all - Opinion Summaries

Swatch Group v. Bloomberg

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim of copyright infringement alleging that defendant, a financial news and data reporting service,...

Medtronic Corevalve, LLC . Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment in favor of defendant that certain claims of plaintiff' '281 patent for a prosthetic valve are invalid, is affirmed, where the...

Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a declaratory action brought by plaintiff-patent licensee against defendant-patent owner challenging defendant's assertion that certain of...

Novartis AG v. Focarino

Intellectual Property, Patent
In suits challenging the determinations by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) of how much time to add, under 35 U.S.C. section 154(b), to the...

Proveris Scientific Corp. v. Innovasystems, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In a patent infringement action involving a mechanism for evaluating aerosol spray plumes, the district court's judgments holding defendant in...

In Re: Giannelli

Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirming the rejection of claims 1–25 of the '261 patent application for a rowing machine as...

In Re: Enhanced Security Research, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
The decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirming the Patent and Trademark Office examiner's rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-19...

Nazomi Communications, Inc. v. Nokia Corporation

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action alleging infringement of plaintiff's patents, which describe a hardware-based Java Virtual Machine (JVM) capable of processing...

Inhale, Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Summary judgment and award of attorneys' fees in favor of defendant are affirmed, where: 1) the shape of a hookah water container was not entitled to...

Pacific Coast Marine Windshields v. Malibu Boats, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action brought by plaintiff, an assignee of all rights in a patent for an ornamental boat windshield design against defendant for infringement,...