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1	Magistrate: Online Posting Made Song A U.S. Work, Defeats Copyright Claims	14005
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3	Staub v. Proctor Hosp., 560 F.3d 647 (7th Cir. Ill., 2009)	11733

Noninfringement, Validity Findings Vacated In Data System Patent Case

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 20 reiterated that "use" under Section 271(a) of the Patent Act requires a party to put an invention into service, as previously set forth in NTP Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd. (418

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 8:39 AM by LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Cyber Tech & E-Commerce Legal News

Noninfringement Judgment For IBM In Patent Case Proper, Federal Circuit Says

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Finding no error in a New York federal judge's claim construction, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 26 upheld a final judgment of patent noninfringement entered on behalf of defendant International Business Machines

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Broadcom Seeks Stay Of California Patent Dispute With Rambus

SAN FRANCISCO - Citing concurrent, overlapping proceedings before the International Trade Commission (ITC), Broadcom Corp. sought a stay on Feb. 1 of allegations that it has infringed more than a dozen Rambus Inc. patents relating to memory bus technology

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Judge Dismisses UCL Claims For Allegedly Fraudulent Pay-Per-Click Advertising

SAN JOSE, Calif. - California unfair competition law claims against Facebook alleging that it employed insufficient filters to prevent click fraud fail, a federal judge held Dec. 15. Facebook's disclaimer of click fraud liability does not entirely doom

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California Federal Judge Awards Damages In AdWords Trademark Case

LOS ANGELES - Following an October bench trial, a federal judge in California on Jan. 25 found that two defendants committed trademark infringement via Google Inc.'s AdWords service and awarded a plaintiff enhanced damages of $292,235 as a result (Harry

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Sony Levies Copyright, Trademark Claims In New Virginia Federal Complaint

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A swirled, sphere-shaped logo adopted by Clearwire Communications LLC has drawn the ire of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, which responded with a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit on Jan. 14 in Virginia federal court

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Former Coach Employee Sues Company For Blocking Online Secondhand Sales

SEATTLE - A former employee of a luxury handbag company filed a class action complaint on Feb. 8 in a Washington federal court against her former employer after she was accused of infringement when she tried to sell some of her genuine Coach Inc. purses

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Indirect Purchasers File Amended Antitrust Complaint Against Apple

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The lead plaintiff in a putative class action against Apple Inc. for alleged monopolization of the audio download market filed a second amended complaint on Jan. 21, following a federal judge in California's ruling granting Apple's

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Virginia Federal Judge Denies Injunction In Copyright Dispute

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Finding that a plaintiff failed to show that a defendant's plans to design its own iteration of four copyrighted software programs will someday constitute a derivative work, a federal judge in Virginia on Jan. 24 denied preliminary injunctive

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7th Circuit Affirms Fee Award, License Findings In Copyright Case

CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois correctly awarded two prevailing copyright infringement defendants an award of attorney fees after concluding that a plaintiff lacked statutory standing to file suit against them, according to a Jan. 19 ruling by

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Software Owner Argues Against Dismissal Of California Copyright Case

SAN FRANCISCO - In response to a motion to dismiss, a copyright owner argued Feb. 14 that his infringement lawsuit against dozens of corporate defendants should be allowed to proceed in a California federal court (Dongxiao Yue v. 21st Century Insurance

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Court: California Spam Law Falls Within Preemption Exception

LOS ANGELES - California state law addressing spam and deceptive advertising in electronic mail falls within the federal law's "false or deceptive" exception for preemption, a California appeals court held Jan. 18 (Hypertouch Inc. v. ValueClick Inc.,

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Google Moves To Dismiss Class Suit Over Interception Of E-Mails

TEXARKANA, Texas - A popular Internet search engine and e-mail account provider on Feb.4 filed a motion to dismiss a class action complaint accusing it of improperly scanning all e-mails sent to it account holders (Keith Dunbar, et al. v. Google, Inc

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Claims Over Chinese Firm's Online Posting Dismissed For Lack Of Jurisdiction

CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge on Feb. 1 ruled that allegations of a Chinese firm's online posting of allegedly infringing materials were insufficient to establish Illinois jurisdiction over the company without evidence of purposeful availment or

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Michigan Federal Judge Dismisses Domain Dispute On Jurisdiction Grounds

DETROIT - A take-out pizzeria won dismissal Jan. 31 of allegations that it violated the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), when a federal judge in Michigan agreed that the defendant does not have sufficient minimum contacts in Michigan

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 8:39 AM by LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Cyber Tech & E-Commerce Legal News

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Noninfringement, Validity Findings Vacated In Data System Patent Case

Noninfringement Judgment For IBM In Patent Case Proper, Federal Circuit Says

Broadcom Seeks Stay Of California Patent Dispute With Rambus

Judge Dismisses UCL Claims For Allegedly Fraudulent Pay-Per-Click Advertising

California Federal Judge Awards Damages In AdWords Trademark Case

Sony Levies Copyright, Trademark Claims In New Virginia Federal Complaint

Former Coach Employee Sues Company For Blocking Online Secondhand Sales

Indirect Purchasers File Amended Antitrust Complaint Against Apple

Virginia Federal Judge Denies Injunction In Copyright Dispute

7th Circuit Affirms Fee Award, License Findings In Copyright Case

Software Owner Argues Against Dismissal Of California Copyright Case

Court: California Spam Law Falls Within Preemption Exception

Google Moves To Dismiss Class Suit Over Interception Of E-Mails

Claims Over Chinese Firm's Online Posting Dismissed For Lack Of Jurisdiction

Michigan Federal Judge Dismisses Domain Dispute On Jurisdiction Grounds