all - Opinion Summaries

Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises Inc.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's breach of contract claims for royalties from the sale of the Web Blaster, a Spider-Man toy,...

Guggenheim Capital, LLC v. Birnbaum

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement action, default judgment entered against defendant for his failure to comply with court orders is affirmed, where the...

United States Marine, Inc. v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In an action alleging that the government misappropriated plaintiff's trade secrets, the Fifth Circuit's decision vacating the district court’s...

Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Rea

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
A decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that certain claims of a patent owned by defendant Synthes, related to a system for using...

Fresenius USA, Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The cancellation of the asserted claims of defendant's '434 patent, which teaches the use of a dialysis machine with an integrated touch screen...

The Authors Guild Inc. v. Google Inc.

Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
The district court's order certifying a plaintiff class of authors claiming that defendant committed copyright infringement by copying and displaying...

Wyeth v. Abbott Laboratories

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant that claims 1 and 2 of plaintiff's '781 patent and claim 1 of plaintiff's '146 patent, which relate to methods for...

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment for plaintiff in patent infringement suit based on two jury verdicts finding that defendant directly and indirectly infringed specified...

Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
Judgment for plaintiff-recording companies in suit alleging defendant illegally downloaded and distributed music is affirmed, where the award to...

Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent, Media Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit alleging infringement of its '545 patent involving a method for distributing copyrighted products over the Internet...