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ABBOTT LABS. v. NOVOPHARM LTD.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court did not err in granting summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of defendant, for no genuine issue of material fact exists in...

SATAVA v. LOWRY

Copyright, Intellectual Property
Art sculptures at issue were composed of unprotectable ideas and standard elements that are part of the public domain, and the combination of those...

AMWAY DISTRIB. BENEFITS ASS'N v. NORTHFIELD INS. CO.

Copyright, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property
The definition of "Advertising Injury" applied to excess liability coverage for liability arising out of copyright violation, and where the insurer...

MAZZARI v. ROGAN

Intellectual Property, Patent
Rejection of an application, directed to an underwater circuit that generates an acoustic wave signal designed to eradicate zebra mussel infestation,...

ETS-HOKIN v. SKYY SPIRITS, INC.

Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a copyright action, allegedly infringing advertising photographs were not "virtually identical" as required upon application of the defense...

LACKS INDUS., INC. v. MCKECHNIE VEHICLE COMPONENTS USA, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the Special Master applied an incorrect legal standard, his findings, that claims in a cladded automotive wheel patent were invalid because of...

ITOFCA, INC. v. MEGATRANS LOGISTICS, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
A suit for infringement of a copyright on a computer software program is barred by the preclusive effect of a bankruptcy court order, which authorized...

JOHN G. DANIELSON, INC. v. WINCHESTER-CONANT PROPS., INC.

Construction, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute concerning a land developer's infringement of architectural drawings, defendant's affirmative defenses and plaintiff's unfair competition...

MOSELEY v. V SECRET CATALOGUE, INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
A successful action under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act requires proof of actual injury to the economic value of a famous mark, rather than a...

REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO v. KNIGHT

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Patent applications relating to beta-alethine and vitaletheine compound were correctly determined to be owned by university defendant. The dismissal...