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Aug192020Barnwell Whaley
Fitbit v Valencell
Fitbit, Inc. v. Valencell, Inc. No. 2019-1048 Fed. Cir. Before Circuit Judges Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Apple petitioned the Board…
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Jul152020Barnwell Whaley
Esip Series 2 v Puzhen Life USA
Esip Series 2, LLC v. Puzhen Life USA, LLC No. 2019-1659 Fed. Cir. Before Circuit Judges Lourie, Reyna, and Hughes.…
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Jun192020Barnwell Whaley
Argentum v Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation No. 2018-2273 Fed. Cir. Before Circuit Judges Lourie, Moore, and Reyna. In this…
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Apr172020Barnwell Whaley
Arctic Cat v Bombardier Recreational
Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., BRP U.S. Inc. 2019-1080 Fed. Cir. Before Circuit Judges Lourie, Moore, and…
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Jul182019Barnwell Whaley
AVX Corp v. Presidio Components
AVX Corp v. Presidio Components No. 2018-1106 Fed. Cir. May 13, 2019 Before Circuit Judges Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Presidio…
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Jul162019Barnwell Whaley
Bradium Technologies v Iancu
Bradium Technologies v Iancu Nos. 2017-2579, 2017-2580 Fed. Cir. May 13, 2019 Before Circuit Judges Moore, Reyna and Chen. Microsoft…
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Jun152019Barnwell Whaley
ATI Technologies ULC v. Iancu
ATI Technologies ULC v. Iancu Nos. 2016-2222, 2016-2406, 2016-2608 Fed. Cir. April 11, 2019 Before Circuit Judges Newman, O’Malley, and…
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Mar192019Barnwell Whaley
Duncan Parking Tech v. IPS Group
Patent and Trademark Appeal Case Summary Duncan Parking Technologies, Inc. v. IPS Group, Inc.No. 2018-1205 Federal Circuit Judges Lourie, Dyk,…
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Jan212019Barnwell Whaley
Acceleration Bay v Activision Blizzard
ACCELERATION BAY, LLC, Appellant v. ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC., ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 2K SPORTS, INC., ROCKSTAR…
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Dec212018Barnwell Whaley
Natural Alternatives International v. Iancu
Natural Alternatives International v. Iancu No. 2017-1962 Fed. Cir. Oct. 1, 2018 Opinion by Chief Judge Prost with Circuit Judges…
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Oct182018Barnwell Whaley
Zheng Cai-Tai Chi Green Tea v Diamond Hong trademark appeal
ZHENG CAI, DBA TAI CHI GREEN TEA INC., Appellant v. DIAMOND HONG, INC., Appellee 2018-1688 Decided: August 27, 2018 The…
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Sep192018Barnwell Whaley
ZUP v. Nash Manufacturing patent case summary – patent obvious
ZUP, LLC v. Nash Manufacturing, Inc. No. 2017-1601 Fed. Cir. July 25, 2018 Opinion by Chief Judge Prost with Circuit Judge…
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Aug062018Barnwell Whaley
ZEROCLICK v. APPLE
ZEROCLICK, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. APPLE INC., Defendant-Appellee 2017-1267 The Federal Circuit found that the district court had failed to undertake…
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Jul202018Barnwell Whaley
D THREE ENTERPRISES v. SUNMODO patent case summary
D THREE ENTERPRISES, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. SUNMODO CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee 2017-1909, 2017-1910 Decided: May 21, 2018 The district court granted summary…
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Jul152018Barnwell Whaley
SAP America v. InvestPic patent case summary
SAP America, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee v. InvestPic, LLC, Defendant-Appellant 2017-2081 Decided: May 15, 2018 Plaintiff/Appellee SAP America, Inc. (“SAP”) sought a…
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Jun152018Barnwell Whaley
Droplets v. E*TRADE case summary
Droplets, Inc., v. E*TRADE Bank Nos. 2016-2504,-2602 Fed. Cir. Apr. 19, 2018 Opinion by Judge O’Malley with Circuit Judges Dyk…
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Apr232018Barnwell Whaley
Merck Sharp & Dohme v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC No. 2017-1560 Fed. Cir. Feb. 9 2018 Opinion by Circuit Judge Stoll…
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Mar162018Barnwell Whaley
Advanced Video v. HTC, Blackberry, Motorola
ADVANCED VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES LLC, v. HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC., BLACKBERRY LTD, BLACKBERRY CORPORATION, MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, Defendants-Appellees Federal Circuit…
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Feb152018Barnwell Whaley
Travel Sentry v David Tropp patent infringement case summary
TRAVEL SENTRY, INC., Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant v. DAVID A. TROPP, Defendant-Appellant 2016-2386, 2016-2387, 2016-2714, 2017-1025 Appeals from the United States District Court for the…
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Jan152018Barnwell Whaley
PRESIDIO COMPONENTS v. AMERICAN TECHNICAL CERAMICS
PRESIDIO COMPONENTS, INC. v. AMERICAN TECHNICAL CERAMICS CORP. 2016-2607, 2016-2650 Presidio filed suit against American Technical Ceramics Corp. (“ATC”) for…
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Dec142017Barnwell Whaley
Organik Kimya v. Rohm and Haas Co.
