Intellectual Property News and Reports

Defendant appeals from a preliminary injunction ordered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Karas, J.), which enjoined defendant, inter alia, from selling plaintiff’s trademarked products with the unique production code removed. The Court... Read more →

Defendants-Appellants Mylan Laboratories and Mylan Pharmaceuticals (collectively “Mylan”) appeal from the district court’s order awarding approximately $1.3 million in costs to Plaintiff-Appellee Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. (“Daiichi”) under 28 U.S.C. § 1920 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d). We affirm-in-part,... Read more →

The University of Pittsburgh (“Pitt”) appeals the final judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissing with prejudice its patent infringement action for lack of standing. Judgment, Univ. of Pittsburgh v. Varian Med. Sys.,... Read more →

Plaintiff-Appellant Borden Larson appeals from decisions by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Correct Craft, Inc. (“Correct Craft”), William Snook, and Robert Todd. Larson originally filed suit... Read more →

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California reviewed an interference action that Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Agilent) brought under 35 U.S.C. § 146 against Affymetrix, Inc. (Affymetrix). The district court sustained the decision of the Board of... Read more →

In this design patent case, in which the patentee sought a preliminary injunction, we first clarify the requirements for such an injunction. We then determine, in light of that clarification and the evidence before the trial court, whether that court... Read more →

Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. (collectively “Medtronic”) appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., No. 01-CV-10165 (D. Mass.... Read more →