all - Opinion Summaries

FIN CONTROL SYS. PTY, LTD. v. OAM, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
An otherwise undefined term need not be construed broadly when used in one part of the claim and narrowly when used in a different context within the...

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYS., INC. v. MEDTRONIC, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the written description does not define any claim terms to require the disputed limitation and does not restrict the claimed invention in that...

KOPYKAKE ENTERS., INC. v. THE LUCKS CO.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the patent specification sets forth a different meaning for a term than the meaning commonly understood in the broader industry, and the...

SCHAEFER FAN CO., INC. v. J&D MFG.

Intellectual Property, Patent
When parties settle a patent dispute, the terms of the settlement agreement may afford the patent owner rights which the original patent did not, and...

GFI, INC. v. FRANKLIN CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where an inventor with a pending patent application is involved in an active priority dispute with another inventor, he must disclose his knowledge of...

SANDT TECHNOLOGY, LTD. v. RESCO METAL & PLASTICS CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Even where the district court determines that the main claim is invalid, the court must independently consider the validity of each of the remaining...

ECOLAB, INC. v. ENVIRONCHEM, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the written description does not reveal any special definition for terms, the use of the one term to modify another does not render the phrase...

KUSTOM SIGNALS, INC. v. APPLIED CONCEPTS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
If a divergent specialized usage of an otherwise ordinary word is intended, either the context must make clear that the word refers to an...

SURFCO HAWAII v FIN CONTROL SYS. PTY. LTD.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The right to replace or modify a part of a patented device does not require that the part be spent or broken because extension of the useful life of...

MURRAY HILL PUBL'NS, INC. v. ABC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
A copyright owner must formally register a derivative work with the United States Copyright Office as a prerequisite to filing a suit for infringement...