Organik Kimya AS v. Rohm And Haas Co. Nos. 2015-1983, -2001 Fed. Cir. Oct. 11, 2017 Opinion by Circuit Judge…
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Nov292017Barnwell Whaley
Waymo v. Uber, Ottomotto, Otto Trucking
Waymo LLC, v. Uber Technologies, Inc., Ottomotto LLC, Otto Trucking LLC Nos. 2017-2235, -2253 Fed. Cir. Sept. 13, 2017 Opinion by…
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Sep182017Barnwell Whaley
Adjustacam v Newegg patent appeal case summary
ADJUSTACAM, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee v. NEWEGG, INC., NEWEGG.COM, INC., ROSEWILL, INC., Defendants-Appellants 2016-1882 Appeal from the United States District Court for the…
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Jul202017Barnwell Whaley
LYONS v. AMER. COLL. OF VET. SPORTS MED. REHAB trademark trial appeal summary
SHEILA LYONS, DVM, Appellant v. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SPORTS MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, Appellee 2016-2055 Decided: June 8, 2017…
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Jul102017Barnwell Whaley
ARCELORMITTAL v. AK STEEL CORPORATION case summary
ARCELORMITTAL, ARCELORMITTAL ATLANTIQUE ET LORRAINE, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. AK STEEL CORPORATION, SEVERSTAL DEARBORN, INC., WHEELING-NISSHIN INC., Defendants-Appellees Case No. 2016-1357 Appeal…
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Jun152017Barnwell Whaley
Novartis AG v. Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc. patent case summary
Novartis AG v. Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc. No. 2016-1678, -1679 Fed. Cir. Apr. 4, 2017 Opinion by Circuit Judge Wallach with Chief…
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May172017Barnwell Whaley
US Federal Circuit Patent Case Summary MENTOR GRAPHICS v. EVE-USA, INC., SYNOPSYS
MENTOR GRAPHICS v. EVE-USA, INC., SYNOPSYS EMULATION AND VERIFICATION S.A.S, SYNOPSYS, INC. 2015-1470, 2015-1554, 2015-1556 Appeals from the United States…
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Mar282017Barnwell Whaley
Supreme Court Requires Independent Basis For Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Fannie Mae
In Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp., No. 14-1055 (U.S. Jan. 18, 2017), the Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether…
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Mar072017Barnwell Whaley
SC Supreme Court case summary – HOA legal services
In Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC v. Peck, App. No. 2011-199626, Op. No. 27707 (S.C. Feb. 22, 2017), the South…
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Feb152017Barnwell Whaley
Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. v. Publications International patent case summary
Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. v. Publications International. No. 2016-1449 Fed. Cir. Jan. 5, 2017 Opinion by Circuit Judge Lourie with…
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Jan152017Barnwell Whaley
U.S. Water Services, Inc. v. Novozymes A/S – patent case summary
U.S. Water Services, Inc. v. Novozymes A/S. No. 2015-1950, -1967 Fed. Cir. Dec. 15, 2016 Opinion by Circuit Judge Wallach…
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Dec152016Barnwell Whaley
Unwired Planet, LLC v Google Inc patent case summary
Unwired Planet, LLC v. Google Inc. No. 2015-1812 Fed. Cir. Nov. 21, 2016 Opinion by Circuit Judge Reyna with Circuit…
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Dec062016Barnwell Whaley
MIT v. Shire Pharmaceuticals Federal Circuit Opinion summary
MIT v. Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. No. 2015-1881 Fed. Cir. Oct. 13, 2016 Opinion by Circuit Stoll with Circuit Judges O’Malley…
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Nov052016Barnwell Whaley
EMPLOYEES BEHAVING BADLY
This article was originally published in the November 2016 issue of SC Lawyer, the magazine of the South Carolina Bar…
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Nov012016Barnwell Whaley
If You Don’t Set a Price, Your Contract Won’t Suffice
The South Carolina Court of Appeals Says Parties Must Agree on Price for an Express Agreement In Rose Electric, Inc.…
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Jul292016Barnwell Whaley
SC Court of Appeals – Statute of Limitations
SC Court of Appeals Discusses Effect of Military Service on Statute of Limitations The South Carolina Court of Appeals recently…
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Jun062016Barnwell Whaley
You may be able to patent your software after all
Patent your Software ? Originally posted at Charleston Digital Corridor Case study: Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation You may be…
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Jun032016Barnwell Whaley
Would you like fries with that, um, Nose?
Would You Like Fries with That, um, Nose? In Easterling v. Burger King. Corp., Opin. No. 5404 (May 18, 2016),…
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May192016Barnwell Whaley
Do we have a winner?
Do you have to actually Win to be a Winner? The South Carolina Supreme Court sounds off Case review of Hueble…
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May052016Barnwell Whaley
Litigation-Kubic SC case review
Sure, It’s Illegal, But Can I Sue? South Carolina case law review The South Carolina Supreme Court recently addressed an…