all - Opinion Summaries

IN RE MAJESTIC DISTILLING CO., INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
An examining attorney correctly refused registration of a mark for tequila, on the basis of likelihood of confusion with previously registered marks...

DRAEGER OIL CO. v. UNO-VEN CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Oil and Gas Law
Under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, defendant had no duty to compensate suppliers or customers who may have been harmed by its decisions,...

PROFITNESS PHYSICAL THERAPY CTR. v. PRO-FIT ORTHOPEDIC & SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY P.C.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Defendant in an action for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, was not entitled to summary...

GREEN MACHINE CORP. v. THE ZURICH-AM. INS. GROUP

Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
An insurer had no duty defend and indemnify a corporation in an underlying patent infringement action, as the claims did not fall within "advertising...

SAVOR, INC. v. FMR CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A complaint seeking relief from misappropriation of trade secrets met the minimal standards governing notice pleading, and thus adequately stated a...

IN RE BASS

Intellectual Property, Patent
Claims of a patent directed to a fishing boat were properly rejected as obvious under 35 U.S.C. section 103.

SAVOR, INC. v. FMR CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A complaint seeking relief from misappropriation of trade secrets met the minimal standards governing notice pleading, and thus adequately stated a...

TOXGON CORP. v. BNFL, INC.

Government Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
28 U.S.C. section 1498(a), pertaining to liability in patent suits involving the federal government, is an affirmative defense rather than a...

QUICK TECH., INC. v. THE SAGE GROUP PLC

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A U.K. defendant's contacts, including USPTO filings and operation of a web site, were not sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction in a...

GUNTHER-WAHL PRODS., INC. v. MATTELL, INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property
In an action for breach of an implied-in-fact contract based on alleged use of ideas for a television series and related toy lines, a jury could have...