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Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Burke
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Lennon, Devlin Law Firm, Wilmington, DE; Bradley W. Caldwell, Jason D. Cassady, John Austin Curry, Justin T. Nemunaitis, Daniel R. Pearson, Adrienne R. Dellinger, Caldwell Cassady Curry P.C., Dallas, TX for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kenneth L. Dorsney, Cortlan S. Hitch, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeff Dyess, Paul Sykes, Benn Wilson, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL; Jessica Zurlo, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Anthony D. Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard W. Mark, Joseph Evall, Paul J. Kremer, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; David Glandorf, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, CO; Nicole A. DiSalvo, Jessica R. Kunz, Daniel S. Atlas, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas R. Nemec, Leslie A. Demers, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 19-1334-CJB
Court denied summary judgment to defendants for plaintiffs' contributory infringement claim where there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether defendants' product had other substantial non-infringing uses or whether defendants manufactured the product specifically for use in a manner that infringed upon plaintiffs' patents.
Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Agriculture | Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Rennie
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger D. Smith, Ryan D. Stottman, Rachel R. Tunney, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Deborah E. Fishman, David Denuyl, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Palo Alto, CA; David R. Marsh, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC; Aaron Stiefel, Neda Dadpey, Michael Mazzullo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Schholer LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Chad S.C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Flibbert, Pier D. DeRoo, Kassandra M. Officer, Rachael D. Dippold, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: N22C-07-168 SKR CCLD
Court declined to strike patent invalidity defense raised by licensee where it could continue to accrue royalty obligations under the terms of the license agreement despite the patents having expired and other parties who may have licensed or infringed upon the patent would also benefit from a finding of invalidity.
Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Manufacturing | Mining and Resources
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Goldblatt
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 16-11626 (CTG)
Although Third Circuit precedent entitled litigant to unseal motion and attach documents pursuant to the public right of access to judicial records, the court certified the case for direct appeal to the Third Circuit to evaluate opposing party's contention that litigant had improper purposes for the motion to unseal.
Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Accounting | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Slomsky
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 22-65
Court dismissed patent infringement claim where patent was directed to ineligible subject matter by merely claiming the abstract idea of a billing system that used the internet and generic computer technology, without making any claims that constituted an improvement of computer technology.
Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Matthew C. Bloom, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 2111004614(N)
Increasing sentence from suspended fine to term of incarceration did not violate double jeopardy where defendant lacked a reasonable expectation of finality in a larger sentencing plan and where the state's time to appeal the sentence had not yet elapsed.
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Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Green, Jr., Jared T. Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr., Jessica M. Jones, Juliana G. Clifton, Marisa R. De Feo, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur D. Kuhl, Matthew R. Hindley, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 1:17-cv-00157-SB
Court dismissed case for failure to prosecute where plaintiff had willfully or recklessly failed to actively litigate the case for several years despite repeated extensions and warnings from the court.
Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. White, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Kathleen M. Vavala, Deputy Disciplinary Counsel, Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
for defendant: Richard L. Abbott, Hockessin, DE, respondent pro se.
Case Number: 112512-B
Court ordered attorney's disbarment for intentionally advising client on strategy that abused the legal process so that the client could avoid compliance with his settlement obligations and the trial court's orders.
Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel Aizenberg, Scott Mendeloff, Aaron S. Klein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago IL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, Jr., Michael W. McDermott, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Campbell, Scott M. O’Brien, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: N22C-07-197 MMJ CCLD
Court dismissed fraud claims against corporate controller where alleged fraudulent behavior merely constituted a breach of the controller's contractual obligations.
Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Edwin J. Harron, James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; William M. Kelleher, Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2017-0822-SG
Court dismissed in rem action over limited partnership interest where hearing the action would require the court to hale in defendants it lacked personal jurisdiction over and the proceedings were an attempt to circumvent the dismissal of plaintiff's fraudulent transfer claim against defendants for lack of jurisdiction.
Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Samuel L. Closic, John G. Day, Robert B. Lackey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Max Huffman, Joseph A. Pettigrew, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, San Diego, CA; Justin O. Reliford, Jing-Li Yu, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Lauren N. Rosenello, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0666-KSJM
Stockholder lacked standing to enforce merger agreement, and the agreement did not confer stockholders with third-party beneficiary status to pursue lost-premium damages while the target company pursued specific performance of the merger.
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