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(Cal. App., Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law) In a claim brought by plaintiff on behalf of himself and other aggrieved employees against defendant employer-Verizon Wireless alleging various Labor Code violations, demurrer sustained in favor of defendant ruling that plaintiff’s lawsuit was barred by the doctrine of res judicata is reversed where the trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiff leave to amend to state claims that accrued after the date of the earlier action.
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(U.S. Fed. Cir., Intellectual Property, Patent) In a patent-infringement case, summary judgment dismissing all claims against defendant is affirmed in part but vacated in part where the district court applied erroneous legal standards for assessing: (1) whether defendant contributorily infringed two patents and (2) whether co-defendant induced infringement of the two patents.
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(U.S. 1st Cir., Attorney’s Fees, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark) In a trademark infringement claim for reverse confusion, permanent injunction prohibiting defendant-Unisys from using trademarks or services of plaintiffs and damages award of $250,000 to plaintiff are affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial judge erred in not granting plaintiff a jury trial under both the Lanham Act and the Seventh Amendment on plaintiff’s claim for an accounting of defendant’s profits; 2) the court erred in tailoring the injunction too narrowly and in denying plaintiff attorneys’ fees; and 3) the evidence was insufficient to support both the jury’s finding of infringement and the damages awarded.
Wilchombe v. Teevee Toons, Inc.
(U.S. 11th Cir., Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property) In a copyright infringement case involving the rap song “The Weedman” which appears on a Lil John album “Kings of Crunk”, dismissal of plaintiff-musician’s claim for breach of fiduciary duty is affirmed where: 1) the amended complaint failed to allege a fiduciary relationship and thus failed to state a claim for relief; and 2) plaintiff could not the grant of summary judgment based on arguments raised for the first time in his motion for reconsideration.
Hyatt v. Director, Patent and Trademark Office
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Intellectual Property, Patent) In a consolidated case involving four civil actions brought by plaintiff under 35 U.S.C. section 145 (2000) regarding plaintiff’s twelve patent applications, decision in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly interpreted 37 C.F.R. section 1.192(c)(7); and 2) the district court’s remand order did not require defendant-board to consider arguments waived by plaintiff.
In re Comiskey
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Patent) In a patent case involving a method and system for mandatory arbitration involving legal documents, such as wills or contracts, a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirming an examiner’s rejection of claims 1-59 of applicant’s patent application as obvious in view of the prior art and therefore unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. section 103 is affirmed in part and vacated in part where: 1) applicant’s independent claims 1 and 32 and most of their dependent claims are unpatentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. section 101; and 2) with respect to two other independent claims and various other dependent claims a remand to the PTO was necessary for it to consider the section 101 question in the first instance.
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(U.S. 8th Cir., Banking Law, Civil Procedure) In a suit for failure to perform under a collateral transfer agreement, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where the suit is not barred by Minnesota’s credit-agreement statute of frauds since, although the collateral transfer agreement was an agreement to make a financial accommodation and therefore a credit agreement, plaintiff was not a debtor with respect to the agreement.
Lebron v. Sanders
(U.S. 2d Cir., Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Per Curiam) In a matter brought by habeas petitioner, motion for an extension of time to file motions to proceed in forma pauperis and for certificate of appealability with respect to writ of habeas corpus is granted where: 1) local district rules required respondent to provide petitioner with copies of unreported decisions or decisions reported exclusively on computerized databases that were cited in its opposition to the habeas petition; and 2) petitioner could not access, without cost, some of the federal case law that formed part of the substantive basis of the district court’s challenged opinion.
Stearn v. County San Bernardino
(Cal. App., Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate) In plaintiff’s challenge to defendant-county for its approval of 14 conditional use permits sought by respondent-real party interest to erect billboards, judgment of dismissal in favor of defendant-county is reversed where: 1) the trial court erred in dismissing the fourth cause of action for administrative mandamus under Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5; 2) the expedited judicial review provided by section 1094.8 was available only when the license applicant or the issuing public agency filed an action challenging the grant or denial of a license for expressive conduct, not when a third party did so; and 3) the court disagreed with respondent’s main alternate ground for dismissal that plaintiff must wait to challenge the Board’s rezoning actions and permitting of the billboards.
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