Plaintiffs’ claims that defendant’s ‘432 patent, relating to a method for centralized identification and authen­tication of users and their transactions to increase security in e-commerce, are invalid because they are directed to an abstract idea and thus are ineligible for ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a pharmaceutical company’s Lanham Act suit alleging defendant pharmaceuti­cal company cut into plaintiff’s profits by listing in industry databases a proposed generic equivalent to plaintiff’s Donna­tal drug for irritable bowel syndrome, a Charlottesville U.S. District Court ex­cludes testimony from ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

In this royalty dispute over the use of nu­clear technology, the Supreme Court of Vir­ginia reverses a judgment for plaintiff Are­va NP Inc. against Babcock & Wilcox and affiliated companies for breach of contract and violation of the Virginia Uniform ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia

In this Administrative Procedure Act case, the Alexandria U.S. District Court upholds defendant Patent and Trademark Office’s de­nial of a patent term extension for plaintiff pharmaceutical company’s ‘447 patent. In addition to holding the rights to the ‘447 patent, plaintiff ...

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

A Missouri lawyer whose law license was suspended indefinitely by the Su­preme Court of Missouri cannot over­turn an order of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office imposing identical reciprocal discipline pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 32; the Alexandria U.S. District ...

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

The world’s most famous trade secret, the vigilantly guarded recipe for Coca-Cola, is kept in a purpose-built vault in the company’s Atlanta headquarters. Most trade secrets, howev­er, are kept on computers, where they are decidedly more vul­nerable to hackers and ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property

In this dispute between a government con­tractor and companies that were pursuing subcontracts under a Teaming Agreement with the prime contractor, the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses a $1.25 million judgment against the prime contractor for breach of a non-disclosure ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Justice Cleo E. Powell Supreme Court of Virginia

In this dispute over development of an anti-abuse product for Internet domain names and a jury award of $10 million to plaintiff for trade secret misappropria­tion, conversion and civil conspiracy, the Alexandria U.S. District Court sets aside the $5 million ...

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

In this Lanham Act case asserting un­fair competition in the use of the “Fla­nax” trademark for pain medication sold in the U.S. and in Mexico, the 4th Circuit says Bayer is entitled to bring its unfair competition claims under Lanham ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Judge G. Steven Agee

The Charlottesville U.S. District Court overrules a university patent foundation’s objections to the magistrate judge’s amendment of a protective order governing the scope allowed for plaintiff’s expert to review defendant’s confidential materials. The underlying technology in the case involves magnetic ...

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