all - Opinion Summaries

RAMBUS, INC. v. INFINEON TECHS. AG

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment of noninfringement vacated, where the district court erred in its patent claim construction; fraud verdict cannot stand where evidence does...

EF CULTURAL TRAVEL BV v. ZEFER CORP.

Commercial Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies
The district court's use of a "reasonable expectations" test, in determining whether use of a "scraper tool" to collect pricing information from...

BROTHER RECORDS, INC. v. JARDINE

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a Lanham Act trademark infringement action, defendant used a mark in a secondary, trademark sense to denote a music band, thus the classic fair use...

MICRO-CHEMCAL, INC. v. LEXTRON, INC.

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
Testimony of a patent infringement plaintiff's damages expert, including reasonable royalty determinations, did not run afoul of Daubert principles or...

PENALTY KICK MGMT. LTD. v. COCA-COLA CO.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff failed to provide evidence of defendant's actual disclosure or unauthorized use of plaintiff's trade secrets under the Georgia Trade Secrets...

FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N v. NEXTWAVE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
Bankruptcy Code section 525 prohibits the FCC from removing licenses held by a debtor in bankruptcy upon the debtor's failure to make timely payments...

BOND v. BLUM

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Evidence, Intellectual Property
Defendant's use of a manuscript as evidence in a state court proceeding fell within the scope of fair use authorized by section 107 of the Copyright...

ISI INT'L, INC. v. BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Legal Malpractice, Trademark
The district court did not abuse its discretion in relegating a Lanham Act and attorney fiduciary breach suit to a Canadian forum, where no tenable...

WARNER-LAMBERT CO. v. APOTEX CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the defendant is not submitting an application to sell a drug for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, which is the only use covered by...

PATSY'S BRAND, INC. v. I.O.B. REALTY, INC.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Remedies, Trade Dress
Based on the eight-factor likelihood of confusion test, defendants infringed a trademark and trade dress, but injunction should be modified to permit...