A federal judge in Manhattan denied Maxim Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Playboy Inc., ruling that the plaintiff’s five-month delay in seeking relief and its failure to protect contest mechanics as trade secrets or copyrightable...
A federal judge in Manhattan entered a default judgment against dozens of defendants operating 52 counterfeit networks that sold fake footwear and apparel bearing Nike and Converse trademarks, imposing joint and several liability for statutory damages and...
A Southern District of New York judge issued a preliminary injunction against Chinese defendants selling infringing artificial lash extensions on TikTok Shop, restraining their sales and freezing assets held by major payment processors.
U.S. District Judge Elaine E. Bucklo denied a motion to dismiss by 14 defendants in Laika LLC’s copyright infringement lawsuit, ruling that common questions of law and fact justify keeping the group in a single suit under Federal Rule 20.
A federal judge in Delaware vacated a jury’s finding of willful infringement in Express Mobile’s patent lawsuit against GoDaddy, but upheld the $170 million damages award for the web-hosting company’s Website Builder product.
A federal judge in Chicago denied Hytera Communications’ motion for summary judgment of non-infringement in Motorola Solutions’ patent lawsuit, ruling that genuine disputes of material fact remain regarding whether Hytera’s i-Series and H-Series radio...
A federal magistrate judge in Northern California reinstated a $25.7 million jury verdict in favor of EchoSpan, rejecting Medallia’s attempt to overturn the damages award after the Ninth Circuit ruled the jury had a reasonable basis for its findings.
A federal judge in the Northern District of California invalidated a key GoPro patent claim as obvious, vacating a $8.2 million damages award against the camera maker.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that an individual artist’s third-party claims against Universal Music Group were not frivolous, denying the company’s request for legal fees after the claims were dismissed as time-barred.
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that a former corporate officer who built a pet-supplement company into a multimillion-dollar business holds no ownership rights to the brand, granting in part a preliminary injunction for the company he helped dissolve.
A federal judge in New York granted NASCAR a preliminary injunction and asset freeze against unidentified sellers of infringing merchandise, vacating relief for one defendant who challenged jurisdiction.
A federal judge in Massachusetts denied a motion to dismiss counterclaims alleging that a restaurant software company used patent threats to coerce an acquisition.
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that state-law contract and unjust-enrichment claims regarding unpaid royalties for sound recordings are not preempted by federal copyright law, allowing key counts in a royalty dispute to proceed.
A federal judge in Phoenix ruled that the CEOs of MiMedx and Surgenex possess relevant first-hand knowledge, allowing their depositions despite their high-ranking positions, but capped the sessions at two and four hours respectively.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of California granted an ex parte temporary restraining order against a former account manager who allegedly downloaded 3.5 gigabytes of proprietary data before joining a direct competitor.
A Northern District of California judge denied Deckers Outdoor Corp.’s motion to exclude Last Brand Inc.’s late-produced patent apostilles and rejected the defendant’s bid to shield its CEO from trial testimony, clearing the way for both witnesses to appear...
A federal judge in Virginia threw out a patent declaratory judgment suit by Kuraray America, ruling that Sekisui Chemical’s foreign enforcement actions and a warning letter did not create a live controversy in the United States.
A federal judge excluded two of three expert methodologies for apportioning patent damages in a long-running intravascular blood pump dispute, ruling that counting individual features fails to capture the value of a patented combination and therefore cannot...
A federal judge in the Northern District of California has restricted semiconductor company Mattson Technology’s discovery scope in its trade secret lawsuit against Applied Materials, ruling that the plaintiff cannot pursue claims related to unpleaded...
AbbVie’s trade secret suit against BeiGene survives a motion to dismiss, with the court finding the complaint plausibly alleged the company took reasonable measures to protect its cancer drug designs and described them with sufficient specificity.