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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

Plaintiff had argued that using the patented methods in the design process, which guides the subsequent manufacturing process, is sufficient to state a claim. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure rule 12(b)(6), a party may bring a motion to dismiss a cause of action that fails to state a claim.

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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 Court held that local consumer legislation – in the form of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) – applies to foreign manufacturers. The decision is of particular interest to New Zealand consumers and manufacturers of goods that are supplied in New Zealand, as well as traders advertising their products to New Zealanders.

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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. Kagan rests her analysis on two basic points of trademark law, summarized emphatically at the beginning and reiterated at the end of her opinion.

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

Patently O

Constitution serves as the foundational basis for the large number of precedential cases, the text is quite short: “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” The decision suggested to many that defendant’s connections should have a causal-link with the cause of action.

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Chanel, What Goes Around Comes Around File Rival Motions in Ongoing Fight Over Reseller’s Offering of Chanel Goods

The Fashion Law

Primarily, WGACA argues that Chanel has no evidence that the 12 allegedly counterfeit bags that it sold – which Chanel says have “serial numbers purportedly stolen from a Chanel factory” – were not manufactured by a Chanel factory. in 2012.”

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Supreme Court will decide government immunity issue

At the Lectern

” The appellate court concluded that, because common law claims cannot be brought against public entities, the county could not be sued for breach of an implied-in-fact or implied-in-law contract. shall reimburse providers for emergency services and care provided to its enrollees.” ” Forum selection clause.

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Inventorship Correction Affirmed for Patent on Intermodal Container for Transporting Gaseous Fluids

Patently O

Tube-Mac, is the plaintiff in this case and is looking to manufacture its own version of the container systems. 256. . = = = One interesting aspect of this decision relates to absence of a statute of limitations. ”) Patent law does not have a specific statute of limitations associated with claims to correct inventorship.

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