• 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.

  • Zephyr Fluid Solutions, LLC v. Scholle IPN Packaging, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-cv-00475-SRF

    Court granted plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration where the mere filing of a complaint, without any further litigation, did not constitute a waiver of the contractual right to compel arbitration, and the parties' agreement included a no-waiver clause.

  • InQuisient Inc. v. ServiceNow, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Burke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan E. Morrison, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Frank E. Scherkenbach, Adam Kessel, Andrew Pearson, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA; Jason W. Wolff, Fish & Richardson P.C., San Diego, CA; Excylyn Hardin-Smith, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Jennifer Ying, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin P.B. Johnson, Diane M. Doolittle, Ray Zado, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Marissa R. Ducca, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jodie Cheng, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: 22-900-CJB

    Court declined to dismiss patent infringement case at pleadings stage due to lack of patent-eligible subject matter where patent claims appeared to describe new method of electronic data management solving existing problems of flexibility and portability between databases, which constituted an inventive concept beyond the abstract idea of managing data.

  • 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.

  • Davis v. Spicer

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-874-SRF

    Court declined motion in limine to exclude evidence of plaintiff's physical injuries and emotional distress, as such evidence was necessary for plaintiff to recover damages for emotional distress in his §1983 case.

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  • BearBox LLC v. Lancium LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Software | 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

    Conversion claim was preempted by federal patent law where relief on the claim would be predicated on resolution of the dispute over ownership of the technology disclosed in the patent-in-suit.

  • Davis v. Gas Recovery, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-840-SRF

    Defendant police officers' summary judgment motion denied where they failed to cite legal authority in support of their motion and where there were genuine issues of material fact regarding the purpose of the officers' appearance and whether the police department had ordered a private company to destroy a recording of the evidence.

  • Moore v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome Moore, New Castle, DE, plaintiff pro se.
    for defendant: Lisa Moore, Bear, DE, defendant pro se.

    Case Number: 22-747-CFC

    Claim against co-parent alleging their fraudulent receipt of Social Security disability benefits meant for their child did not confer federal question jurisdiction.

  • Rodriguez v. Capital Vision Serv., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1222-RGA

    Discrimination claims failed due to lack of evidence that discriminatory animus motivated adverse employment decisions or lack of adequate comparators, where employer had performance-related reasons for its decision.

  • Maugain v. FCA US LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly A. Green, Smith, Katzenstein, & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Russell D. Paul, Abigail J. Gertner, Amey J. Park, Natalie Lesser, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA; Tarek H. Zohdy, Cody R. Padgett, Laura Goolsby, Capstone Law APC, Los Angeles, CA; Steven Calarnusa, Geoff Stahl, Rachel Bentley, Gordon & Partners, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Geoffrey Graber, Brian E. Johnson, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patrick M. Brannigan, Jessica L. Reno, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Stephen A. D’Aunoy, Scott H. Morgan, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO for defendants

    Case Number: 22-116-GBW

    The court granted a motion to dismiss in part in a class action matter filed by vehicle owners against an engine manufacturer and distributor.