In this litigation involving patents-in-suit relating to electronic sourcing systems, which allow prospective buyers to locate items to buy from multiple electronic catalogs, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion to strike new references as they relate to defendant ...

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

In this litigation involving a patent that improves communication quality through “link adaptation,” a Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant cell phone companies, Motorola and Nokia, summary judgment to limit pre-suit damages, but denies defendants’ motion as moot to the ...

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

In this litigation involving patents-in-suit relating to electronic sourcing systems, which allow prospective buyers to locate items to buy from multiple electronic catalogs, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant software company’s motion to stay proceedings in light of pending ...

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

A contractor who alleges injuries from the explosion of a ship’s propane tank as he refilled it on land for a commercial fishing operation can pursue his claim in Richmond U.S. District Court, as the court has subject matter jurisdiction ...

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

The CFO of plaintiff’s parent company has general financial expertise, but plaintiff has not shown the CFO has experience valuing insurance companies, and his valuation theory, which multiplies earnings by a factor of between eight and 14 to project a ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant’s motion to strike plaintiff company’s demand for a jury trial and sever all nonjury claims, and the court will serve as fact finder for all claims against defendant Michael Kehoe for violation of ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne 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

A lawsuit claiming thousands of Virginia inmates have been unfairly denied parole should be dismissed because early release is discretionary and proper procedures have been followed, a lawyer for the state told a federal judge last week. An attorney for ...

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Denounced by plaintiffs’ lawyers, the groundbreaking decision in Spear v. Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority has found few friends in the Virginia judiciary. The latest judge to reject the “once-and-for-all ad damnum” rule of Spear is Franklin County Circuit Judge William ...

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A man who moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia and sought to have his Section 8 voucher for public housing accepted for rental assistance in Virginia does not have a private cause of action to sue for an alleged violation of ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District