• Averon US, Inc. v. AT&T Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hughes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracy L. Pearson, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, Wilmington, DE; Joseph Diamante, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, New York, NY; Raymond Jones, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, Leesburg, VA; William Flachsbart, Mark Magas, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Frederick L. Cottrell, III, Jason James Rawnsley, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE; David S. Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, CA; Timothy S. Durst, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 1:22-cv-01341-TMH

    Court declined to dismiss trade secret claims where the parties' contracts could be reasonably interpreted to impose a duty of confidentiality upon defendant to protect plaintiff's disclosed proprietary technology.

  • Exeltis USA, Inc. v. Lupin Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Douglas E. McCann, Gregory R. Boofer, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Philip K. Chen, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA; Brian Coggio, Excylyn Hardin-Smith, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY; Megan A. Chacon, Madelyn McCormick, Bernard Cryan, Fish & Richardson P.C., San Diego, CA, for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Nutter, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL; Corinne S. Hockman, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh, NC; Daniel Withers, McGuireWoods LLP, Dallas, TX; Merritt Westcott, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Dennis D. Gregory, McGuireWoods LLP, Austin, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-434-RGA

    Court rejected proposed claim construction for testing method where patent language had failed to establish lexicography or disavowal to require specific test conditions.

  • Gemedy Inc. v. The Carlyle Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Comrie Barr Flinn, Alberto E. Chavez, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark L. D. Wawro, Max L. Tribble, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX; Tamar Lusztig, Susman Godfrey, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Alexandra M. Cumings, Ryan D. Stottmann, William M. Lafferty, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kevin P.B. Johnson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Patrick D. Curran, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-157-CFC

    Defendants could remove case under federal officer removal statute by alleging that it had acquired the right to use plaintiff's intellectual property via federal government contracts after the government allegedly obtained "unlimited right" to the intellectual property.

  • Thomson Reuters Enter. Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dale M. Cendali, Eric A. Loverro, Joshua L. Simmons, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Moore, Bindu A. Palapura, Andrew L. Brown Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel M. Ramsey, Warrington Parker, Joachim B. Steinberg, Jacob Canter, Christopher J. Banks, Shira Liu, Margaux Poueymirou, Anna Z. Saber, Crowell & Moring LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark A. Klapow, Crinesha B. Berry, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C. for defendant.

    Case Number: 20-cv-613-SB

    Court excluded economic expert's testimony as unsupported by data and methodology where expert claimed there was little likelihood of a market for plaintiffs' product, since there were insufficient facts about the attributes of the product or whether there were current substitutes for the product already on market.

  • Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jimmy C. Chong, Chong Law Firm, PA, Wilmington, DE; Ronald W. Burns, Frisco, Texas for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alan Richard Silverstein, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark K. Suri, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeremy Douglas Anderson, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Ricardo J. Bonilla, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-572-CFC

    Court imposed a civil contempt sanction upon plaintiff's owner for her failure to appear for questioning by the court as ordered, as the court had the inherent authority to impose contempt to enforce its lawful orders.

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  • DRIT LP v. Glaxo Group Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Williams, Chad M. Shandler, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Keith R. Hummel, Karin A. DeMasi, Adam I. Rich, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew M. Wolf, John E. Nilsson, Soumitra Deka, Bridgette Boyd, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: N16C-07-218 WCC CCLD

    Statutory disclaimer was effective once patent holder submitted disclaimer form authorizing payment of the filing fee to the patent holder's deposit account with the PTO.

  • Zoppas Indus. de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. v. Backer EHP Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia L. Enerio, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Daniel J. Herling, Brad M. Scheller, Geri L. Haight, Adrian Kwan, Samuel D. Sazer, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Thomas E. Williams, Kevin C. May, Daniel M. Terhune, Eric Y. Choi, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP for defendant.

    Case Number: 18-1693-GBW

    Plaintiff could not defeat summary judgment on its trade secret misappropriation claim based on new allegations that defendant obtained trade secrets from a third party, after the court denied discovery related to the third party and plaintiff never sought to amend its complaint to add allegations relating to the third party.

  • Trident Holdings Inc. v. HubSpot Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Health Care | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Trevor Q. Coddington, Insigne PC, Carlsbad, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brett M. Schuman, Rachel M. Walsh, Goodwin Procter LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69773

    Court declined to dismiss patent infringement claim for invalidity based on the patent claiming ineligible subject matter, where a reading of the patent's claim language did not plainly reveal that the patent was merely directed towards an abstract idea.

  • ID Image Sensing LLC v. Omnivision Tech., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-23
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Corby Vowell, Dave R. Gunter, Friedman, Suder & Cooke, Fort Worth, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David H. Bluestone, Michael D. Educate, Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69620

    Court adopted plain and ordinary meaning for disputed terms in claim construction where patent specifications did not include negative limiting language or display the patentee's intention to redefine terms with plain and ordinary meanings.

  • Discovery Educ., Inc. v. SchoolsPLP, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anna Shabalov, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Adam V. Orlacchio, Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason A. Snyderman, Huaou Yan, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69441

    The court dismissed plaintiff's claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act because the complaint did not allege sufficient knowledge on defendant's part, but it denied the motion to dismiss claims for tortious interference with prospective business relations.