The question presented in this appeal is whether a Georgia-based Internet Service Provider subjected itself to personal jurisdiction in Maryland by enabling a website owner to publish photographs on the Internet, in violation of a Maryland corporation's copyrights. Adapt- ing the traditional due process principles used to determine a State's authority to exercise personal jurisdiction over ou... More...   $0 (06-17-2002 - MD)

In November 1989, Jerome Metcalf read two newspaper articles about the Army’s practice of training surgeons at inner-city hospitals to expose them to combat-like conditions. Based on these articles, Jerome and his wife Laurie (“the Metcalfs”) conceived a story about a county hospital in inner-city Los Angeles and the struggles of its predominantly black staff. Along with th... More...   $0 (06-12-2002 - CA)

The issue in this en banc case is the extent to which a private organization may assert copyright protection for its model codes, after the models have been adopted by a legislative body and become "the law". Specifically, may a code-writing organization prevent a website operator from posting the text of a model code where the code is identified simply as the building code of a city that enacted ... More...   $0 (06-07-2002 - TX)

Morningside Development, LLC; Morningside Holdings of Satyr Hill, LLC; and G. Neville Turner (collectively, the "Defendants") appeal a judgment of more than $736,000 entered against them, jointly and severally, following an October 2000 bench trial in the District of Maryland. The Defendants assert multiple contentions of error; however, only their challenge to joint and several liability has ... More...   $736037 (06-04-2002 - MD)

Wanda and Christopher Cavalier (the "Cavaliers") appeal the district court's summary judgment and dismissal in favor of defendants Random House, Inc. ("Random House"), the Children's Television Workshop Inc., and CTW Publishing Co. (collectively, "CTW"). In an action for copyright and trademark infringement, false designation of origin, and unfair competition, the Cavaliers alleged that defe... More...   $0 (05-21-2002 - CA)

Darrell J. Bird, an Ohio citizen proceeding pro se, brought this lawsuit alleging various violations of federal copyright and trademark law against Afternic.com, Inc., Dotster, Inc., George DeCarlo, Marshall Parsons, and Steven Vincent. Dotster, DeCarlo, and Vincent are citizens of Washington, Afternic has its headquarters in New York, and Parsons resides in California. Bird's allegations involve ... More...   $0 (05-21-2002 - OH)

We consider this case on an expedited appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The parties to this appeal, Dam Things from Denmark, a/k/a Troll Company ApS (together "Dam Things"), and Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. ("Russ"), are purveyors of trolls -- short, pudgy, plastic dolls with big grins and wild hair. Dam Things, a Danish company, assert... More...   $0 (05-14-2002 - NJ)

In 1996 and 1997, the First National Bank of Omaha (the Bank) and Three Dimension Systems Products, Inc. (3D) entered into a series of written agreements by which 3D was to develop, customize, and deliver to the Bank three software computer programs intended for the use of the Bank’s affiliates, subsidiaries and clients. Two of the programs, known as PPS and Teller, were successfully ins... More...   $0 (05-13-2002 - NE)

Dennis Berkla designs electronic databases that allow users to create realistic images of natural settings on the computer screen. In 1997, Berkla contacted Corel Corporation ("Corel") and they initiated discussions about the possibility of Corel licensing Berkla's image file databases for inclusion in upcoming versions of Corel's software. After the parties executed a nondisclosure agreemen... More...   $270000 (05-10-2002 - CA)

Plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Medforms, Inc. ("Medforms") appeals from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, William H. Pauley III, Judge, dismissing its complaint after a jury trial and denying its motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial. The district court found more than sufficient evidence from which the ... More...   $0 (05-07-2002 - NY)

The plaintiffs in this Sherman Act price-fixing case appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants. The plaintiffs had opted out from a large antitrust litigation, other phases of which are discussed at 123 F.3d 599 (7th Cir. 1997), and 186 F.3d 781 (7th Cir. 1999); despite some overlap with the issues in the other phases, it will simplify analysis to treat this offshoot of... More...   $0 (05-06-2002 - IL)

Drive-In Music Company, Inc. appeals from the district court's award of attorneys' fees to E. Wayne Pittman pursuant to 17 U.S.C.A. S 505 (West 1996), the Copyright Act's fee-shifting provision. The district court awarded Pittman a total of $277,980 in attorneys' fees.* Drive-In contends that the district court erred in various respects in determining the amount of the fee award. Having had t... More...   $0 (04-30-2002 - SC)

Copyright infringement claim by cowboy yodeler from Dusty, Washington against Yahoo for the unauthorized use of Plaintiff's distinctive yodel in Defendant's national advertising. Plaintiff agreed to sing the distinctive yodel for Yahoo in 1996 but claimed that he did not believe that it would be used nationally.... More...   $1 (04-24-2002 - CA)

Eppendorf is a German company which manufactures medical and laboratory equipment. At issue in this case is Eppendorf's line of disposable pipette tips(2) and dispenser syringes capable of accurate and rapid "multiple dispensing" of liquids. Eppendorf's disposable pipette tips are sold in the United States marked with the word-marks "COMBITIPS," "EPPENDORF" and "EPPENDORF COMBITIPS" (hereinafter r... More...   $0 (04-22-2002 - MS)

In 1997, Deseret Book Compa... More...   $0 (04-22-2002 - UT)

It is difficult to imagine that the Barbie doll, so perfect in her sculpture and presentation, and so comfortable in every setting, from "California girl" to "Chief Executive Officer Barbie," could spawn such acrimonious litigation and such egregious conduct on the part of her challenger. In her wildest dreams, Barbie could not have imagined herself in the middle of Rule 11 proceedings. But t... More...   $0 (04-15-2002 - CA)

Harry Palmer, the owner of Star's Edge, Inc., and the creator of a self-help course called Avatar, sought a preliminary injunction against Eldon Braun, alleging that Braun's book, The Source Course, infringed Palmer's copyright in the Avatar Course materials. The district court denied the request for a preliminary injunction after determining that Palmer was unlikely to succeed on the merits of hi... More...   $0 (04-09-2002 - FL)

Both Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Syntek"), a Taiwanese corporation, and Microchip Technology Inc. ("Microchip"), a Delaware corporation, design, manufacture, and sell microcontrollers. Microcontrollers, occasionally referred to as microcomputers, are highly integrated circuits used to control a particular system or process in an electronic product. The operation of microcontrollers is d... More...   $0 (04-08-2002 - AZ)

The Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery ("Gallo") holds a trademark in the name "Ernest & Julio Gallo." Spider Webs Ltd. registered the internet domain name "ernestandjuliogallo.com" (the "domain name"). Gallo sent Spider Webs a letter requesting that they release or transfer the domain name to Gallo, but Spider Webs refused to do so. Gallo sued Spider Webs under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protect... More...   $25000 (04-03-2002 - TX)

Both IDX Systems and Epic Systems make software for use in managing the financial side of a medical practice: billing, insurance reimbursement and other collections, and the like. During the 1980s IDX sold this software package to two medical groups that later merged into the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, which now comprises more than 1,000 physicians. The Foundation contin... More...   $0 (04-01-2002 - WI)

This is an appeal and a cross-appeal from an order denying a special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16. In their appeal defendants, Mark Brutzkus, an attorney, and his client, Sandra Hogan LaMarche individually and doing business as The Network, contend the trial court erred in finding a malicious prosecution complaint could not be subject to a special motion to st... More...   $0 (03-25-2002 - CA)

Plaintiffs' action against Napster claims contributory and vicarious copyright infringement stemming from Napster's peer-to-peer music file sharing service.1 In the prior interlocutory appeal, we affirmed the district court's decision to issue a preliminary injunction and reversed and remanded with instructions to modify the injunction's scope to reflect the limits of Napster's potential lia... More...   $0 (03-25-2002 - CA)

In the first amended complaint for malicious prosecution, plaintiff alleged Ms. LaMarche filed a cross-complaint against Jarrow in a municipal court action, entitled Jarrow Formulas, Inc. v. Sandra Hogan LaMarche, d.b.a. The Network, case No. 97T00312. The first amended malicious prosecution complaint alleged that the municipal cross-complaint contained claims for general damages according to ... More...   $0 (03-25-2002 - CA)

Random House, Inc. appeals from the denial of a preliminary injunction that sought to enjoin appellee Rosetta Books LLC ("Rosetta") from continuing to sell as "ebooks" certain novels whose authors had granted Random House the exclusive right to publish, print, and sell their copyrighted works "in book form." The denial of a preliminary injunction is generally reviewed for abuse of discretion. See ... More...   $0 (03-08-2002 - NY)

Getaped created a website to sell Go-Ped brand motorized scooters. Plaintiff sent 400 hours or more over an eight-week operiod designing and creating the source code for the Getaped site, which went "live" on the Internet in December 1999. Form at least early summer, 2000, defendants copied the Getaped website by posting identical source code at... More...   $30000 (02-28-2002 - NY)