DuPont accused Kolon, a South Korean company, of stealing trade secrets related to Kevlar. The case proceeded to trial in July 2011, and on Sept. 14, 2011, after a seven-week trial, a U.S. District Court jury in Richmond rendered a ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Intellectual Property Judge Anthony J. Trenga Million-Dollar Settlements

In this Lanham Act suit involving competing companies’ challenges to various advertising claims relating to both parties’ grass seed and combination grass seed products, a Richmond U.S. District Court reaffirms that defendant Pennington Seed’s “twice the seed” and “2X the ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this “straightforward” dispute involving the registered trademark “Two Men and a Truck,” a Norfolk U.S. District Court awards plaintiff attorney’s fees and costs of $24,804.92; the court cuts fees for block billing and questions lawyers’ hourly rates based on ...

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

In Georgia-Pacific’s suit against defendant manufacturer of a cheaper paper towel for “stuffing” into G-P’s trademarked “enMotion” motion-activated paper towel dispenser, the 4th Circuit reverses the damage award for G-P, saying the trial court applied the wrong legal standards for ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Judge Paul V. Niemeyer

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses this declaratory judgment action filed by three FM radio stations asking the court to declare that broadcasts, made via a geofencing technology yet to be implemented, are exempt from liability for copyright royalties under ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for defendant U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in this suit by a patent holder alleging the PTO’s inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board are unconstitutional because they ...

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

A photographer has stated a claim for copyright violation for a website’s unauthorized use of plaintiff’s photo of a political candidate; defendant cannot claim “fair use” in a motion to dismiss, says the Roanoke U.S. District Court. According to her ...

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

A licensed locksmith that claims it has suffered a drastic decrease in revenue due to unlicensed locksmiths advertising online, cannot sue defendants Google, Yellowbook and Ziplocal for providing access to the unlicensed locksmiths’ advertising; defendants are immune from plaintiff’s federal ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this patent infringement case that resulted in a $34 million verdict against defendant, a Norfolk U.S. District Court denies defendant’s post-trial motion to seal 138 portions of the trial transcript to protect trade secrets, and asks defendants to more ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A lawyer’s submission to a Texas court of a copyrighted resume of his proposed expert witness on legal fees was “fair use” under federal copyright law, and the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for defendant lawyer in this ...

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