all - Opinion Summaries

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
The "first sale" doctrine, which provides that the owner of a particular copy lawfully made under the Copyright Act, is entitled, without the...

Frolow v. Wilson Sporting Goods Company

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sports Law
Judgment for defendant in suit alleging breach of license agreement and patent infringement involving tennis rackets, is: 1) reversed in part, where...

UMG Recordings v. Shelter Capital Partners

Attorney's Fees, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In copyright infringement action against defendant, who operates a publicly accessible website that enables users to share videos with other users,...

Georgia Pacific Consumer v. von Drehle Corporation

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
District court's judgment in favor of defendant in trademark infringement suit related to paper towel products, is vacated and remanded, where the...

Synqor, Inc. v. Artesyn Technologies, Inc.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment for plaintiff finding defendants infringed on its patents related to its power converter systems is affirmed, where: 1) defendants did not...

Aristocrat Technologies v. International Game Technology

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment granted to defendants on plaintiffs' allegations that defendants casino gaming devices and methods for awarding a progressive prize...

Sofa Entertainment, Inc. v. Dodger Productions, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendants and award of attorneys' fees in copyright infringement suit was proper, where: 1) defendants' use of a seven-second...

Christian Louboutin S.A. v. Yves Saint Laurent America Holding, Inc.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Plaintiff's request for modification of the Court's mandate to the United States Patent and Trademark Office to record that U.S. Trademark...

In re Hubbell

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The rejection of patent claims related to tissue repair and regeneration by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board) is affirmed, where...

Radio Systems Corp v. Lalor

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment that plaintiffs did not infringe two of defendant's patents on improvements to electronic animal collars is: 1) affirmed in part as...