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  • Bearbox LLC v. Lancium LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    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

    The court issued a ruling defining the claim terms of a patent consistent with the arguments made by defendant LLC.

  • Arthrex, Inc v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Wood, Jr., Adam V. Orlacchio, Anna Elizabeth Currier, James G. Gorman, III, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Justin F. Lavella, Alexander H. Berman, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly Elizabeth Rowe, Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O'Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Aaron S. Weiss, Daniel G. Enriquez, Steven J. Brodie, Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL for defendant.
    Case Number: 22-00465-CFC

    Court transferred insurance dispute case to Florida where part of the underlying events occurred in Florida and plaintiff was headquartered there, giving Florida the greater interest in adjudicating the dispute.

  • Yogi Krupa, Inc. v. GLeS, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Energy | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Thomas Earle, Randall Shaw MacTough, Zarwin Baum De Vito Kaplan Schaer Toddy P.C., Wilmington, DE; Stuart A. Schwager, Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd., Bethesda, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William Edward Gamgort, Daniel Paul Johnson, Jennifer Marie Kinkus, Young, Conway, St Argatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Golden, III, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Karen T. Staib, Michael A. King, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford, CT for defendants.
    Case Number: 22-226-CFC

    Fuel station operator could not assert claims under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act against the station property owner where franchisee had direct sublease and supply agreements with party that the owner had leased the property to, as there was no franchise relationship.

  • Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Entertainment and Leisure | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Hannah, Paul J. Andre, Lisa Kobialka, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Menlo Park, CA; Aaron M. Frankel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Cameron P. Clark, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Aaron E. Hankel, B. Trent Webb, John Garretson, Jordan T. Bergsten, Maxwell C. McGraw, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO for defendant.
    Case Number: 16-453-RGA

    Doctrine of equivalents claim was collaterally estopped where plaintiff had unsuccessfully attempted in another suit to attempt to read out claim elements to prove that product function in both cases satisfied a claim limitation under the doctrine.

  • Rockwell Automation, Inc. v. EU Automation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul Tanck, Neal McLaughlin, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward F. Maluf, Jeremy A. Cohen, Owen R. Wolfe, Jeremy Schachter, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-1162 (MN)

    Motion to transfer venue granted where alleged conduct took place nationally and defendant's preferred forum was much more convenient for both parties, while the current court had a substantially more congested docket.

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  • In re: Veale

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean A. Meluney, Matthew D. Beebe, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter K. Schaeffer, Jr., Avenue Law, Dover, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: 21-10418-BLS

    Creditor's complaint seeking to declare personal guaranty nondischargeable in bankruptcy dismissed where creditor failed to allege facts to support that borrower or guarantor intentionally made misrepresentations concerning the state of borrower's business or guarantor's individual financial situation.

  • Eagle Pharm., Inc. v. Slayback Pharma LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel G. Brown, Rebecca Lynne Neubauer, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Kenneth G. Schuler, Marc N. Zubick, Alex Grabowski, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL; Jennifer Koh, David F. Kowalski, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Diego, CA; Herman Yue, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Neal C. Belgam, Eve H. Ormerod, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Constance S. Huttner, Paul S. St. Marie, Jr., Roy H. Wepner, Beth C. Finkelstein, Jason A. Lief, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP, Madison, NJ; Kenneth L. Dorsey, Cortlan S. Hitch, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Deepro R. Mukerjee, Lance A. Soderstrom, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY; Jitendra Malik, Joseph M. Janusz, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Charlotte, NC; Christopher B. Ferenc, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Washington, DC; Rachel L. Schweers, Rachel J. Schaub, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-1256-CFC-JLH

    New drug application did not infringe on patent describing "ready to use" pharmaceutical product where proposed products were not prepackaged and required substantial effort to prepare the drug for administration.

  • Election Sys. & Software, LLC v. Smartmatic USA Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia S. Rogowski, Rogowski Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Robert M. Evans, Michael J. Hartley. Michael H. Durbin, Lewis Rice, LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian A. Briggs, Angela C. Whitesell, DLA Piper, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Larissa S. Bifano, DLA Piper, LLP, Boston, MA; Richard Mulloy, DLA Piper, LLP, San Diego, CA; Zachary Loney, DLA Piper, LLP, Austin, TX for defendant.
    Case Number: 18-cv-01259-RGA

    Motion for leave to amend was denied as futile where proposed claim of invalidity due to nonjoinder of inventors failed to allege specific facts to describe how the unnamed inventors participated in conceiving of the inventor or how they collaborated with the named inventor.

  • Upsher-Smith Lab. LLC. v. Zydus Pharm. (USA) Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Patent Licensing and Transactions
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel V. Ward, Emma Notis-McConarty, Ropes & Gray, LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr., Megan C. Haney, Phillips, McLaughlin & Hall, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Gaertner, James T. Peterka, Timothy F. Peterson, W. Patrick Conlon, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-1132-GBW

    The court granted in part and denied in part defendant's motion to dismiss.

  • Rider v. PPG Indus., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. O'Neill, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jared Thomas Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lindsay Neinast, Littler Mendelson, PC, Washington, D.C. for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-1819-GBW

    Breach of contract and promissory estoppel claims seeking retiree benefits were not preempted by ERISA where employee had allegedly negotiated for reinstatement of benefits as if there was no break in service upon resuming employment following termination, thereby creating an independent legal duty for employer.