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MARVEL CHARACTERS, INC. v. SIMON

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
An agreement made subsequent to a work's creation which retroactively deems it a "work for hire" constitutes an "agreement to the contrary" under...

BRUCE v. WEEKLY WORLD NEWS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies, Media Law
After a tabloid newspaper's acknowledged copyright infringement, 1) plaintiff's is entitled to a share of a licensing fee which defendant should have...

INVERNESS MEDICAL SWITZERLAND GMBH v. WARNER LAMBERT CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In construing the claims of the patents-in-suit, analytical testing devices, the claim recitations "on" and "onto" encompass both surface and internal...

INVERNESS MEDICAL SWITZERLAND GMBH v. PRINCETON BIOMEDITECH CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In construing the claims of the patents-in-suit, analytical testing devices, the phrase "mobility...is facilitated" is not limited to release of the...

IN RE: JOLLEY

Intellectual Property, Patent
The PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences' award of priority to another party for the development of a lubricant for HFC-based cooling...

ALL DENTAL PRODX, LLC v. ADVANTAGE DENTAL PRODS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court erred in its determination that a patent, directed to a method for making a custom dental impression tray, was invalid, but...

SCHUMER v. LAB. COMPUTER SYS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent claims relating to computer peripherals that translate a user's hand motions or instructions into digital coordinates, 1) district court...

IN RE HUSTON

Intellectual Property, Patent
Patent claims directed to a method and apparatus for displaying advertising were not entitled to the filing date of an earlier filed application, and...

GREENFIELD v. PHILLES RECORDS, INC.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Artists' transfer of full ownership rights to master recordings of music performances carried with it the unconditional right of the producer to...

TEXAS DIGITAL SYS., INC. v. TELEGENIX, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In claims of patents directed to controlling the color of pixels in an LED display, the district court erroneously construed certain disputed claim...