• Sprint Commc'ns Co. L.P. v. Mediacom Commc'ns Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/A
    for defendant: Andrew C. Mayo, Steven J. Balick, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robinson Vu, Natalie Alfaro Gonzales, Lindsay Volpenheim Cutié, Amy Bergeron, Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX; Timothy S. Durst, Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, TX for defendant. Richard L. Renck, Oderah C. Nwaeze, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew C. Gaudet, Duane Morris LLP, Atlanta, GA; John M. Baird, Duane Morris LLP, Washington, DC for Metaswitch third-party defendants.

    Case Number: D69149

    The exercise of specific personal jurisdiction over a foreign third-party defendant comported with due process, so the court denied a motion to dismiss claims against that party.

  • TQ Delta, LLC v. 2Wire, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Electronics
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. McAndrews, Thomas J. Wimbiscus, James P. Murphy, Paul W. McAndrews, Rajendra A. Chiplunkar, Ashley M. Ratycz, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brett Schuman, Rachel M. Walsh, Goodwin Procter LLP, San Francisco, CA; Douglas J. Kline, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA; Andrew S. Ong, Goodwin Procter LLP, Redwood City, CA; Cindy Chang, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69140

    The jury's verdict in this patent infringement matter was supported by sufficient evidence, so defendant was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law or a new trial.

  • In re THGH Liquidating LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph H. Hunt, Assistant Attorney General; David C. Weiss, United States attorney; Ellen W. Sleights, Assistant United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE; Ruth A. Harvey, Lloyd H. Randolph, Seth B. Shapiro, Andrew Warner, Commercial Litigation Branch, U.S. Department of Justice for appellant.
    for defendant: Derek C. Abbott, Curtis S. Miller, Daniel B. Butz, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69130

    The government's withholding of Medicare payments after debtors filed bankruptcy was a violation of the automatic stay.

  • B# on Demand LLC v. Spotify Tech. S.A.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; John S. Kyle, Kyle Harris LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stefani E. Shanberg, Jennifer J. Schmidt, Madeleine E. Gully, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69126

    Patent claim was invalidated as abstract where it merely described computer functions performing routine operations to achieve an abstract goal without providing an actual functional mechanism that would constitute an inventive or improved process for performing those computer functions.

  • GOLO, LLC v. Goli Nutrition Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-16
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Consumer Products | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad S. C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Gabrielides and Genevieve E. Charlton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL; Caitlin R. Byczko, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiff;
    for defendant: Brian A. Biggs, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tamar Y. Duvdevani and Kerry A. O’Neill, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY; Safraz W. Ishmael, DLA Piper LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69119

    Motion for preliminary injunction in trademark infringement case denied where plaintiff's mark had failed to develop sufficient distinctiveness or market awareness such that there would be a likelihood of confusion caused by defendant's use of its mark.

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  • Cephas v. Scarborough

    Publication Date: 2020-08-26
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vernon Ernest Dorian Cephas, James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Smyrna, DE, plaintiff pro se.
    for defendant: Stuart B. Drowos, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Dana Spring Monzo and Emily Kara Silverstein, White & Williams, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69096

    Motion to dismiss prisoner's civil rights complaint denied where plaintiff sufficiently asserted a claim for retaliation by alleging that defendant conspired to file disciplinary complaints against plaintiff in retaliation for grievances plaintiff had submitted for incidents involving defendant.

  • Scalia v. Local 1694, Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2020-08-19
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss and Jesse S. Wenger, U.S. attorney’s office for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lance Geren and Kathleen Bichner, O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue, LLP, New Castle, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69091

    The court denied a motion to dismiss, because the complaint adequately alleged that a labor organization did not uniformly enforce an eligibility rule involving candidates running for union elections.

  • Soares v. Continental Motors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-19
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Aerospace
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip T. Edwards, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Sherri R. Ginger and Timothy A. Heisterhagen, Armbrecht Jackson LLP, Mobile, AL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69092

    The federal district court remanded this wrongful death action to state court because defendants failed to establish the fraudulent joinder of a party.

  • Gemak Trust v. Reckitt Benckiser LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan E. Morrison, Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto, Casey Kraning, and John S. Goetz, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Pilar G. Kraman and Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas J. Nash and John D. Cook, Barclay Damon, LLP, Syracuse, NY; Philip A. Rovner and Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James H. Shalek and Baldassare Vinti, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69079

    Court rejected parties' proposed claim construction where there was no evidence of inventor's disavowal of plaintiff's proposed construction, but where plaintiff's proposal provided no clarity to the claim, the court relied upon the textbook definition for plaintiff's proposed construction term as would be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art.

  • TQ Delta, LLC v. Adtran, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. McAndrews, Rajendra A. Chiplunkar and Ashley M. Ratycz, McAndrews, Held & Mallory, Ltd., Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth L. Dorsney, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul M. Sykes, David W. Holt, Benn C. Wilson and Jake M. Gipson, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69086

    Genuine issues of material fact existed with regard to this patent infringement matter, so the court denied the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment.