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Three patents for “high-tech snooping” processes used for online marketing were not enforceable. The internet context didn’t establish sufficient inventiveness over conventional, abstract concepts. Background This case involves technology that helps businesses pry into peoples’ personal preferences and privacy. Advertisers ...

Tagged with: Commercial Intellectual Property Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Patent Disputes Telecommunications U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit alleging that plaintiff Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver, suffered $216 million in losses due to this North Carolina bank’s failure, the 4th Circuit says the district court erred in granting summary judgment to defendant bank officers ...

Tagged with: Commercial Judge Roger L. Gregory U.S. District Court - Eastern District

On a bank’s emergency motion to show cause, a Newport News U.S. District Court issues a contempt finding against defendant law offices and related businesses allegedly owned by lawyer Stuart Berger and his wife Deborah as sole shareholders of Alternatives ...

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

Defendant lounge violated federal statutes with an unlicensed closed circuit broadcast of a fight, and the Richmond U.S. District Court enters default judgment for plaintiff sports production company and against defendant in the aggregate amount of $16,631.44. Plaintiff alleges violation ...

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