Employee covenants not to disclose and not to use confidential information without authorization are widely used to protect employer trade secrets and other confidential information. However, the covenants are not as routinely enforced as many believe. At a mi...
2006 WL 2860587 (Fed. Cir. 2006) On October 6, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of QLT’s motion for summary judgment on a correction of inventorship motion in the ongoing infringement battle over Massachuse...
465 F.3d 1312, Sept. 20, 2006 This case involved a dispute over patent claims. Yoon Ja Kim, a food chemist, developed a new bread making process that she patented and then modified with a reissue application. She shared this alternative with 177 bread makers i...
(E.D. Va. 2006), 2006 WL 2852764 Last Best Beef, LLC (“LBBâ€) filed a motion for summary judgment after the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTOâ€) canceled two of its trademark registrations, suspended four of its trademark applications, an...
2007 WL 430195, Feb. 9, 2007 A holder of a patent for the process of making flash-frozen bead-shaped novelty ice cream brought action against corporations and individuals engaged in either the manufacture or distribution of competing product, alleging patent i...