This appeal raises the now often litigated issue of whether a stock photography agency—here, the Arizona-based agency DRK Photo (“DRK”)—has standing under the Copyright Act of 1976 to pursue infringement claims involving photographs from its collection. Ultimately, there is no bright line answer to this question. Here, we affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants, McGraw-Hill Glo... More...   $0 (09-16-2017 - AZ)

Edward “Bud” Tuffly, the treasurer of the National
Border Patrol Council, the union for Border Patrol agents,
seeks to compel, under the Freedom of Information Act, the
disclosure of the names of 149 non-citizens who were
released from detention pending a final determination
whether they will be removed—names that could be linked to
other personal information that has alrea... More...   $0 (09-13-2017 - AZ)

Longview, TX - Jury Finds In Favor of Navico On Patent Infringement Claim Against Garmin International

Navico, Inc. sued Garmin International, Inc. on a patent infringement theory claiming that Garmin infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 9,223,022 and 9,244,168 relating to marine sonar technology. ... More...   $38755000 (09-12-2017 - TX)

This appeal is from a civil forfeiture of $11,500 under
21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). The claimant and his wife are heroin
addicts, who have been buying and selling drugs for most of
their lives. When the claimant, through a friend, tried to post
the $11,500 as bail for his wife, the government seized the
cash. At trial, the government had two theories: first, that the
money was p... More...   $0 (09-06-2017 - OR)

Dallas, TX - iLife Technologies Inc sued Nintendo of America, Inc. on a patent infringement theory claiming that it infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,864,796 for a "system and mthods for evaluating movement of a body relative to an environment." The patent drawings showed a body-mounted motion detector that could detect falls in the elderly.

Nintendo denied that it infringed iLife's patent.
... More...   $10100000 (09-02-2017 - TX)

We granted rehearing en banc to review the constitutionality of a municipal
ordinance prohibiting the sale of sexual devices in light of several recent Supreme
Court decisions which, it was argued, call into question the continued vitality of
this Court’s decision in Williams v. Attorney General (Williams IV), 378 F.3d
1232 (11th Cir. 2004). After we agreed to take the case en ba... More...   $0 (08-23-2017 - GA)

Roger Vanderklok wanted to fly from Philadelphia to
Miami, where he intended to run a half-marathon. In his
carry-on luggage, he had a heart monitor and watch stored
inside a piece of PVC pipe that was capped on both ends.
During screening at the airport security checkpoint, the pipe
and electronics prompted secondary screening, supervised by
Transportation Security Adminis... More...   $0 (08-23-2017 - PA)

Plaintiffs are former arbitrators
for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. In 2011,
plaintiffs and another arbitrator brought a due process action
challenging the implementation of House Bill 1698, a workers’
compensation reform statute that had terminated their sixyear
appointments under prior law. The district court granted
summary judgment for defendants, and w... More...   $0 (08-17-2017 - IL)

After 40 years of employment at Memorial Hermann hospital, Dr. Samia Khalil sued Memorial Hermann Health System for defamation, tortious interference with an existing contract, conspiracy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Khalil, age 77, also sued for age discrimination. Memorial Hermann sought to dismiss several of her claims under summary dismissal procedures found in the Texas ... More...   $0 (08-08-2017 - TX)

Global Tel*Link Corporation (“GTL”) moved to dismiss a suit brought by Securus Technologies, Inc. (“Securus”) based on the provisions of the Texas Citizen’s Protection Act (“TCPA”). Securus responded asserting the commercial speech exception applied to its suit or, in the alternative, it had clear and convincing evidence to support the claims asserted. Following a hearing, the trial court denied G... More...   $0 (08-01-2017 - TX)

Plaintiff FilmOn.com (FilmOn) is an Internet-based
entertainment media provider. Defendant DoubleVerify, Inc.
(DoubleVerify) provides authentication services to online
advertisers. FilmOn sued DoubleVerify for trade libel, slander,
and other business-related torts, alleging DoubleVerify falsely
classified FilmOn’s websites under the categories “Copyright
Infringement-File S... More...   $0 (07-26-2017 - CA)

The Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System
(CURES) is California‟s prescription drug monitoring program. By statute, every
prescription of a Schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance must be logged in
CURES, along with the patient‟s name, address, telephone number, gender, date of
birth, drug name, quantity, number of refills, and information a... More...   $0 (07-25-2017 - CA)

This case concerns a trademark that once enjoyed widespread recognition but has since grown considerably weaker. Since the 1950s, Parks Sausage Company has manufactured or licensed sausage under the brand name “PARKS.”1 At one point, PARKS was placed on the Principal Register of trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), but, sometime in the early 2000s, Parks failed to... More...   $0 (07-24-2017 - PA)

