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In this dispute over the rights to the service mark for “Strawberry Hill Races,” a century-old steeplechase horse racing tradition in Richmond, a Richmond U.S. District Court will allow plaintiff mark owners, who purchased the mark at a bankruptcy auction, ...

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

In this suit by CoreTel Virginia LLC against Verizon Virginia LLC, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says it is appropriate to protect CoreTel’s confidential business information and adequate grounds exist to grant the motion for leave to file under seal ...

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

In this lawsuit by Disney Enterprises Inc. challenging the U.S. PTO’s rejection of Disney’s ‘772 patent application, the Alexandria U.S. District Court says Disney may not use an expert opinion that came too late under the court’s discovery schedule. The ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Abingdon U.S. District Court denies a motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims alleging defendant gas company improperly calculated royalty payments which did not reflect the actual price for which the gas was sold. Defendant argues that pursuant to the pooling ...

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

Plaintiff sports production company that had a license agreement to show on closed-circuit television a professional boxing championship match may sue defendant restaurant for allegedly intercepting the broadcast and allowing its patrons to see the match; the magistrate judge for ...

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

In a hard-fought intellectual property case, a Richmond U.S. District Court says the winning plaintiff is entitled to an award of reasonable attorney’s fees under the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act, but orders additional briefing on the state law standard ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court denies dismissal of a counterclaim in this litigation over contracts for the appraisal and sale of artifacts from the RMS Titanic. This is a declaratory judgment action concerning the enforceability of two purported contracts, which ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Charlottesville U.S. District Court says plaintiff owner of copyrights for t-shirt designs may try its claims for copyright infringement, breach of contract, tortious interference and unjust enrichment, for defendant’s alleged conduct of continuing to sell plaintiff’s copyrighted designs after ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

In this dispute over defendants’ follow-through on multi-million dollar contracts to buy plaintiff’s coal, a Roanoke U.S. District Court says plaintiff’s claim for fraudulent inducement is not barred by the economic loss rule, and plaintiff may sue both defendant company ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James C. Turk U.S. District Court - Western District

After nearly 17 months of litigation in state court and on the eve of trial of this dispute between partners to a teaming agreement on a government contract, defendant company removed this state law contract, trade secret, fraud and conspiracy ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District