all - Opinion Summaries

VARDON GOLF CO., INC. v. KARSTEN MFG. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
A grant of partial summary judgment of non-infringement in a prior patent case was not final for purposes of collateral estoppel, thus the court erred...

TELEFLEX, INC. v. FICOSA N. AM. CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of no best mode violation was properly granted to an assignee of a patent for a component installed in sport utility vehicles, and...

IN RE C. STEVEN MCDANIEL

Intellectual Property, Patent
The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences erroneously conflated separately stated grounds for rejection of patent claims, by selecting a...

CAIRNS v. FRANKLIN MINT CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a claim based on the use of Princess Diana's name and likeness on commercial items, denial of a post-mortem right of publicity claim was proper,...

SCHEIBER v. DOLBY LAB., INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit to enforce a patent license agreement, a patent owner may not enforce a contract for payment of patent royalties beyond the expiration date...

ALS SCAN, INC. v. DIGITAL SERV. CONSULTANTS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
A Georgia-based Internet service provider did not subject itself to personal jurisdiction in Maryland, by enabling a website owner to publish...

BOSE CORP. v. QSC AUDIO PROD., INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Dismissal of an opposition to registration of a mark for audio amplifiers was incorrect, where the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board erred in its...

IN RE MICHAEL P. DOYLE

Intellectual Property, Patent
The Board of Patent Appeals erred in extending the doctrine of In re Orita, 550 F.2d 1277, to affirm the rejection of pending claims based on a method...

METCALF v. BOCHCO

Intellectual Property, Copyright
A television program was substantially similar, under the Copyright Act's "extrinsic test," to a screenplay that had been previously submitted and...

IN RE: JUST BRAKES CORP. SYS., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Debtor's only valuable asset, its registered trademark, was a part of the bankruptcy estate, and the bankruptcy court properly ordered defendants to...