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PEOPLE v. HSIEH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Intellectual Property
Under Penal Code section 499c, prohibiting misappropriation of a trade secret, the government must prove that the defendant acted with specific...

US OLYMPIC COMM. v. TOY TRUCK LINES, INC.

Intellectual Property
The Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, 36 US 220501 et seq., reserves to the US Olympic Committee the commercial use (other than "grandfathered" uses) of...

MICROWARE SYSTEMS CORP. v. APPLE COMPUTER, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
Apple's MAC OS 9 name does not violate Microware's trademark for its OS-9 operating systems, since the parties largely sold to entirely different...

SNOWDEN v. LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Computer manufacturer failed to demonstrate a "pattern of racketeering" under 18 USC 1961 - 1968 where it could only claim one instance of wrongdoing...

HAN BEAUTY, INC. v. ALBERTO-CULVER CO.

Intellectual Property
Where both marks cover identical goods moving through the same channels of trade, both are inexpensive so likely to be impulse purchases, and both...

IN RE NETT DESIGNS, INC.

Intellectual Property
The phrase "THE ULTIMATE BIKE RACK" is descriptive, and thus not not eligible for trademark protection, because the word "ultimate" is lauditory,...

NORTHERN LIGHT TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. NORTHERN LIGHTS CLUB

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
Immunity from service of process while a litigant disputing jurisdiction is a right conferred by the district court itself. While mere registration of...

UNION PAC. RESOURCES CO. v. CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP.

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
Substantial evidence in the record supported district court's findings that patent was invalid for non-enablement and indefiniteness. Lay witnesses...

KASSBAUM v. STEPPENWOLF PRODUCTIONS

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Neither a contract giving others the right to band name nor the Lanham Trade-Mark Act, 15 USC 1114(1)(a) prohibits a former band member from...

BARBECUE MARX, INC. v. 551 OGDEN, INC.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Plaintiff with a critically acclaimed restaurant is not entitled to a preliminary injunction in trademark infringement action in part because the...