A reasonable jury could conclude from testimony of the parties’ experts in this patent infringement suit against Twitter Inc., that the method for creating an “interactive virtual community of famous people” claimed by plaintiff’s ‘309 patent was not an interactive ...

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

In language-learning company Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement suit against Google over use of the Rosetta Stone mark in Google’s online advertising platform, the 4th Circuit vacates summary judgment for Google on plaintiff’s claims for direct infringement, contributory infringement and dilution ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Judge William B. Traxler Jr.

Language-learning company Rosetta Stone has won the right to try part of its trademark infringement action against Internet industry giant Google, in a decision released earlier today by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Rosetta Stone sued Google after ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property

In this copyright and trademark litigation involving two marketing companies’ claims to marketing programs involving TV commercials for the “Big Case,” the Norfolk U.S. District Court holds that plaintiff copied defendant’s “Big Case” commercial. This dispute involves various copyright and ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court dismisses a Florida architectural firm’s suit against a Virginia Beach customer home builder for copyright infringement, which fails to detail how defendants might have gained access to plaintiff’s copyrighted works or copied them; despite plaintiff’s ...

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

In this dispute over patents for encryption and security techniques, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says there are genuine factual disputes concerning a defense of “inequitable conduct” based on the identity of the proper inventor on a patent in question, ...

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

In this complaint alleging patent infringement, the Norfolk U.S. District Court has personal jurisdiction over defendants under a forum selection clause in the parties’ earlier Agreement, and the complaint complies with Fed. R. Civ. P. Form 18 and the district ...

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

Although plaintiff communications company, which registered the Agrinet service mark in 1972 and has used it for radio broadcast of farm news, acknowledges it permitted certain uses of the Agrinet mark in some local markets by predecessors of defendant Clear ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Judge Andre M. Davis

Plaintiffs who seek to develop custom products for rehabilitation of stroke patients win their claim that defendant Nautilus is liable for false marking in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 292, and the Roanoke U.S. District Court grants in part plaintiffs’ ...

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

As the 4th Circuit has not applied the Twombly-Iqbal standard in a case alleging patent infringement, a Norfolk U.S. District Court applies a relevant decision of the Federal Circuit in reviewing defendants’ motion to dismiss. Plaintiff alleges defendants’ products, services, ...

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