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City of Buffalo sues gun manufacturers for fueling gun violence

JURIST

The City of Buffalo, New York Tuesday filed a complaint against major gun manufacturers for fueling gun violence through their business practices. The case is in the Supreme Court for the State of New York in Erie County. The complaint identifies the gun manufacturers as “ghost gun defendants.”

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District Court Finds Use of a Method to Manufacture a Product Does Not Indirectly Infringe a Patented Method to Design A Product

The IP Law Blog

Kronstadt), the Court granted the Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s indirect patent infringement claims for failure to sufficiently allege Defendant “made” the accused product. Plaintiff had argued that using the patented methods in the design process, which guides the subsequent manufacturing process, is sufficient to state a claim.

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Insurers Get Claims Trimmed In Factory Explosion Suit

Law 360

Insurers for a glass manufacturer cannot pursue most of their claims against two contractors over a 2017 factory explosion, a Michigan federal court ruled, saying waiver of subrogation clauses in the underlying service contracts bar all causes of action except those arising from gross negligence.

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The New Zealand Court of Appeal on the cross-border application of New Zealand consumer and fair trading legislation

Conflict of Laws

The New Zealand Court of Appeal has just released a judgment on the cross-border application of New Zealand consumer and fair trading legislation ( Body Corporate Number DPS 91535 v 3A Composites GmbH [2023] NZCA 647 ). In response, 3AC protested the New Zealand court’s jurisdiction.

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Jack Daniels wins big in challenge to spoofing “Bad Spaniels” dog toy

SCOTUSBlog

VIP Products firmly rejected the use of the Jack Daniel’s trademarks by a manufacturer selling a line of dog toys that mock various beverage manufacturers. All members of the court joined Kagan’s opinion finding that toy a condemnable infringement of the Jack Daniel’s marks. 2 On Your Tennessee Carpet” replaces “Old No.

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Ford v. Montana: Supreme Court on the Scope of Personal Jurisdiction

Patently O

Montana 8th Judicial District ( Supreme Court 2021 ). The Supreme Court has sided with Gullett’s estate — finding that the 14th Amendment does not prohibit this case from moving forward. With Specific Jurisdiction , the Court’s recent decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Superior Court of Cal.,

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Three review grants, including one to resolve an issue that’s a law school staple

At the Lectern

Supreme Court actions of note at its conference yesterday included: Negligent infliction of emotional distress. The court agreed to hear Downey v. The court yesterday also granted review in Lanier v. ” Vehicle sales arbitration. ” Vehicle sales arbitration. ” Vehicle sales arbitration. .”