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BAYER AG v. SCHEIN PHARM., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent directed toward a class of chemical compounds was entitled to the filing date of its parent application, where defendant failed to show that...

BERKLA v. COREL CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Plaintiff is precluded from recovering tort remedies form a breach of confidence claim when he recovered on a claim for breach of a non-disclosure...

ALLEN ENG'G CORP. v. BARTELL INDUS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A judgment of infringement and award of damages is vacated where the court did not construe the claims at issue and did not identify the specific...

TROVAN, LTD. v. SOKYMAT SA

Intellectual Property, Patent
A finding, that a defendant was not entitled to co-inventor status of patents for a passive transponder, is reversed and remanded for determination...

HONEYWELL INC. v. VICTOR CO. OF JAPAN, LTD.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent claim for an aperture mask for a camera autofocus system, a judgment of noninfringement is reversed and the owner is entitled to show...

RILES v. SHELL EXPLORATION & PROD. CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Evidence did not establish literal infringement of a patent relating to construction and installation of fixed offshore platforms for oil drilling,...

NEW RAILHEAD MFG., L.L.C. v. VERMEER MFG. CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Suits for patent infringement from the manufacture and distribution of a competing drill bit were properly invalidated under 35 U.S.C. section 102(b),...

UTILITY AUTOMATION 2000, INC. v. CHOCTAWHATCHEE ELEC. COOP., INC.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Because the Alabama Trade Secrets Act does not define costs to include attorney's fees, plaintiff may not recover its attorneys' fees under the "costs...

MACKIE v. REISER

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
In order to recover indirect profit damages after copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. section 504(b), plaintiff must show some non-speculative...

TE-TA-MA TRUTH FOUND. v. WORLD CHURCH OF THE CREATOR

Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Use of the phrase "Church of the Creator" as a trademark is descriptive, rather than generic, and recognition of the mark does not violate the First...