• Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Entertainment and Leisure | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Hannah, Paul J. Andre, Lisa Kobialka, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Menlo Park, CA; Aaron M. Frankel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Cameron P. Clark, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Aaron E. Hankel, B. Trent Webb, John Garretson, Jordan T. Bergsten, Maxwell C. McGraw, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO for defendant.

    Case Number: 16-453-RGA

    Doctrine of equivalents claim was collaterally estopped where plaintiff had unsuccessfully attempted in another suit to attempt to read out claim elements to prove that product function in both cases satisfied a claim limitation under the doctrine.

  • Election Sys. & Software, LLC v. Smartmatic USA Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia S. Rogowski, Rogowski Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Robert M. Evans, Michael J. Hartley. Michael H. Durbin, Lewis Rice, LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian A. Briggs, Angela C. Whitesell, DLA Piper, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Larissa S. Bifano, DLA Piper, LLP, Boston, MA; Richard Mulloy, DLA Piper, LLP, San Diego, CA; Zachary Loney, DLA Piper, LLP, Austin, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: 18-cv-01259-RGA

    Motion for leave to amend was denied as futile where proposed claim of invalidity due to nonjoinder of inventors failed to allege specific facts to describe how the unnamed inventors participated in conceiving of the inventor or how they collaborated with the named inventor.

  • In re P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Elizabeth Wang, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Craig Carpenito, Richard H. Walker, Samuel C. Cortina, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY for Hudson Vegas Investment SPV, LLC. William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Ryan D. Stottmann, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for Jessica Puathasnanon and P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William K. Kane, Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Chicago, Il; James C. Wald, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for Chicago Pacific Founders Fund, L.P., CPF P3 Splitter, LLC, Greg Kazarian, Larry Leisure, Mary Tolan and Sameer Mathur. Elena C. Norman, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for Sherif W. Abdou, Amir Bacchus, Gary Garrett, Lorie Glisson, Taylor Leavitt, and Tom Price.

    Case Number: 2021-0518-JTL

    Court denied a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction finding that the defendant, although not an official manager of the LLC, had participated "materially" in a managerial capacity.

  • Crispo v. Musk

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Samuel L. Closic, John G. Day, Robert B. Lackey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Max Huffman, Joseph A. Pettigrew, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, San Diego, CA; Scott R. Jacobsen, Jing-Li Yu, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Lauren N. Rosenello, Ryan M. Lindsay, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alex Spiro, Andrew J. Rossman, Christopher D. Kercher, Silpa Maruri, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0666-KSJM

    Stockholder could not assert breach of merger agreement seeking specific performance where stockholder was not a party to the merger agreement and the terms of the agreement expressly disclaimed any third-party beneficiary status for stockholder.

  • Mentone Solutions, LLC. v. Cobham Tech., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-cv-131-GBW

    The court denied a motion for default judgment on the basis that plaintiffs did not adequately plead patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. §271(a). The court noted that plaintiff's complaint was at best described as "sparse" and did not establish that defendant made, used, or sold the accused instrumentalities in the United States

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  • Crown Castle Fiber LLC v. City of Wilmington

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Telecommunications
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey G. Griver, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Wilmington, DE; Shawn N. Gallagher, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Charles A. Zdebski, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Washington, DC; Bradley S. Eaby, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-08-126 PRW

    Court denied wireless infrastructure company summary judgment in action challenging city-mandated franchise agreements for node installation, where there were outstanding issues of material fact regarding whether the franchise agreements were exempted from the preemptive effect of the Federal Telecommunications Act.

  • In re Stream TV Networks, Inc. Omnibus Agreement Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven P. Wood, Andrew S. Dupre, Brian R. Lemon, Sarah E. Delia, Stephanie H. Dallaire, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jenness E. Parker, Bonnie W. David, Lilianna Anh P. Townsend, Trevor T. Nielsen, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eben P. Colby, Marley Ann Brumme, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2020-0766-JTL

    Timing of stock transfers indicated a preplanned scheme to facilitate the parties' desired transfer of stock in violation of the court's order barring the parties from acting in concert, requiring the cancellation of legal title and a brief injunctive period.

  • Goddess Approved Prod., LLC v. Wolox

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David W. deBruin, Napoli Shkolnik, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeremy D. Anderson, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 20-cv-1697-SB

    Plaintiff plausibly alleged breach of contract where parties' statement of work required defendant to deliver functional prototypes of mobile applications, and there was no evidence defendant ever delivered a functional prototype.

  • In re Stream TV Networks, Inc. Omnibus Agreement Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven P. Wood, Andrew S. Dupre, Brian R. Lemon, Sarah E. Delia, Stephanie H. Dallaire, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jenness E. Parker, Bonnie W. David, Lilianna Anh P. Townsend, Trevor T. Nielsen, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eben P. Colby, Marley Ann Brumme, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: 2020-0766-JTL

    Secured creditor's motion to modify injunction requiring the return of assets to debtor denied where transferee had no legal right to title to the assets, and debtor was entitled to the assets to satisfy its secured debts.

  • Twitter, Inc. v. Musk

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Mathew A. Golden, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brad D. Sorrels, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Bradley R. Wilson, Sarah K. Eddy, Ryan A. McLeod, Anitha Reddy, Noah B. Yavitz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Lauren N. Rosenello, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alex Spiro, Andrew J. Rossman, Christopher D. Kercher, Silpa Maruri, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0613-KSJM

    Corporate CEO had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his work email accounts where the evidence demonstrated that company officials could only access the CEO's accounts with his express permission or as otherwise legally required.