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Angelica Textile Services Inc. v. Park
Laundry service may continue to sue its former employee’s competing business, after jury threw out claim alleging he stole trade secrets. 		Intellectual Property Nov. 12, 2013
Seven Arts Filmed Entertainment Limited v. Content Media Corp. PLC
Film company misses deadline to sue Paramount Pictures over copyrights by filing suit more than three years after first dispute regarding ownership. 		Intellectual Property Nov. 7, 2013
Angelica Textile Services Inc. v. Park
Laundry service may continue to sue its former employee’s competing business, after jury threw out claim alleging he stole trade secrets. 		Intellectual Property Oct. 30, 2013
Angelica Textile Services Inc. v. Park
Laundry service may continue to sue its former employee’s competing business, after jury threw out claim alleging he stole trade secrets. 		Intellectual Property Oct. 16, 2013
Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management Sys.
Order 		Intellectual Property Oct. 2, 2013
Octane Fitness, LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
Order 		Intellectual Property Oct. 2, 2013
Seltzer v. Green Day Inc.
Green Day's use of street art drawing in video backdrop for one song in its stage show is a 'fair use' under copyright law. 		Intellectual Property Aug. 8, 2013
Brown v. Electronic Arts Inc.
Retired football player may not sue video game maker Electronic Arts for using his likeness in its Madden NFL series of football games. 		Intellectual Property Aug. 1, 2013
Keller v. Electronic Arts Inc.
Electronic Arts fails to dismiss former college football player’s publicity claims based on use of his likeness in NCAA Football video game series. 		Intellectual Property Aug. 1, 2013
Oracle America Inc. v. Myriad Group A.G.
Commercial contract’s incorporation of United Nations Commission of International Trade Law rules requires arbitrator to decide whether dispute over royalties should be arbitrated. 		Intellectual Property Jul. 29, 2013
Fox Broadcasting Co. v. Dish Network LLC
Fox Broadcasting may not temporarily stop pay television provider from offering products that allow subscribers to record programs and skip commercials. 		Intellectual Property Jul. 25, 2013
Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises Inc.
Royalties payments from licensing agreement for 'Web Blaster,' toy based on Spider-Man, may not be enforced after expiration of underlying patent. 		Intellectual Property Jul. 17, 2013
Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Inc.
Company may not patent isolated human DNA segment involved in breast and ovarian cancers after discovering precise location of genes. 		Intellectual Property Jun. 13, 2013
Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.
Order 		Intellectual Property Jun. 5, 2013
Bowman v. Monsanto Co.
Farmer who used patented seeds to produce new crop of seed each year, in violation of licensing agreement, is guilty of patent infringement. 		Intellectual Property May 14, 2013
Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn
Company may not sue for copyright infringement of newspaper articles based on agreements assigning bare right to sue without associated rights. 		Intellectual Property May 10, 2013
Spinner v. American Broadcasting Companies Inc.
Writer loses lawsuit against ABC for alleged use of his ideas in creating 'LOST' television series because ABC did not have access to his idea. 		Intellectual Property Apr. 8, 2013
Luvdarts LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC
Wireless carrier is not vicariously liable for copyright infringement by declining to stop users from forwarding purchased multimedia messaging content. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 25, 2013
Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. v. Fung
Injunction against torrent web sites that facilitated downloads of infringing copies of film studios’ works must spell out terms with greater specificity. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 21, 2013
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Academic textbook publisher may not sue student for copyright infringement for importing English-language textbooks from Thailand and selling them in U.S. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 20, 2013
UMG Recordings Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners LLC
Digital Millenium Copyright Act limits copyright infringement liability of video service provider whose automated process allowed website users to upload possibly infringing content. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 15, 2013
Sofa Entertainment Inc. v. Dodger Productions Inc.
Use of seven-second clip of ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ in hit musical ‘Jersey Boys’ constitutes fair use defeating copyright infringement claim. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 12, 2013
Gunn v. Minton
State courts may not review patent holder's legal malpractice suit against his attorney because his claim did not arise under federal patent law. 		Intellectual Property Feb. 21, 2013
Mattel Inc. v. MGA Entertainment Inc.
Bratz dolls manufacturer’s trade secret misappropriation counterclaim is improperly permitted and thus, verdict and damages award in its favor are overturned. 		Intellectual Property Jan. 24, 2013
DC Comics v. Pacific Pictures Corp.
Heirs of Superman creators may appeal decision to deny their motion to strike claims by DC Comics in dispute over ownership of character. 		Intellectual Property Jan. 10, 2013
Already LLC v. Nike Inc.
Nike’s covenant not to enforce trademark against competitor moots competitor’s action to have Nike’s trademark declared invalid. 		Intellectual Property Jan. 9, 2013
Washington Shoe Co. v. A-Z Sporting Goods Inc.
Arkansas retailer may be sued in Washington State for intentionally infringing copyright in rain boots held by Washington business. 		Intellectual Property Dec. 17, 2012
MVP Entertainment Inc. v. Frost
In dispute over movie rights to book, email from lawyer does not create binding contract when writer never signed a formal agreement. 		Intellectual Property Nov. 8, 2012
Winchester Mystery House LLC v. Global Asylum Inc.
Owners of historical mansion, a popular tourist attraction, cannot sue filmmakers for copyright infringement due to movie based on mansion. 		Intellectual Property Oct. 25, 2012
Evergreen Safety Council v. RSA Network Inc.
Company in possession of other company's draft manual, which allegedly had infringing content, cannot sue for copyright infringement 10 years after obtaining draft. 		Intellectual Property Oct. 18, 2012
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