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ORTIZ-GONZALEZ v. FONOVISA

Intellectual Property, Copyright
A distributor can be liable for direct copyright infringement where plaintiff has not established that the producer was guilty of direct infringement.

EZ DOCK, INC. v. SCHAFER SYS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Evidence that patent holder sold only one copy of an invention after being asked for one, did not place it for sale, and provided the buyer with free...

BROWN v. BARBACID

Intellectual Property, Patent
A senior party does not have the burden of proof to show that its date of invention is before the priority date shown by the junior party.

RESEARCH SYS. CORP. v. IPSOS PUBLICITE

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The tolling period for non-resident defendants, under the Indiana Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Ind. Code sec. 34-11-4-1, does not apply if the plaintiff...

ALBERT FUEL SYS. PATENTS CO. v. UNOCAL CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Patent for gasoline reformulation for gas "having a boiling point range of 121--345-F", applies to gas that has a "final" boiling point of 345...

RHEOX, INC. v. ENTACT, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where applicant disclaimed a term during prosecution history to overcome examiner's prior art objection, the patent claim will not cover the...

ANTONIOUS v. SPALDING & EVENFLO COS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
A patent claim construction that interprets, "extends into and connects with" a thing, as similar to, "abuts against and is joined or fastened to"...

SCHOOLHOUSE, INC. v. ANDERSON

Intellectual Property, Copyright
Mere overlap of factual categories in directories does not support a copyright infringement claim where the categories themselves are factual.

LNP ENG'G PLASTICS, INC. v. MILLER WASTE MILLS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Opinions of counsel obtained two years after the accused infringer has notice are sufficient to rebut an accusation of willful infringement where...

INTERACTIVE PICTURES CORP. v. INFINITE PICTURES, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an image software patent, the term "transform calculation" is not a narrowing amendment to an original application term "image transform processor...