Where an employee’s supervisor allegedly touched his shoulder and bicep, placed her hand on the small of his back, briefly rubbed his earlobe and made a few positive remarks about his appearance, these actions did not amount to the level ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the patent was not issued under a decision in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board or federal court reversing an adverse determination of patentability, the United States Patent and Trademark Office did not err in concluding the plaintiff was ...

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

Where the plaintiffs waited at least eight years before moving to hold the defendant in contempt for violating a prior injunction, the contempt claim was dismissed because the significant delay prejudiced the defendant. Background Before the court is defendant i-TV’s ...

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

Where a telecommunications systems provider delivered equipment to the defendant pursuant to a purchase order, the defendant did not pay for the equipment and never responded to the suit, a judgment in the amount of $485,592 was awarded to the ...

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

Where lawsuits brought against the insureds alleging shoddy construction of townhouses were “replete” with allegations of intentional conduct, that conduct is neither an “occurrence” nor an “accident,” so the insurer’s duty-t0-defend was not triggered. Allegations of negligent conduct were unsupported by ...

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

Franchisees of urgent care centers who continued using the trademarks, service marks and a franchise system without authorization must pay most of the plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees. The claimed partner hourly rate of $400 and associate rate of $200-275 per hour ...

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

The Merit Systems Protection Board, or MSPB, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission did not err in upholding the dismissal of plaintiff from the Patent and Trademark Office. The plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies or did not engage ...

Tagged with: Employment Employment Discrimination Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although the defendants prevailed at summary judgment by demonstrating the Lanham Act claims were time-barred, attorneys’ fees were denied because the plaintiff’s claims were not frivolous or objectively unreasonable, its litigation approach was not so unreasonable as to render it ...

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

A law firm defendant must produce attorney-client privileged documents because the crime-fraud exception is applicable where the attorney purportedly committed a crime or fraud, there was a prima facie showing he engaged in criminal conduct and the Noerr-Pennington doctrine was ...

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

An Alexandria federal judge has approved a nearly $129,000 fee award in a battle over franchise rights for a Herndon doctor and his urgent care clinic. The fee ruling came after the doctor lost his legal team following a failed ...

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