In re Applied Materials, Inc.
Simple determination of optimum ranges for operation, and development of more comprehensive explanations of variable relationship based on broad ranges of prior art, does not qualify as non-obvious.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. v. Verizon Communications, Inc.
A JMOL for patent non-infringement must be supported with substantial evidence. Permanent injunctions on patent infringement cannot be upheld where losses are quantifiable based on lost license fees and damages are not irreparable harm.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC
A patentee may enlarge the scope of his original claim only if by error he claimed less than he had a right to claim in the original patent.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Peters v. West
A strong evidentiary showing of the opportunity to copy a work does not lessen the plaintiff's burden to show a significant similarity between the copyrighted and offending works.
Area(s) of Law:- Copyright
Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. v emsCharts, Inc.
Clear and convincing evidence cannot be established upon successful claim reexamination when material is not deemed "but-for" material.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Perfect Pearl Co. v. Majestic Pearl & Stone, Inc.
Prior use of a mark in commerce is sufficient to earn trademark rights and trumps those rights in the marks that were later obtained by another by registering the marks.
Area(s) of Law:- Trademarks
Hearthware, Inc. v. E. Mishan & Sons
Similarities in infomercials do not constitute copyright infringement when the similarities are standard components of infomercials.
Area(s) of Law:- Copyright
Hearthware Inc. v. E. Mishan & Sons Inc.
If an allegedly infringing product owner does not make a literal lie in advertising the product, then there must be a showing of a likelihood of confusion.
Area(s) of Law:- Trademarks
In re Beineke
An accidental seedlings discovery is not the product of the human inventive faculty.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Chicago Bldg. Design P.C. v. Mongolian House, Inc.
Although the courts should be reluctant to resolve religious property disputes, they may do so if the dispute can be resolved without consideration of doctrinal or other religious matters.
Area(s) of Law:- Copyright
Lopez v. Gap, Inc.
TRADEMARK; UNFAIR COMPETITION (Trademark infringement was not found when marks are not sufficiently distinctive and use primarily geographic terms.)
Area(s) of Law:- Trademarks
InterDigital Communications, LLC. v. International Trade Commission
The differentiation doctrine presumption is particularly strong in cases where a limitation is the sole differentiation between claims and one party is asserting a dependent claim on an independent claim.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents