VirtaMove, Corp. and Google LLC have stipulated to consolidate two related patent infringement lawsuits into a single civil action, streamlining discovery and trial proceedings for overlapping claims involving the same patent family.
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday reversed the dismissal of a trademark dispute over the intellectual property rights of artist Frida Kahlo, holding that a Southern District of Florida court has personal jurisdiction over the artist's grand-niece and her...
The Eleventh Circuit reversed a Southern District of Florida dismissal in Frida Kahlo Corporation v. Mara Cristina Teresa Romeo Pinedo, holding that the district court had personal jurisdiction over Pinedo and her Mexican corporation, Familia Kahlo...
A federal judge in Tacoma ruled that a psychiatrist's trademark infringement suit against a rival TMS clinic must go to trial on the core disputed issues, while holding as a matter of law that the "Olympia TMS" mark is descriptive rather than generic.
A federal judge denied a preliminary injunction sought by entertainer Selena Scola against drag performer Cody Barnes and two media companies over competing claims to the stage name "Lexi Love," ruling that the factual record is too unsettled to establish...
The Third Circuit on Friday upheld a district court's refusal to enjoin Samsung Bioepis from supplying a Cigna subsidiary with a private-label version of the ustekinumab biosimilar Pyzchiva, holding that Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech had not...
A federal judge in Delaware granted Google summary judgment on patent-eligibility grounds, holding that the sole remaining claim in B.E. Technology's infringement suit is directed to an abstract idea and contains no inventive concept sufficient to save it...
A federal judge in Maryland granted partial summary judgment to SRI International, dismissing a defense contractor’s claims that the research institute stole its trademark and breached an implied contract over a lobbying campaign for Navy funding.
A federal judge dismissed all three trade secret counts against a competing cutlery-services company but allowed a tortious interference claim to proceed, applying the pleading specificity standard the Seventh Circuit demands for trade secret claims.
A federal judge struck Apple's inequitable conduct and unclean hands affirmative defenses in a patent infringement case, holding that Apple's pleadings failed to satisfy Rule 9(b)'s particularity requirements — though Apple gets one more chance to replead...
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman granted Crowvision, Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction against defendants identified on Schedule A, halting the sale of counterfeit goods bearing the plaintiff’s federally registered trademarks and copyrights.
The justices pressed both sides hard on where to draw the line between passive infrastructure and culpable participation in online piracy.