The Patent and Trademark Office wins summary judgment in plaintiff’s suit alleging the PTO improperly calculated the patent term adjustment for the ‘374 patent, and the Alexandria U.S. District Court says the PTO’s construction of 35 U.S.C. § 154(b)(2)(C) is ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the Federal Trade Commission in this FOIA suit filed by a law firm seeking information about the FTC’s interactions with representatives of the alcoholic beverage industry, on behalf of a firm ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court vacates an arbitrator’s award reinstating plaintiff utility company’s terminated employee, as the arbitrator acted beyond his discretion under a union contract when he interpreted the contract to reject the company’s efforts to strike him from ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A county school board wins summary judgment in this disability discrimination suit filed by an instructional aide whose shoulder injury allegedly prevented her from performing a job requirement that she be able to physically restrain autistic students in the classroom, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in this suit by Harvard University alleging the PTO improperly determined that their ‘803 patent,  entitled “Transgenic non-human mammals,” had expired and improperly refused to ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this lawsuit against two loan servicers filed by a borrower who participated in a Trial Period Plan for a HAMP loan modification, but was denied a permanent modification, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says several of plaintiff’s claims for ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Alexandria U.S. District Court upholds the USPTO’s rejection of plaintiff’s claims seeking to patent the a spirally formed pipe. On May 17, 1999, plaintiff filed a ‘922 application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Examiner rejected claims ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says an arbitration clause in Independent Contractor Agreements signed by two firearms instructors does not require arbitration of the instructors’ claims that the government contractor violated the False Claims Act by terminating them for reporting ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Federal Trade Commission has not demonstrated the reasonableness of its response in this FOIA suit filed by a law firm seeking information about the FTC’s interactions with representatives of the alcoholic beverage industry, on behalf of a firm client ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After dismissing plaintiff’s suing alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act, due to defendant’s destruction of his computer records and his computer, an Alexandria U.S. District Court orders plaintiff to pay attorney’s fees ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District