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Though it’s now a week old, Mitchell Schnurman of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote an excellent commentary on the ongoing negotiations between American Airlines and its pilots union.
Safety Transparency in the EU
Aviation lawyers Guido de Vos and Frans Vreede (whose earlier guest post on the blog is available here) of the Dutch firm AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen have written a fresh commentary on opening the European Commission’s database on airline safety…
On Protectionism and Alliances
A recent inquiry to the blog took note of our recent postings on protectionism and the aviation industry and asked if international airline alliances are not also “very dangerous mechanisms for allowing market-dominating behavior, which is detrimental to the consumer,…
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(U.S. Fed. Cir., Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent) In a patent infringement action involving drugs related to gene regulation, district court’s judgment against defendant is reversed in part and affirmed in part where: 1) the court lacked substantial evidence for its verdict that the asserted claims of plaintiff’s patent were supported by adequate written description, and thus the asserted claims are invalid; and 2) the correct correctly concluded that the ’516 patent was not unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
Felix v. Am. Honda Motor Co., Inc.
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Intellectual Property, Patent, Transportation) In a patent infringement action involving a storage system in a vehicle bed, district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where there was no literal infringement of plaintiff’s patent as the court’s construction of the disputed terms in the patent was correct and thus defendant’s product did not satisfy the limitation of the patent.
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(U.S. Fed. Cir., Intellectual Property, Patent, Transportation) In a patent infringement action involving a storage system in a vehicle bed, district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where there was no literal infringement of plaintiff’s patent as the court’s construction of the disputed terms in the patent was correct and thus defendant’s product did not satisfy the limitation of the patent.
CQ Inc. v. TXU Mining Co. LP
(U.S. 5th Cir., Contracts, Intellectual Property, Oil & Gas Law, Trade Secrets) In a breach of contract action regarding a coal mining operation, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where: 1) the trade secret allegedly misappropriated by Defendant was not protected by Texas law; and 2) the agreement alleged by Plaintiff did not satisfy the statute of frauds.
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(U.S. 7th Cir., Copyright, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Per Curiam) In a copyright infringement action involving an educational program, district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the copyright infringement claim fails as plaintiff’s complaint is that defendant copied her ideas but she did not prove or try to prove that defendant copied any of the materials protected by her copyright.
CQ Inc. v. TXU Mining Co. LP
(U.S. 5th Cir., Contracts, Intellectual Property, Oil & Gas Law, Trade Secrets) In a breach of contract action regarding a coal mining operation, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where: 1) the trade secret allegedly misappropriated by Defendant was not protected by Texas law; and 2) the agreement alleged by Plaintiff did not satisfy the statute of frauds.
World Fin. Group, Inc. v. HBW Ins.
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(Cal. App., Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets) In an action involving trade secrets and confidential information, trial court’s denial of defendant’s Anti-SLAPP motion to strike the complaint filed against them by plaintiff is affirmed where defendants failed to meet their burden of proof to show plaintiff’s complaint was based on defendant’s protected activity arising out of acts done in furtherance of their free speech rights.
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