Patent Infringement Law
 
State of Louisiana v. Laderick Johnson

On August 13, 2013, Shreveport Police were dispatched to the
GameStop located at 7141 Youree Drive in Shreveport, Louisiana, on a
complaint of an armed robbery. Surveillance tape showed a man dressed in
a gray Minecraft T-shirt and red baseball cap enter the store at about 12:00
p.m. Devin Dobson, a female employee at the GameStop, testified that after
walking around the stor... More...
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Expro Americas, LLC v. Eddie K. Walters, Sr. and H & H Welding, LLC

Expro Americas, LLC (“Expro”) filed a complaint in the Chancery Court of the First
Judicial District of Jones County, seeking, inter alia, a temporary restraining order and
applying for a preliminary injunction against Eddie Walters, a former Expro employee, and
H&H Welding, LLC (“H&H”). After conducting an evidentiary hearing, the chancellor
dissolved the temporary restraining or... More...
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United States v. Gonzalez

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Motion to Suppress, filed August 7, 2014 (Doc. 675)("Motion"). The Court held evidentiary hearings on the Motion on January 22, 2015, January 28, 2015, and January 30, 2015. The primary issues are: (i) whether the United States Drug Enforcement Agency's investigation of the Homero Varela Drug-Trafficking Organization ("Varela DTO") gave Luis Almonte and Ma... More...   $0 (12-02-2015 - NM)

People v. Strickland

In May 2013, defendant entered into a nonnegotiated plea of guilty to unlawful delivery
of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/401(d)(i) (West 2012)). In August 2013, the court held
a sentencing hearing. Counsel for defendant asked that defendant be placed on Treatment
Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) probation. Alternatively, counsel said, "The Court
could give him... More...
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State Of Connecticut v. Santiago

Defendant was found guilty of capital felony and sentenced to death. While Defendant’s appeal was pending, the legislature passed Public Act 12-5, which repealed the death penalty for all crimes committed on or after April 25, 2012. On June 12, 2012, the Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s judgment of conviction but reversed his death sentence and remanded for a new penalty phase hearing, concludin... More...   $0 (11-30-2015 - CT)

CIOFFI v. GOOGLE, INC.

Alfonso Cioffi and The Estate of Allen Rozman (collectively “Appellants” or “Cioffi”) filed suit against Google, Inc. (“Appellee” or “Google”) on February 5, 2013 in the Eastern District of Texas alleging that the Google Chrome web browser (the “Accused Products”) infringed four reissue patents: U.S. Patent Nos. RE43,103 (the “’103 patent”); RE43,500 (the “’500 patent”); RE43,528 (the “’528 patent... More...   $0 (11-30-2015 - TX)

RAYTHEON COMPANY v. USA

In this bid protest, plaintiff Raytheon Company (“Raytheon”), the contract awardee, challenges both the statements made by a Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) attorney during an outcome prediction conference held in conjunction with protests lodged by defendantintervenors Lockheed Martin Corporation (“Lockheed”) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (“Northrop”), and the decision of the ... More...   $0 (11-29-2015 - DC)

State Of Louisiana v. Wilson

On April 5, 2013, Milton Wilson, Jariod Washington, and Erin Doucet were each charged by bill of indictment with one count of second degree murder, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1; armed robbery with a firearm, in violation of La. R.S. 14:64.3; criminal conspiracy to commit armed robbery, in violation of La. R.S. 14:(26)64.3; and obstruction of justice, in violation of La. R.S. 14:301.1. On Ap... More...   $0 (11-29-2015 - LA)

State Of Louisiana v. Milton Wilson, Jariod Washington, and Erin Doucet

On April 5, 2013, Milton Wilson, Jariod Washington, and Erin Doucet were each charged by bill of indictment with one count of second degree murder, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1; armed robbery with a firearm, in violation of La. R.S. 14:64.3; criminal conspiracy to commit armed robbery, in violation of La. R.S. 14:(26)64.3; and obstruction of justice, in violation of La. R.S. 14:301.1. On April... More...   $0 (11-23-2015 - LS)

Multi Time Machine, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.

In the present appeal, we must decide whether the
following scenario constitutes trademark infringement: A
customer goes online to Amazon.com looking for a certain
military-style wristwatch — specifically the “MTM Special
Ops” — marketed and manufactured by Plaintiff Multi Time
Machine, Inc. The customer types “mtm special ops” in the
search box and presses “enter.” Because... More...
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Aaron Houseman and Nancy Houseman v. Eric S. Sagerman, et al.

In 1996, Nancy Houseman and her husband Aaron Houseman (together the
―Housemans‖) formed Med-Legal, Inc.,2 which they sold to Universata, Inc.
(―Universata,‖ or the ―Company‖) in 2006 for a seven-year stream of payments
totaling approximately $9 million.3 In 2009, after the Company had difficulty
making their payments, the Housemans and Uni... More...
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Wyo-Ben, Inc., a Corporation v. Boyd J. Van Fleet

The State of Wyoming issued a gentleman by the name of D.K. Jones a patent for the property involved in this case in 1955. A couple of decades passed before he and his wife (who was on the title by that time) entered into a mining lease which covered their property and some neighboring lands with Wyo-Ben on November 1, 1970. This conveyance is known as the Jones-Manning lease. [¶4] The lease al... More...   $0 (11-19-2015 - WY)

