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  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • Estate of Berland v. Lavastone Capital, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel R. Miller, Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Daniel A. Cohen, Jim Walden, Tricia R. Lyons, Walden Macht & Haran LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Megan Ward Cascio, Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julius A. Rousseau, III, Andrew Dykens, ArentFox Schiff LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: 1:18-cv-02002-SB

    Estate could recover death benefit from a stranger-oriented life insurance policy taken out on the life of decedent where the policy was funded by a non-recourse loan, decedent had no need for life insurance and procured the policy as a wagering contract, and the recipient of the benefit was knowingly involved in the fraud to procure the policy.

  • Affinity Empowering v. Eurofins Sci., Inc. Party

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John V. Gorman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Wilmington, DE; Raechel Kummer, Clara Kollm, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; Edmund M. Amorosi, Jennifer A. Mahar, Smith Pachter McWhorther PLC, Tysons Corner, VA for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-1843-GBW

    Court granted defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

  • Zoppas Indus. de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. v. Backer EHP Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia L. Enerio, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Daniel J. Herling, Brad M. Scheller, Geri L. Haight, Adrian Kwan, Samuel D. Sazer, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Thomas E. Williams, Kevin C. May, Daniel M. Terhune, Eric Y. Choi, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP for defendant.
    Case Number: 18-1693-GBW

    Plaintiff could not defeat summary judgment on its trade secret misappropriation claim based on new allegations that defendant obtained trade secrets from a third party, after the court denied discovery related to the third party and plaintiff never sought to amend its complaint to add allegations relating to the third party.

  • Archer v. Defenders, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Rigrodsky, Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eyal Dror, Shelly L. Friedland, Ted E. Trief, Trief & Olk, New York, NY; Macy D. Hanson, The Law Office of Macy D. Hanson PLLC, Madison, MS; Peter S. Pearlman, Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrman, & Knopf LLP, Saddle Brook, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: J. Cory Falgowski, H. Carlton Hilson, Kristin Bryance Metheny, Ronald W. Flowers, Burr & Forman LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 1:18-cv-00470-SB

    Court affirmed Fair Labor Standards Act settlement that provided significant legal fees where counsel recovered more than plaintiffs because the length and complexity of the litigation justified the legal fees.