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UNION CARBIDE CHEMS. & PLASTICS TECH. CORP. v. SHELL OIL CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
District court's judgments on asserted invalidity defenses were based upon an incorrect construction of patent claim, but the court did not abuse its...

INTERSTELLAR STARSHIP SERV., LTD. v. EPIX, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Remedies
District court did not abuse its discretion in enjoining any future infringing use of a domain name, but allowing defendant to retain ownership of the...

EAGLE COMTRONICS, INC. v. ARROW COMMUNICATION LAB., INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
Neither prosecution history estoppel nor the all-limitations rule bars infringement, under the doctrine of equivalents, of a patent related to signal...

CREO PRODUCTS, INC. v. PRESSTEK, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent claim was not impermissibly broadened during reexamination, and plaintiff did not make a sufficient showing of indefiniteness to overcome the...

LOS ANGELES NEWS SERV. V. CBS BROAD., INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Admissible evidence could lead a reasonable jury to conclude that a satellite news service infringed a copyright on videotaped footage, but a...

IN RE STEPHEN B. BOGESE II

Intellectual Property, Patent
Rejection of a patent application was proper where the applicant forfeited his right to a patent under the doctrine of prosecution history laches.

SCHLAGE LOCK CO. V. WHYTE

Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment Law
The inevitable disclosure doctrine, permitting a trade secret owner to prevent a former employee from working for a competitor, is contrary to...

EAGLE COMTRONICS, INC. v. ARROW COMMUNICATION LAB., INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
Plaintiff's copying of a patent application obtained through discovery, and submitting it as its own, violated a protective order. Neither prosecution...

AEROCON ENG'G, INC. v. SILICON VALLEY BANK

Intellectual Property, Copyright
The California Uniform Commercial Code governs perfection and priority of security interests in a debtor's unregistered copyrights, and is not...

LIU v. PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright
A jury reasonably found that, pursuant to a letter agreement, the parties intended that defendant would own copyrights in a derivative work, therefore...