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Top 10 most recent Federal Copyright and Trademark Cases on Lexis.com for the week of January 31st, 2010

1. SEB S.A. v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 2009-1099, 2009-1108, 2009-1119, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2454, February 5, 2010, Decided
 
CORE TERMS: deep fryer, skirt, patent, infringement, pan, ring, plastic, inducement, temperature, modified ...
 
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2. Larin Corp. v. Mueller, No. 08-55625, No. 08-55790, No. 08-56191, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2462, December 9, 2009, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California, February 5, 2010, Filed, PLEASE REFER TO FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE RULE 32.1 GOVERNING THE CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS.
 
CORE TERMS: trade dress, infringement, false advertising, discovery, judicial estoppel, summary judgment, pretrial, attorneys' fees, packaging, stools ...
 
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3. Siler v. United States, 2009-5130, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2167, February 2, 2010, Decided, THIS DECISION WAS ISSUED AS UNPUBLISHED OR NONPRECEDENTIAL AND MAY NOT BE CITED AS PRECEDENT. PLEASE REFER TO FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE RULE 32.1 GOVERNING THE CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS.
 
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4. Pac. Sunwear of Cal., Inc. v. Kira Plastinina Style, Ltd., No. 09-55699, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2137, December 7, 2009, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California, February 1, 2010, Filed, PLEASE REFER TO FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE RULE 32.1 GOVERNING THE CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS.
 
CORE TERMS: trademark, preliminary injunction, injunction, enjoining, legal standard, nontrademark
 
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5. MCS Music Am., Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc., NO. 3:09-cv-00597, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10312, February 5, 2010, Filed
 
CORE TERMS: musical compositions, statutory damages, sound recording, infringed, Copyright Act, registration, copyrighted, act of infringement, recordings, shirt ...
 
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6. Omega Inst., Inc. v. Universal Sales Sys., 08-CV-6473, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10296, February 5, 2010, Decided, February 5, 2010, Filed
 
CORE TERMS: discovery, voluntary dismissal, vexatious, vexatiousness, duplicative, litigated, training, weigh, discovery requests, fiscal quarter ...
 
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7. Dish Network, LLC v. Groome, Case No. 4:08cv262, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, SHERMAN DIVISION, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8945, February 3, 2010, Decided, February 3, 2010, Filed
 
CORE TERMS: receiver, software, summary judgment, dish, piracy, genuine issue of material fact, internet-enabled, dongle-adapted, modified, website ...
 
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8. Esbin & Alter, LLP v. Zappier, 08 Civ. 313, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9487, February 3, 2010, Decided, February 4, 2010, Filed
 
CORE TERMS: software, preliminary injunction, irreparable harm, constituent elements, infringement, copyright infringement, proprietary, injunction, similarity, functional ...
 
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9. Chapman v. Universal Motown Records Group, 08 Civ. 3255 (LAP), UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11015, February 3, 2010, Decided, February 4, 2010, Filed
 
CORE TERMS: song, lean, inadmissible, recording, summary judgment, similarity, copying, hearsay, artist, deposition testimony ...
 
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10. Pearson Educ., Inc. v. Wong, Case No. 09-1889 SC, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8953, February 2, 2010, Decided, February 3, 2010, Filed
 
CORE TERMS: default judgment, condominium, seller, email, infringement, subpoena, living trusts, revocable, injunction, default ...
 
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