(Aviation accident attorney) Jones v. Blige
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(U.S. 6th Cir., Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property) In a copyright infringement action based on the alleged misappropriation of Plaintiffs’ song, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed where: 1) Plaintiffs failed to prove that Defendants had access to Plaintiffs’ song; and 2) Defendants wrote their song before the creation of Plaintiffs’ song.
Eli Lilly and Co. v. Teva Pharm. USA., Inc.
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent) In a patent infringement action related to a drug for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis, the district court’s order in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where the court did not abuse its discretion in extending a statutory thirty-month stay preventing the FDA from approving defendant’s new drug application due to defendant’s discovery violations.
K.C. Multimedia, Inc. v. Bank of Am. Tech.
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(Cal. App., Civil Procedure, Injury And Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets) In an action involving the theft of trade secrets, trial court’s pretrial dismissal of three of plaintiff’s cause of actions for being statutorily preempted is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff forfeited its challenge to the propriety of the pretrial procedure by failing to object to the trial court; 2) trial court did not act prematurely in disposing of plaintiff’s tort claims in pretrial proceedings; and 3) plaintiff’s claims were preempted by the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, as the Act preempts claims based on the same nucleus of facts as trade secret misappropriation.