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ELDRED v. ASHCROFT

Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Congress acted within its authority and did not transgress constitutional limitations in enlarging the duration of copyrights under the Copyright Term...

TAYLOR CORP. v. FOUR SEASONS GREETINGS, LLC

Intellectual Property, Copyright
A grant of preliminary injunction to a greeting card company over card designs is affirmed, as holder of certificates of registration on greeting...

PLANT GENETIC SYS., N.V. v. DEKALB GENETICS CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court properly found 1) patent claims were invalid for lack of enablement where defendant established a need for undue experimentation,...

OAKLEY, INC. v. SUNGLASS HUT INT'L

Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
A preliminary injunction, affecting certain of defendants' sunglass lenses that the court held to be likely to infringe plaintiff's patent, was not an...

HOMEDICS, INC. v. VALLEY FORGE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Underlying patent infringement claims did not invoke a duty to defend under a commercial general liability policy, under California law.

DAIMLERCHRYLSER AG v. BLOOM

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
District court properly granted summary judgment to the owner of a licensed phone number in a trademark action, as the owner of the phone number is...

CENTURY 21 REAL ESTATE CORP. v. MERAJ INT'L INVESTMENT CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a breach of contract claim, the district court's interpretation of a franchise agreement as to total credits against royalty fees was not...

IN RE PETERSON

Intellectual Property, Patent
The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences did not err in finding that claims of a patent related to superalloys used in engine manufacture were...

AMGEN, INC. v. HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent claims related to the production of a hormone that controls the formation of red blood cells in bone marrow, the district court's...

PARADISE CREATIONS, INC. v. UV SALES, INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A suit for patent infringement must be dismissed for lack of Article III standing, where the plaintiff corporation claimed its patent rights under a...