all - Opinion Summaries

ABS Entertainment, Inc. v. CBS Corp.

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Reinstated claims for violation of California law copyrights possessed in certain musical performance sound recordings. The plaintiff copyright...

Core Wireless Licensing v. Apple, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and vacated in part. Plaintiff brought a patent infringement action. A jury found that the defendant infringed on...

BSG Tech LLC v. BuySeasons, Inc

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirmed. Plaintiff sued defendant for infringement of several patents related to systems and methods for indexing information stored in wide access...

JTEKT Corp. v. GKN Automotive Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissed an appeal from an inter partes review decision on grounds that the patent challenger lacked Article III standing. The challenger asserted...

Advantek Marketing, Inc. v. Shanghai Walk-Long Tools Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Reinstated a patent infringement claim relating to a design for a portable animal kennel. The patent owner insisted it should not be estopped by...

Gordon v. Drape Creative, Inc.

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Held that greeting-card companies were not entitled to summary judgment against a trademark infringement suit. The companies insisted that they did...

Excelled Sheepskin and Leather Coat Corp. v. Oregon Brewing Co.

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Reversed summary judgment for an apparel company in its trademark infringement action. A company that sold leather jackets branded ROGUE contended...

GoPro, Inc. v. Contour IP Holding, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
Vacated and remanded the Patent Board's prior ruling against plaintiff which had filed suit to challenge the defendant’s proposed patent. In vacating...

Trustees of Boston University v. Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Held that a patent claim relating to light-emitting diodes was invalid because it did not meet the enablement requirement. After a jury found that the...

ZUP, LLC v. Nash Manufacturing, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirmed that a patent for a water recreational board was invalid as obvious. On appeal, the patent holder argued that its invention of a...