Don’t like being called a “patent troll”? Tell it to the judge. DNT LLC is suing Sprint and Nextel over patents covering various wireless modem cards offered by Sprint and other vendors. The case raises round-peg-in-a-square-hole questions like, does a ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court says plaintiff WiAV Solutions LLC is a “bare licensee” with no constitutional standing to bring a patent infringement challenge to the “Mindspeed Patents” at issue in this case, as at least four other entities retain ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this patent infringement litigation involving a device known as a valved holding chamber (VHC) that aids in delivery of aerosolized medication to patients through inhalation, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction to prohibit ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who won an injunction and $20,000 in damages in this suit alleging appropriation of plaintiff’s identity as The Flexible Benefits Council, a lobbying organization, can collect attorney’s fees and costs, but the Alexandria U.S. District Court only allows ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After the Kenny Rogers reference the other day, plus this next item, it must be oldie moldie week around here… If you listened to popular music back in the early to mid-1980s, you couldn’t avoid the band Men at Work. ...

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In this Lanham Act suit between two companies that manufacture baby formula, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants Mead Johnson summary judgment on PBM’s commercial disparagement claim, as Virginia law does not recognize a cause of action for deceptive trade ...

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

In this suit in which Mead Johnson, manufacturer of Enfamil brand baby formula, alleges defamation and other counterclaims against PBM Products, which has advertised its store-brand infant formula as comparable to Enfamil, a Richmond U.S. District Court excludes an e-mail ...

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

In this suit in which Mead Johnson, manufacturer of Enfamil brand baby formula, alleges defamation and other counterclaims against PBM Products, which has advertised its store-brand infant formula as comparable to Enfamil, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff PBM ...

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

A plaintiff company undergoing an ex parte reexamination appeal, at the behest of Cisco Systems Inc., of plaintiff’s patent issued in 2005, cannot challenge a regulation of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that regulates the appeal process in these ...

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

A car dealership cannot sue a consumer Web site on which shoppers posted negative experiences for defamation and tortious interference with business expectancy; the 4th Circuit affirms the district court holding that defendant Consumeraffairs.com Inc. has immunity from suit under ...

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