United States of America v. Rocky P. Ouprasith

Norfolk, VA - Operator of Second-Largest Music Piracy Website in the U.S. Sentenced to 3 Years for Criminal Copyright Infringement

Rocky P. Ouprasith, 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for reproducing and distributing without permission millions of infringing digital copies of copyrighted works, including copies of popular songs and albums befor... More...
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LightSquared Inc. et al v. Deere & Company et al

Before the Court is the joint motion of Defendants Deere & Company ("Deere"), Garmin
International, Inc. ("Garmin"), Trimble Navigation Limited ("Trimble"), and The U.S. GPS
Industry Council ("USGIC," and collectively, "Defendants") to dismiss two related actions
brought against them by LightSquared, Inc. ("LightSquared"), a mobile telecommunications
company currently in Chapte... More...
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Purdue Pharma L.P. et al v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC

The anticipating reference need not explicitly spell out each element of the anticipated patent claim, but rather can teach a claim limitation if the “teaching is inherent in the [] prior art reference.” Corning Glass Works v. Sumitomo Elec. USA, Inc., 868 F.2d 1251, 1262 (Fed. Cir. 1989). To show inherent anticipation, a defendant must demonstrate clearly and convincingly that a claim limitation ... More...   $0 (11-17-2015 - NY)

State Of North Carolina v. Packingham

In 2008, the General Assembly enacted N.C.G.S. § 14-202.5, which bans the
use of commercial social networking Web sites by registered sex offenders. In April
2010, Officer Brian Schnee of the Durham Police Department began an investigation
to detect such sex offenders living in Durham who were illegally accessing commercial
social networking Web sites. Officer Schnee identifi... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. GARY FLORES PERALES

Perales and his wife Cynthia took in M.P. and her younger brother several years after their father killed their mother. M.P.'s mother was Cynthia's sister. M.P. was about 11 years old when she arrived at the Perales home. Within a year, Perales began kissing and touching M.P. in a sexual manner. Perales' improper contact with M.P. quickly progressed to oral sex and sexual intercourse. M.P. testifi... More...   $0 (11-16-2015 - KS)

State Of Nebraska v. Nolan

Joshua W. Nolan, the appellant, was convicted of first degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony in connection with the killing of Justin Gaines. He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for the first degree murder conviction and a term of 10 years’ imprisonment for the use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony conviction, to be served consecutively. On direct appeal, we a... More...   $0 (11-16-2015 - NE)

USF&G v. Ashley Reed

On July 12,2011, Plaintiff United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company ("USF&G")
filed a complaint against Defendants Ashley Reed Inc. ("Ashley Reed"), Scott Ressler, James
Ressler (collectively, the "Ashley Reed Defendants"), Fendi Adele, S.r.l., Fendi S.r.l, and Fendi
North America, Inc. (collectively, "Fendi"), seeking a declaratory judgment that three liability
insurance po... More...
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Amarin Pharma Inc. v. U.S. FDA

Amarin is a biopharmaceutical company incorporated in Delaware and based in New
Jersey. Compl. ¶ 24. It and four medical doctors resident in New York2 (collectively, “Amarin”)
bring this suit against the FDA, two officials with responsibility over the FDA (Dr. Stephen
Ostroff and Sylvia Matthews Burwell), and the United States (collectively, the “FDA”).3 The
FDA is the federa... More...
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Hanover 3201 Realty LLC v. Village Supermarkets

Hanover 3201 Realty, LLC (“Hanover Realty”) signed a contract with Wegmans to develop a supermarket on its property in Hanover, New Jersey. The agreement required Hanover Realty to secure all necessary governmental permits and approvals prior to breaking ground. Village Supermarkets, Inc. (“ShopRite”) owns the local ShopRite. Once ShopRite and its subsidiary Hanover and Horsehill Development L... More...   $0 (11-13-2015 - NJ)

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION v. USA

In 1942 and 1943, during World War II, the Government entered into contracts with the corporate predecessors of Exxon Mobil Corporation (“Exxon”) to produce high octane aviation gasoline (“avgas”) that would be used to fuel military aircraft (“Avgas Contracts”).The Government considered avgas to be a “superfuel” that allowed airplanes to fly with more power, speed, quicker take-off, and was essent... More...   $0 (11-12-2015 - DC)

United States of America v. Michael Steven Morgan

Michael Steven Morgan, an attorney and politician, appeals from a bribery
conviction. See 18 U.S.C. § 666. As he would have it, the evidence was insufficient to
convict and the jury was not properly instructed on specific intent. Not only that, but he
should have a new trial because the government failed to disclose tacit agreements with a
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witness. The government’s cross-... More...
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Authors Guild v. Google, Inc.

This copyright dispute tests the boundaries of fair use. Plaintiffs, who are authors of
28 published books under copyright, sued Google, Inc. (“Google”) for copyright infringement in the
29 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Chin, J.). They appeal from
30 the grant of summary judgment in Google’s favor. Through its Library Project and its Google
31 ... More...
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Atterbury v. U.S. Marshals Service

Because Atterbury appeals from the grant of a motion to dismiss under
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and (b)(6), we draw the following facts from the complaint
and accept them as true for the purposes of this appeal.1  Loginovskaya v.
Batratchenko, 764 F.3d 266, 268 n.2 (2d Cir. 2014).
USMS provides security services for United States courts and judicial
officers, and contracts with ... More...
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