Thuko was convicted by a jury of rape and attempted rape on January 21, 2005. He was sentenced to 202 months in prison and 36 months of postrelease supervision. He appealed his convictions. State v. Thuko, No. 94,228, 2007 WL 92642 (Kan. App. 2007) (unpublished opinion) (Thuko I). On appeal, Thuko argued his statutory and constitutional rights to a speedy trial were violated. In addition, he argue... More...   $0 (07-11-2017 - KS)

This matter is before us for the second time. We incorporate the statement of facts and prior procedural history as detailed in our first decision in this case, State v. Jones, 10th Dist. No. 15AP-670, 2017-Ohio-1168, ¶ 2-13. In our prior decision, we affirmed appellant's conviction and sentence, finding: (1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion because its response to the jury's question... More...   $0 (07-03-2017 - OH)

The only witness to testify at the suppression hearing was a San Antonio Police Department
officer, Jessica Aelvoet. According to Aelvoet’s testimony, she and another officer were patrolling
an area on the city’s east side just before 10:00 p.m. on January 17, 2015. The officers saw a truck
stop in front of a house that the officers knew to be a place where drugs were sold. As the t... More...   $0 (06-25-2017 - TX)

Douglas Doolittle was charged with failure to comply with the registration
requirements under the Sex Offender Registration Program (the “Program”). See Tex. Code Crim.
Proc. art. 62.102(a). In particular, the indictment alleged that Doolittle had been previously convicted
of a reportable offense (lewd conduct with a minor) in another state and was required to register his
new ad... More...   $0 (06-24-2017 - TX)

Christopher Kyle Mosby was convicted after a jury trial of burglary of a dwelling and theft. On appeal, Mosby challenges his convictions on the basis that the State failed to provide adequate notice of the theft charge against him and that the district court provided two erroneous jury instructions. Mosby also argues the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion to sequester witne... More...   $0 (06-21-2017 - KS)

The facts of the underlying crimes are fully set forth in Ross’ direct appeal.2 As relevant here, Ross argues the district court erred in denying an evidentiary hearing on his motion for postconviction relief. His arguments are premised on the constitutionality of § 28-1212.04, which at the time of his crime prohibited
[a]ny person, within the territorial boundaries of any city, incorporated v... More...   $0 (06-21-2017 - NE)

Between February 29, 2012, and March 10, 2012, Chris Gillespie used a domain name registrar to acquire 763 domain names that included the word “google.” Each of these domain names paired the word “google” with some other term identifying a specific brand, person, or product—for example, “googledisney.com,” “googlebarackobama. net,” and “googlenewtvs.com.”
4 ELLIOTT V. GOOGLE
Google, Inc. (... More...   $0 (06-19-2017 - AZ)

"On October 11, 2008, Rozeta Marks was stabbed eight times in her chest, arm, and back while driving to a store with her husband, Rickey Marks . . . Marks was ultimately charged with and convicted of first-degree premeditated murder." State v. Marks, 297 Kan. 131, 132-33, 298 P.3d 1102 (2013). Marks was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years. 297 Kan. at 134. More...   $0 (06-12-2017 - KS)

Ronald Wilson died from two gunshot wounds to the head. Wichita police investigated the death and questioned McDaniel. After initially denying involvement, McDaniel eventually confessed that he, Kendall Gentry, and Christopher Brown had planned to rob Wilson two days before the crime. He speculated the robbery's purpose was to assist in covering a drug debt Brown owed because one of Wilson's relat... More...   $0 (06-12-2017 - KS)

Crooks pled guilty to one count of criminal possession of a firearm, a felony, and one count of domestic battery, a misdemeanor. On July 17, 2014, the district court sentenced him to 17 months' imprisonment but granted 12 months' probation.

Less than 2 months later, on September 8, 2014, the district court issued a warrant for Crooks' arrest for probation violations. Specifically, the... More...   $0 (06-10-2017 - KS)

At the time of the incident forming the basis of this case, Davis lived in
Seneca County with his girlfriend, Jessica Slater (“Slater”), and three of her
children. Trial Tr. 102. Davis’s house was down the street from Jeremy Sauber’s
(“Sauber”) family, and Slater would frequently ask Sauber’s fourteen-year-old
daughter (“TS”) to babysit her children. Id. at 85, 104, 125, 146... More...   $0 (05-31-2017 - OH)

Aurelio Duarte together with his wife and two children challenge the constitutionality of a Lewisville, Texas, ordinance (“the Ordinance”) that restricts where certain individuals convicted of sex offenses may live within the city. Specifically, they allege that the Ordinance deprives both Duarte individually and the Duarte Family as a whole of procedural due process and violates Duarte’s constitu... More...   $0 (05-31-2017 - TX)