Patent Case Dismissed When Plaintiff Failed to Get New Counsel
TXU Energy Retail Co LLC won’t face a patent infringement suit after Ubiquitous Connectivity LP failed to hire replacement counsel, the Federal Circuit ruled Friday.
Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. convinced the US Supreme Court to barricade one path to a test for trademarks in expressive works, even as the justices declined to ax the test itself.
Tristar Products Inc. correctly argued that a co-inventor had been left off of six patents for an expandable water hose asserted against it in an infringement case, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Friday,
The owner of a patent-holding firm that’s under scrutiny in Delaware for its litigation tactics accused a federal judge of “textbook gender harassment” that’s left her “in a sense of fear and intimidation” as she fights an order to appear in court.
TXU Energy Retail Co LLC won’t face a patent infringement suit after Ubiquitous Connectivity LP failed to hire replacement counsel, the Federal Circuit ruled Friday.
An accidental public reveal of some trademark applicants’ addresses by the US Patent and Trademark Office puts these applicants at increased risk of receiving fraudulent notices, according to some attorneys.
LoanDepot.com LLC won an order Thursday blocking ex-employees from using customer contacts they brought with them to a competitor.
A federal judge in California rejected arguments from rival flying taxi companies that could’ve grounded their patent-infringement and trade secrets case ahead of trial.
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An accidental public reveal of some trademark applicants’ addresses by the US Patent and Trademark Office puts these applicants at increased risk of receiving fraudulent notices, according to some attorneys.
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The court affirmed the decision of the PTAB affirming an examiner’s rejection of pending claims of an inventor’s patent application as unpatentable for lacking enablement, and thus didn’t address the inventor’s challenges to the other grounds of rejection.
In re Starrett, 2023 BL 195797, Fed. Cir., 2022-2209, nonprecedential, 6/8/23
The court dismissed and deactivated WSOU Investments LLC’s appeals of the decisions of a district court, in this action against Dell Technologies Inc., Dell Inc., EMC Corp., and VMware Inc. for infringement of three patents related to computer networks. WSOU Investments LLC v. Dell Technologies Inc. , 2023 BL 195790, Fed. Cir., 2023-1758, nonprecedential, 6/8/23
The court granted Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s motion for judgment on the pleadings on Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s inequitable conduct defenses and counterclaims in Regeneron’s action for infringement of patents for use of a VEGF antagonist to treat angiogenic eye disorders. Regeneron Pharms. Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., 2023 BL 193489, N.D. W.Va., 1:22-CV-61, 6/6/23
The court granted Invariant Corporation and Hyperion Technology Group Inc.'s permanent injunction in their false designation of origin counterclaim, prohibiting Security USA Services LLC from using the “Firefly” mark, in this trademark infringement action. Sec. United States Servs. LLC v. Invariant Corp., 2023 BL 194954, D.N.M., 1:20-cv-01100-KWR-KRS, 6/7/23
The court granted in part and denied in part Dynamic Data Technologies LLC’s motion to dismiss Iceberg Associates LLP’s claims for breach of a transaction representation agreement and a patent purchase agreement, and an accounting. Iceberg Assocs. LLP v. Dynamic Data Techs. LLC, 2023 BL 195355, S.D. Cal., 3:22-cv-01084-RBM-DDL, 6/7/23
The court granted Microsoft Corporation’s petition for a writ of mandamus vacating the order of a federal district court in Texas denying transfer to a federal district court in Washington of Virtru Corporation’s action for patent infringement. In re Microsoft Corp., 2023 BL 194018, Fed. Cir., 2023 -128, nonprecedential, 6/7/23
The court affirmed the decision of the PTAB that claims of Blackhawk Network Inc.'s patent directed to systems for facilitating the sale and activation of draw-based lottery tickets are unpatentable, in a post-grant review by Interactive Communications International Inc. Blackhawk Network Inc. v. Interactive Commc’ns Int’l Inc., 2023 BL 194070, Fed. Cir., 2022-1650, nonprecedential, 6/7/23
The court reversed the decision of the Ninth Circuit that VIP Products LLC’s “Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker” dog toy is an expressive work that neither infringed nor diluted Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc.'s trademarks. Jack Daniel’s Props. Inc. v. VIP Prods. LLC, 2023 BL 195826, U.S., 22-148, 6/8/23
The court adopted a U.S. magistrate judge’s recommendation permanently enjoining Tortilla Town LLC from utilizing Tortilla Town Inc.'s trademarked works and from using or selling products and/or services under its trademark, and awarded damages and attorneys’ fees. Tortilla Town Inc. v. Tortilla Town LLC, 2023 BL 194697, W.D. Tex., SA-22-CV-00420-XR, 6/6/23
The court denied Dice Communications LLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction and dissolved the temporary restraining order presently in force in this action against LANRover Network Services Inc. and several former employees for misappropriation of trade secrets and related claims. Dice Commc’ns LLC v. Zappolo, 2023 BL 192677, D. Neb., 8:23CV155, 6/6/23
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