finding that defendant did not...

IN RE CELLNET DATA SYS., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property
Purchaser expressly excluded a license agreement from its purchase of debtor's intellectual property and thus severed benefits of royalties from...

KP PERMANENT MAKE-UP, INC. v. LASTING IMPRESSION I, INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
A reasonable jury in a trademark infringement action could not conclude that "micro colors" is a generic term, and incontestible registration is...

RF DELAWARE, INC. v. PAC. KEYSTONE TECHS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court erred in construing the claim terms "filter bed" and "filter media" in a water filtration patent, and also erred in granting...

SILENT DRIVE, INC. v. STRONG INDUS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Personal jurisdiction exists over an out of state defendant where (1) defendant obtained a Texas state court injunction, (2) defendant was a named...

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. RHONE-POULENC RORER, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court's holding that defendant committed inequitable conduct in obtaining a patent, involving a semi-synthesis of taxol, a cancer...

BROOKHILL-WILK 1, LLC v. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the district court erred in construing the limitation "remote location" in a patent directed to systems and methods for performing robotic...

BRIDGMON v. ARRAY SYS., CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
A copyright infringement plaintiff's failure to adduce evidence to allow a comparison between his registered computer program and an allegedly...

INTERACTIVE PRODS. CORP. v. A2Z MOBILE OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.

Cyberspace Law, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Plaintiff has not presented any evidence that presence of a trademark name in the post-domain path of defendant's web page is likely to cause consumer...

AURA LAMP & LIGHTING, INC. v. INT'L TRADING CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
The Federal Circuit has jurisdiction over an appeal where a complaint contained a claim for patent invalidity, but an appeal from the district court's...