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TRAFFIX DEVICES, INC. v. MKTG DISPLAYS, INC.

Intellectual Property
A mechanism for keeping portable signs erect in a high wind, which has not otherwise established secondary meaning in its trade dress, is a functional...

LYONS P'SHIP, L.P. v. MORRIS COSTUMES, INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
While the applicable statute of limitations may bar remedies for the first act of trademark infringement, each subsequent sale of an item infringing...

NETWORLD, LLC v. CENTRALL CORP.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Where an allegedly infringing computer system does not contain a local server counterpart of the limited database "caching" function of the patented...

SCIMED LIFE SYS., INC. v. ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYS., INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where plaintiff's asserted patent claims were limited to a structure not found in defendant's accused devices, the doctrine of equivalents precludes a...

CRYSTAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. v. TRITECH MICROELECTRONICS INT'L, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Trial preparations for defending a patent infringement case do not constitute the "due care" required before undertaking any potentially infringing...

ELDRED v. RENO

Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property
Neither the First Amendment nor the Copyright Clause of the Constitution of the United States constrains the Congress from extending for a period of...

COOPER v. GOLDFARB

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where appellant does not show that reduction of his invention to practice inures to the benefit of competing patent applicant, and fails to prove that...

INTERGRAPH CORP. v. INTEL CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where a corporation sells a division, along with rights relating to patents developed by that division, a pre-exisisting third party license does not...

TCPIP HOLDING CO., INC. v. HAAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Under the Federal Trademark Anti-Dilution Act, 15 USC 1125(c), weak, non-distinctive, descriptive marks do not qualify for the Act's protection, even...

AMERICA ONLINE, INC. v. AT&T CORP.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
While registration of the mark "Buddy List" provides prima facie evidence that cannot be defeated on summary judgment, the mark "You Have Mail" is...