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In the post-judgment phase of this lit­igation arising out of the unauthorized distribution of DIRECTV satellite pro­gramming to viewers at Massanutten Resort that resulted in a judgment of $2,393,000 against defendants Randy Coley and East Coast Cablevision LLC, a Harrisonburg ...

Tagged with: Corporate Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Plaintiff equipment company did not violate its Non-Disclosure Agreement with defendant Seating Solutions when it purchased a seating system from a man­ufacturer, and defendant’s counterclaims alleging violation of the NDA and of a separate Distribution Agreement also are dismissed by ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this contract dispute between plain­tiff purchaser of all stock in the TDG com­pany and the seller who was sole owner of the stock, over tax indemnification and attorney’s fees for a lawsuit against TDG, an Alexandria U.S. District Court ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this Lanham Act suit by plaintiff Se­lect Auto Imports Inc. against Yates Se­lect Auto Sales LLC, an Alexandria U.S. District Court finds that all nine factors in the likelihood of confusion analysis weigh in favor of plaintiff or are ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dis­misses plaintiff’s suit seeking an origina­tion fee for his alleged role in procuring defendant defense contractor as an inves­tor in an Arkansas company. Plaintiff alleged an Arkansas corpora­tion named Vision Technologies Inc. au­thorized him to ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who alleges he performed under a consulting agreement with de­fendants to develop real estate in Bris­tol, Virginia, and is owed $6,000 per month for his service and $18,170.82 in expenses, as well as an ownership stake in the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court rejects a patent applicant’s latest ef­fort to avoid paying the court-ordered sum of $36,320.49 for expenses, includ­ing attorney’s fees, of the Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to § 21(b) (3) of the Lanham Act, in ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s motion for partial dismissal of plaintiff ’s claim that he should be awarded credit for time attributable to various delays caused by the PTO during the continued examination ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff company’s challenge to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision rejecting the patentability of inventions claims in plaintiff ’s ‘161 ap­plication, the PTO’s defense of lack of standing is not barred by the doctrine of collateral estoppel, says ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this action arising out of disputes concerning nine equipment contracts and a revolving agricultural/commer­cial credit account, the complaint’s ref­erences to “assignors of the contracts” cannot be read to mean plaintiffs have failed to join an assignor as a party ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District