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  • Mirtech, Inc. v. Agrofresh, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn A. Brown, Real World Law, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs/counter-defendants.
    for defendant: Chad S.C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant/counter-plaintiff.
    Case Number: 20-1170-RGA

    The court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment in a matter involving a breach of contract claim.

  • Steuben Foods, Inc. v. Shibuya Hoppman Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Devlin, Peter A. Mazur, Devlin Law Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE; W. Cook Alciati, Chad E. Ziegler, Gardella Grace, P.A., Washington, DC; Olivia E. Marbutt, Kent & Risley LLC, Alpharetta, GA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller, Nathan R. Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; J.C. Rozendaal, Byron L. Pickard, Michael E. Joffre, Anna G. Phillips, William H. Milliken, Robert E. Niemeier, Deirdre M. Wells, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, Washington, DC; Jean Paul Y. Nagashima, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D70174

    Court granted judgment as a matter of law as to noninfringement of patents where a plain reading of the patent limitations meant that the accused products were not substantially similar to the described invention and therefore could not infringe under the doctrine of equivalents.

  • Talley v. Gen. Motors, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell D. Paul, Amey J. Park, Abigail J. Gertner, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA; Kelly A. Green, Smith, Katzenstein, & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tarek H. Zohdy, Cody R. Padgett, Laura E. Goolsby, Capstone Law APC, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Oderah C. Nwaeze, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Christine W. Chen, Crystal Nix-Hines, Shon Morgan, Meredith R. Mandell, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: D70179

    Court declined to certify interlocutory appeal of dismissal of certain claims where an appeal would not materially advance litigation of the surviving claims and continued litigation would uncover evidence relevant to the dismissed claims.

  • MHL Custom, Inc. v. Waydoo USA, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Dennis D. Murrell, Robert J. Theuerkauf, Brian P. McGraw, Megan E. Gibson, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville, KY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Dorronda R. Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edgar H. Haug, Robert E. Colletti, Mark Basanta, and Roman Khasidov, Haug Partners LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D70178

    Court denied parties' cross-motions for summary judgment where there were genuine issues of material fact regarding whether defendants' products had dynamic or static stability as required by the specification of the patents in suit.

  • Barry v. Stryker Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Biotechnology | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Regina S.E. Murphy, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Wilmington, DE; D . Clay Holloway, Mitchell Stockwell, Courtney S. Dabbiere, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA; Dario A. Machleidt, Christopher P. Damitio, Kathleen R.Geyer, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Seattle, WA; Taylor J. Pfingst, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrew W. Rinehart, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Winston-Salem, NC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeremy Tigan, Brian P. Egan, Cameron P. Clark, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan G. Graves, Joseph E. Van Tassel, Cooley LLP, Reston, VA; Adam M. Pivovar, Cooley, LLP, Washington, DC; Alissa M. Wood, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Chad T. Nitta, Jason S. Jackson, Heather N Tilley, Kutak Rock, LLP, Denver, CO for defendants.
    Case Number: D70177

    The court conducted a detailed analysis of claim construction terms in a patent litigation matter concerning spinal surgeries and deformities.

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  • Dizon v. J.P. Morgan Chase

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis Dizon, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kaan Ekiner, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D70181

    The court granted defendant's motion to compel arbitration on the basis that the arbitration agreement was clear and unambiguous. Although plaintiff argued that the agreement was unconscionable as it was signed as a precondition to his employment, the court disagreed and pointed out that courts routinely enforce arbitration agreements that are a precondition to employment.

  • BearBox LLC v. Lancium LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-21
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Electronics | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Mayo, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Benjamin T. Horton, John R. Labbe, Raymond R. Ricordati III, Chelsea M. Murray, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Chad. S.C. Stover, Mark C. Nelson, Darrick J. Hooker, Adam M. Kaufmann, Dana Amato Sarros, David M. Lisch, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-534-GBW

    Court declined to correct inventorship of patent where plaintiffs could not show that they had conceived of various claims in the patent and had not communicated other claims to defendants before defendants had independently conceived of those claims and reduced them to practice.

  • Stokes v. Markel Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. Mccauley, Daniel H. Wooster, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Wilmington, DE; David A. Neblett, James M. Mahaffey, John A. Wynn, Perry & Neblett, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daryll Hawthorne-Bernardo, Timothy S. Martin, White & Williams, Wilmington, DE; Krista Acuna, Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, Miami, FL for defendant.
    Case Number: 1:19-cv-02014-SB-MPT

    The court granted a motion to dismiss on the grounds that plaintiff insured failed to set forth feasible claims sounding in breach of contract and conversion in a matter arising out of defendant's refusal to completely cover the loss of plaintiff's speedboat.

  • Exeltis USA Inc. v. Lupin Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-21
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martina T. Hufnal, Douglas E. McCann, Gregory R. Booker, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Brian Coggio, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY; Megan A. Chacon, 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; Merritt Westcott, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Corinne S. Hockman, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh, NC for defendants.
    Case Number: 22-434-RGA

    Patentees created their own definition for the term "about," but defined it in such a way as to make the term indefinite since it effectively created an unbounded value range for the claim.

  • Persawvere v. Milwaukee Elec. Tool Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto, Susan E. Morrison, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Kurt L. Glitzenstein, Jacob B. Pecht, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason C. White, Scott D. Sherwin, Maria E. Doukas, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.
    Case Number: 21-400-GBW

    Court declined to adopt limited construction of patent terms based on prosecution history where inventor had merely clarified patent to distinguish invention from prior art.