Intellectual Property News and Reports

Plaintiff-Appellant Bridgeport Music, Inc. (“Bridgeport”) appeals from the district court’s order awarding attorneys’ fees and costs to Defendant-Appellee Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc. (“UPIP”) as a prevailing party under 17 U.S.C. § 505. This court had vacated an earlier award of... Read more →

The appellants, referred to collectively as “Aristocrat,” are the owner and exclusive licensee of U.S. Patent No. 6,093,102 (“the ’102 patent”). The patent is directed to an electronic slot machine that allows a player to select winning combinations of symbol... Read more →

Agrizap, Inc. has sued Woodstream Corporation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for fraudulent misrepresentation and infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,949,636 (the ’636 patent), which pertains to an electronic rodent-killing device. Woodstream appeals... Read more →

On summary judgment, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin determined that Dell, Inc., Gateway, Inc., Toshiba America, Inc., and Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (collectively Defendants) did not infringe claims 17-20, 22, 24, and 26-28... Read more →

By complaint to the International Trade Commission under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended, 19 U.S.C. '1337, Amgen, Inc. charged that certain importations of recombinant human erythropoietin and derivatives thereof (collectively "EPO") are in violation of... Read more →

Plaintiff PRL USA Holdings, Inc., holder of the Ralph Lauren trademarks, appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Daniels, J.), entered following a jury trial, denying plaintiff’s claims of trademark... Read more →

After a jury trial, the district court ruled in favor of a restaurant franchisor on claims brought against a food distributor under the Lanham Act. On appeal, the distributor alleges the Lanham Act was inapplicable, that an award of attorney... Read more →

Appellant Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (“Teva”) appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, entered after a bench trial, in favor of Appellees Pfizer, Inc. et al. (collectively “Pfizer”). Pfizer Inc.... Read more →

By Andrew Noyes CongressDaily February 19, 2008 Legislation making sweeping changes in patent law that is slated for Senate debate in the coming weeks would increase federal spending by $26.9 billion and boost revenue by $25.5 billion over a nine-year... Read more →

MLS Solutions, Inc. and International Yacht Council Ltd. (“IYC”) were found by a jury to have violated the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 501, by infringing upon the selection, order, and arrangement of information contained in BUC International Corp.’s Used... Read more →