all - Opinion Summaries

PHILIP MORRIS, INC. v. REILLY

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A Massachusetts law, requiring tobacco companies to submit to the state the ingredient lists for certain tobacco products sold in the state, is an...

MICROSOFT CORP. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, International Trade, Tax Law
Master copies of computer software were deductible "export property" under now-repealed Internal Revenue Code section 927(a)(2)(B), for purposes of a...

MIDDLETON, INC. v. MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In claims relating to patents for floor finishing materials, the district court failed to correctly construe the claims and determine whether...

FUTURESOURCE LLC v. REUTERS LTD.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright
A bankruptcy court sale order extinguished all interests in intellectual property that a purchaser of debtor's assets acquired from the debtor; thus,...

PURE COUNTRY, INC. v. SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a dispute over trademark rights, the district court did not exercise discretion based upon the interests of justice in denying plaintiff's motion...

PAVLOVICH v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY ( DVD COPY CONTROL ASS'N, INC.)

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Media Law
A California court's exercising of personal jurisdiction over a defendant, based on a posting on an Internet Web site, was improper because...

CADENCE DESIGN SYS., INC. v. AVANT! CORP.

Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In a trade secret infringement action under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), continued improper use or disclosure of a trade secret...

VERVE, L.L.C. v. CRANE CAMS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In claims from patents relating to rods for internal combustion engines, 1) the court erred in requiring that intrinsic evidence of the specification...

AM GEN. CORP. v. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER CORP.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
A motion for a preliminary injunction based on a vehicle design, in claims for trademark dilution and infringement under the Lanham Act, was properly...

VAN GROLL v. LAND O' LAKES, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Plaintiff, a product hauler, was not a "dealer" entitled to certain agreement notice protections under Wisconsin's Fair Dealership Law, where...