PC Puerto Rico LLC. v. El Smaili
Injunctive relief was appropriate when gas stations stopped selling gas but continued to display the Texaco mark.
Area(s) of Law:- Trademarks
Yellowbook, Inc. v. Brandeberry
If a trademark is owned in both a personal and corporate capacity, sale of the corporate interest in the mark does not mean it can be used in business by the seller.
Area(s) of Law:- Trademarks
Building Graphics, Inc. v. Lennar Corp.
In the absence of direct evidence of a violation, the circumstantial evidence must demonstrate a reasonable possibility of access to the copyrighted work.
Area(s) of Law:- Copyright
Rucker v. Harlequin Enterprises, LTD
Copyright violations will not be found when the only similarities between competing romance novels are generic tropes and character traits commonly used in the industry.
Area(s) of Law:- Copyright
West Plains, L.L.C. v. Retzlaff Grain Co.
Compilations of information may qualify for trade secret protection even if the information is publicly available.
Area(s) of Law:- Trade Secrets
Interactive Fitness Holdings, LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
When a patent differs from prior art by only a single limitation, the patent is invalid by anticipation if that limitation is covered by other prior art.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Multi Time Mach., v. Amazon.com
To prove trademark infringement, a plaintiff must establish that the defendant’s website uses the plaintiff’s mark confusingly when a consumer searches the defendant’s website.
Area(s) of Law:- Trademarks
Engenium Solutions v. Symphonic Techs.
In a claim of literal infringement of software a court uses a filtration-comparison analysis rather than the abstraction-filtration-comparison test used in non-literal software copyright claims.
Area(s) of Law:- Copyright
Cephalon, Inc. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Enablement can be found when one skilled in the art can practice the invention without “undue experimentation.”
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Hallford v. Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.
In order to determine substantial similarity between a television show and a screenplay the court compares the stories' plot and sequence, characters, themes, setting and pace, and total concept and feel.
Area(s) of Law:- Copyright
Image Online Design, Inc. v. Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers
Stated intention to license the use of a service mark is too speculative to form the basis of an infringement action.
Area(s) of Law:- Trademarks
Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc.
The disclosure of an algorithm for a similar, but different, structure from which a person skilled in the art could derive the undisclosed algorithm is not adequate disclosure, and the limitation containing the undisclosed algorithm is therefore invalid for indefiniteness.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Skyline Zipline Global, LLC v. Domeck
A device that is the antithesis of a patented product does not infringe the original patent.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Bridgetree, Inc. v. Red F Marketing LLC
Making employees available for deposition, providing discovery for the alleged trade secret in question, and providing expert testimony are sufficient steps to identify alleged trade secrets.
Area(s) of Law:- Trade Secrets
CleanCut, LLC v. Rug Doctor, Inc.
Objective willfulness exists where the patentee shows that “the infringer acted despite an objectively high likelihood that its actions constituted infringement of a valid patent.”
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
U.S. v. Howley
Taking reasonable steps to protect trade secrets includes a "no photography" policy and guards surrounding the building.
Area(s) of Law:- Trade Secrets