Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

Where Florida-based defendants who were sued for trademark infringement by a mortgage services company have not been involved with loans in Virginia, Virginia residents have not registered with or submitted any loan applications through their website and they have not ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an insurance agent sued Allstate for giving his book of business to another agent, but the agency agreement provided that all insurance policies were owned by Allstate, the conversion claim failed as a matter of law. Background Keith Hallacher ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

Where two companies that manufacture and sell wood protection products moved to dismiss a third competitor’s suit claiming they engaged in false advertising, their motion was denied because the complaint pleaded that a false representation was made in interstate commerce, ...

Tagged with: Commercial Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the purchasers did not close on the sale of two commercial buildings, the trial court correctly determined the purchasers breached the sales contract after rejecting their argument that the parties voluntarily terminated the deal. Further, the trial court correctly ...

Tagged with: Contract Supreme Court of Virginia

Where businesses sought insurance coverage for losses related to the partial suspension of their operations, as well as the costs of remediating the threat of COVID-19, the carrier prevailed because a communicable disease caused by a virus does not fall ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where plaintiff sued defendants under Virginia law for trademark infringement, federal law informs the court’s evaluation of whether laches is a valid defense to plaintiff’s suit. Defendants have not proven their laches defense in their plea in bar. Plaintiff lacked ...

Tagged with: Fairfax Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard Trademark Virginia Circuit Courts

Where one government contractor alleged a competitor misappropriated trade secrets in order to create a copycat website, but there was no evidence that the defendant government contractor directly shared trade secrets or acquired trade secrets through improper means, the defendants ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company that sells bulk food products alleged a competitor deliberately copied its product categorization system and descriptions from its website, but the defendant lacked any meaningful contacts with Virginia, the copyright infringement suit was dismissed for lack of ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the plaintiff in a patent infringement suit was not located in this district and the allegedly infringing products were designed and developed in California, the suit will be transferred to the Northern District of California. Background Sunstone Information Defense ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a staffing company allegedly engaged in “sharp dealing” when it induced employees to breach valid restrictive covenants with their prior employer, the tortious interference claim survived a motion to dismiss. Background Apex Systems LLC alleges that Beacon Hill Staffing ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District