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Close v. Sotheby's, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
Affirmed in relevant part, finding that federal copyright law largely preempts California's Resale Royalties Act, Cal. Civ. Code section 986, which...

Adidas AG v. Nike, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Granted plaintiff's motion to remand. In light of the US Supreme Court decision, SAS Institute, Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S.Ct. 1348, plaintiff moved to...

Impax Lab. Inc. v. Lannett Holdings Inc

Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirmed the ruling that certain patent claims for pharmaceutical formulations, intranasal administration devices or aqueous solutions of...

Experian Information Solutions v. Nationwide Marketing Ser.

Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Affirmed in part and reversed in part the summary judgment in favor of defendant in a copyright case. Plaintiff compiled a listing of individual...

WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Reversed and remanded. WesternGeco owns a patent for a system to survey the ocean floor and they believed that a competing system owned by ION...

Royal Crown Co. v. Coca Cola Co.

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Vacated and remanded a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board dismissing plaintiffs opposition to the registration of defendants trademarks...

Robert Stevens v. Corelogic, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Affirmed. In this copyright law case, the 9th Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant. Plaintiffs,...

In Re: Wang

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board which rejected certain patent claims as directed to non-statutory subject matter under 35 USC section...

Sirona Dental v. Institut Starumann AG

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board which held certain patent submittals unpatentable and denied plaintiff the opportunity to amend. Patent...

FASTSHIP, LLC v. US

Intellectual Property, Patent, Administrative Law
This appeal is from a series of patent infringement cases against the US claiming that the Freedom-class ships infringe on certain patents owned by...