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Intellectual Property

Top 10 most recent Copyright and Trademark Cases on Lexis.com for the week of September 13th, 2009

1. Art Attacks Ink, LLC v. MGA Enter. Inc., No. 07-56110, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20757, December 9, 2008, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California, September 16, 2009, Filed

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2. Vita-Mix Corp. v. Basic Holding, Inc., 2008-1479, -1517, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20622, September 16, 2009, Decided

The district court erred as a matter of law in finding that a patentee, which claimed an improved consumer food blender, had disclaimed all types of stirring in the prosecution history, which contradicted the court's prior claim construction; there was no contributory infringement under 35 U.S.C.S. § 271(c), however.

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3. Sofco v. Nat'l Bank of Kan. City, Case No. 08-2366-JAR, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85842, September 18, 2009, Decided, September 18, 2009, Filed

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4. Raven Indus. v. Topcon Positioning Sys., CIV. 07-4154, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTHERN DIVISION, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85727, September 18, 2009, Decided, September 18, 2009, Filed

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5. Marv a Les Air Charters, LLC v. Sea Tow Servs. Int'l, Inc., CASE NO. CV406-148, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, SAVANNAH DIVISION, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85102, September 17, 2009, Decided, September 17, 2009, Filed

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6. Del Webb Cmtys. v. Partington, 2:08-cv-00571-RCJ-GWF, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85616, September 17, 2009, Decided, September 18, 2009, Filed

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7. Upper Deck Co. v. Konami Mktg., 2:08 -cv-01737-RCJ-GWF, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85645, September 17, 2009, Decided, September 18, 2009, Filed

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8. Controversy Music v. McClellan, Case No. 08-13805, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, SOUTHERN DIVISION, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84635, September 17, 2009, Decided, September 17, 2009, Filed

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9. Uhlig, LLC v. Shirley, CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:08-1208-HFF-WMC, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GREENVILLE DIVISION, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85213, September 17, 2009, Decided, September 17, 2009, Filed

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10. SEC v. Merrill Scott & Assocs., Case No. 2:02-CV-39-TC, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL DIVISION, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85577, September 17, 2009, Decided, September 17, 2009, Filed ., Case No. 2:02-CV-39-TC, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL DIVISION, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85577, September 17, 2009, Decided, September 17, 2009, Filed

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