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

Are you concerned your company’s intellectual property or proprietary data may have been misappropriated, lost or shared with unauthorized parties, intentionally or negligently? Typically, IP theft occurs shortly before or after an employee tenders their employment termination notice. Creating a ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property

Where the parties disputed whether a patent covering a rack-isle freezing system for palletized product was infringed, the court construed multiple terms, including airflow chamber and warehouse. Background Tippmann Engineering LLC brings this action against Innovative Refrigeration Systems Inc. and ...

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

Where the parties disputed who was responsible for contributing to the creation of a certain idea in a patent, and whether that idea was important to the overall patent, the dispute over inventorship could not be resolved on summary judgment. ...

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

Where a tax preparation company offers similar services to those offered by the plaintiff, its use of the plaintiff’s trademark on a Facebook page and pamphlets had the tendency to confuse customers. Background Liberty Tax Service sues several defendants for ...

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

Where the plaintiff sought to patent a system and method for targeting specific content to individual users of a website, his application was properly denied because it was an abstract idea ineligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C. § 101. ...

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

Where a plaintiff named “Huang Zhiyang” alleged he was the owner of domain name 45.com, but an intervenor named “Huang Zhiyang” provided evidence that he was the rightful owner, the court found that the intervenor was the real “Huang Zhiyang” ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Mark S. Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the owner of a Ted Nugent photograph sued Independent Journal Review for using the photo on its website, IJR prevailed on summary judgment because the picture was part of a commentary on issues of public concern, its commercial gain ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where rival ice cream truck owners dispute the right to use a banana split photograph, but the plaintiff didn’t register the photo until after the alleged infringement, it may not recover statutory damages or attorneys’ fees. However, because it did ...

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