In this patent infringement suit involving Internet “cookies,” an Alexandria U.S. District Court denies a motion for reconsideration. In its motion for reconsideration of the court’s summary judgment ruling, plaintiff contends 1) the court’s opinion did not address whether two ...

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

Noting defendant Hamilton Beach Brands’ assertion that plaintiff Sunbeam Products’ Dec. 23, 2009, suit alleging infringement of patents related to the Magic Bullet(R) product were “strategically” timed to “ruin their holidays,” a Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendants’ motion to ...

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

Last week while I was out in my yard, I found a magnolia leaf with a curious marking. So, now Mother Nature is copyrighting her leaves? Would this fall under artistic works? Maybe discovery or invention? Most definitely an innovation ...

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In this patent infringement case involving direct competitors in the business of making and selling air cushion products and apparatus, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants defendant Free-Flow Packaging International’s motion for summary judgment as to the FPI-Pactiv agreement because ...

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

Federal judges in the Eastern District’s “rocket docket” sometimes chide lawyers for their procedural skirmishes to maneuver cases in and out of federal court. But one judge’s “procedural fencing” is another judge’s artful lawyering. Richmond IP lawyer John W. Dozier ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property

An Alexandria U.S. District Court vacates the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s denial of plaintiff The Medicines Company’s application for a patent extension term under the Hatch-Waxman Act, which allows for extension of the term of a pharmaceutical patent under ...

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

In this patent infringement suit involving Internet “cookies,” an Alexandria U.S. District Court rules on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment and refines the issues for trial. Defendants have established by clear and convincing evidence that the § 102(b) statutory ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants defendant’s motion for summary judgment of noninfringement of a patent for a vibratory assembly used in piledriving equipment. The ’964 patent was assigned to plaintiff American Piledriving Equipment Inc. (APE). The patent involves a ...

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

A federal jury in Richmond has returned a $19.3 million intellectual property verdict for the manufacturer of a computer keyboard support system. The verdict was based on a counterclaim by CompX International Inc. and its subsidiary, Waterloo Furniture Components Limited, ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Million-Dollar Verdicts

Although plaintiff claims he had an understanding with defendant that he retained the rights to the internet sales software he developed while working for defendant as an independent contractor, a Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s claim for copyright infringement ...

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