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Experience Hendrix LLC v. Hendrixlicensing.com Ltd
Jimi Hendrix's heir prevails in trademark infringement action against web site, which sold Hendrix related merchandise in Washington. 		Intellectual Property Aug. 10, 2014
La Quinta Worldwide LLC v. Q.R.T.M. S.A. de C.V.
Federal court jurisdiction over La Quinta Worldwide’s trademark infringement claim does not require a showing of infringer’s ‘use in commerce.’ 		Intellectual Property Aug. 6, 2014
Garcia v. Google Inc.
Actress duped into starring in anti-Islamic film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ may force Google to remove the film from YouTube. 		Intellectual Property Jul. 13, 2014
Inhale Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco Inc.
Company may not copyright shape of water container for hookah, a device for smoking tobacco, because its utilitarian function and shape are inseparable. 		Intellectual Property Jul. 9, 2014
Hendricks & Lewis PLLC v. Clinton
District court may authorize receiver to sell musician George Clinton’s master recordings to satisfy various judgments that law firm won against him. 		Intellectual Property Jun. 23, 2014
Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International
Patent claims covering scheme for mitigating settlement risk in financial exchanges with computer system as intermediary are nonpatentable as abstract ideas. 		Intellectual Property Jun. 19, 2014
Inhale Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco Inc.
Company may not copyright shape of water container for hookah, a device for smoking tobacco, because its utilitarian function and shape are inseparable. 		Intellectual Property Jun. 4, 2014
Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments Inc.
Federal Circuit must reconsider validity of heart-rate monitor technology patent, because standard previously used to determine if patent was definite enough was too imprecise. 		Intellectual Property Jun. 3, 2014
Limelight Networks Inc. v. Akamai Technologies Inc.
In patent infringement action, company cannot be made liable for inducing infringement, when it never directly infringed on the patent. 		Intellectual Property Jun. 3, 2014
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Copyright owner of 'Raging Bull' screenplay may proceed with her infringement claim against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, despite 18-year delay in filing suit. 		Intellectual Property May 20, 2014
Altavion Inc. v. Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory Inc.
Konica Minolta misappropriates small company’s trade secrets by using its ‘digital stamping technology’ for self-authenticating documents in its patents. 		Intellectual Property May 12, 2014
Octane Fitness LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness Inc.
Prevailing party in patent dispute may obtain attorney fee award, because Federal Circuit’s ‘exceptional cases’ test for fees was too difficult to satisfy. 		Intellectual Property Apr. 30, 2014
Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System Inc.
Federal Circuit improperly overturns district court’s attorney fee award in ‘exceptional’ patent infringement action by failing to review case for abuse of discretion. 		Intellectual Property Apr. 30, 2014
NBCUniversal Media LLC v Superior Court (Montz)
Television producers may not sue NBC for allegedly using their ideas to create ‘Ghost Hunters’ show because they sued more than two years after show first aired. 		Intellectual Property Apr. 29, 2014
Grail Semiconductor Inc. v. Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc.
Despite new trial on damages, Mitsubishi may not dodge adverse verdict after its subsidiary used confidential information to develop new memory chips. 		Intellectual Property Apr. 23, 2014
Lexmark International Inc. v. Static Control Components Inc.
Lanham Act false advertising action may continue where company alleged its business reputation and sales would suffer harm due to competitor's conduct. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 26, 2014
Alaska Stock LLC v. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.
Stock photography agency may sue publisher for copyright infringement based on registrations of CD catalogs and databases, rather than component photos. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 19, 2014
Wells Fargo & Co. v. ABD Insurance & Financial Services Inc.
Wells Fargo may be entitled to preliminary injunction to stop new company from attempting to use ABD Insurance trademark, after it had already acquired ABD. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 13, 2014
Wells Fargo & Co. v. ABD Insurance & Financial Services Inc.
Wells Fargo may be entitled to preliminary injunction to stop new company from attempting to use ABD Insurance trademark, after it had already acquired ABD. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 4, 2014
Airs Aromatics LLC v. Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management Inc.
Perfume company, which owned ‘Angel Dreams’ trademarks, may not sue Victoria’s Secret solely to cancel its competing ‘Dream Angels’ trademarks. 		Intellectual Property Mar. 3, 2014
Garcia v. Google Inc.
Actress duped into starring in anti-Islamic film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ may force Google to remove the film from YouTube. 		Intellectual Property Feb. 27, 2014
Experience Hendrix LLC v. Hendrixlicensing.com Ltd
Jimi Hendrix's heir prevails in trademark infringement action against web site, which sold Hendrix related merchandise in Washington. 		Intellectual Property Jan. 30, 2014
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 Jan. 27, 2014
Medtronic Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures LLC
Patent holder must prove company infringed its patent in medical devices, even after company asked for judgment of noninfringement. 		Intellectual Property Jan. 23, 2014
Inhale Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco Inc.
Company may not copyright shape of water container for hookah, a device for smoking tobacco, because its utilitarian function and shape are inseparable. 		Intellectual Property Jan. 10, 2014
Hokto Kinoko Co. v. Concord Farms Inc.
U.S. company that imported and sold Japanese mushrooms infringes on Japanese company’s trademarks by selling similar mushrooms in similar packaging. 		Intellectual Property Dec. 26, 2013
Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.
Order 		Intellectual Property Dec. 9, 2013
Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com Inc.
Trademark owner may not sue domain name registrar GoDaddy for contributory cybersquatting based on a registrant’s use of its forwarding service. 		Intellectual Property Dec. 4, 2013
Herb Reed Enterprises LLC v. Florida Entertainment Management Inc.
Original member of vocal group ‘The Platters’ may not temporarily prevent use of band name without proving he would actually suffer irreparable harm. 		Intellectual Property Dec. 2, 2013
Hana Financial Inc. v. Hana Bank
Korean financial organization has priority in relation to trademark of Korean word because it used a similar, yet different mark before another Korean company. 		Intellectual Property Nov. 24, 2013
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