Jerald Bovino, the holder of a U.S. Patent (No. 6,977,809) for a portable computer case made of 'resilient material' designed with 'ribs,' is suing Apple and Target, claiming that Apple's manufacture and sale of iPad and iPad 2 cases (inset, right), and Target's sale of the iPad Smart Cover, infringe…
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Our Daily Opinion Summary writers have picked some interesting cases to highlight this week, with one in particular cutting close to home. First up, we leave the lower forty-eight and head up to Alaska with AES Corp. v. Steadfast Ins. Co.. The case involved the village and city of Kivalina,…
During a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I discovered that the reflecting pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the National World War II Memorial had lost a bit of its luster. From inside the Lincoln Memorial, my gaze at the National Mall was interrupted by fencing, heavy equipment, and an…
If you think that texting is so '90s, guess again. A new criminal case against former BP employee Kurt Mix is an important reminder that, while social networks like Facebook and Twitter may be all the rage, deleting work-related text messages from your mobile phone might get you in trouble…
The U.S. International Trade Commission ('ITC') issued a preliminary ruling today concluding that Apple iPhone and iPad wireless devices violate Motorola Mobility's U.S. Patent No. 6,246,697. Patent holder Motorola Mobility — whose acquisition by Android OS maker Google is still pending — holds this more than 10-year-old wireless method and…
Aerosoft GMBH, the German software company that makes the 'Airbus X' game, add-on program to Microsoft's Flight Simulator, sued a host of unknown 'Does' in federal court, claiming the defendants engaged in copyright infringement via peer-to-peer ('P2P') file-sharing of plaintiff's game. The Airbus X might have been a game that…
Here are some of the more interesting opinions issued this week, collected by our Daily Summary writers. In State v. Eli, the Hawaii Supreme Court found that a police practice of asking an arrestee to tell his or her “side of the story” prior to offering Miranda warnings violates the…
Lunch at Justia is a time reserved for scholarly legal debate. Our focus recently turned to the legality of parking a vehicle along an unmarked curb outside a local Chipotle. On a day when we thought the God of Parking was gracing us with his magnificence, any semblance of karma…
The Second Circuit overturned the conviction of programmer Sergey Aleynikov, who was found guilty of violating the National Stolen Property Act (19 USC 2314) and the Economic Espionage Act (18 USC 1832). US. v. Aleynikov (Apr 11, 2012, 2nd Cir.) The defendant was a software programmer at Goldman Sachs who…
Our daily summary writers chose some interesting cases to share this week. The 4th Circuit issued an opinion remanding the Rosetta Stone v. Google trademark case back to the district court for further proceedings. Rosetta Stone complained that Google AdWords infringed on their trademarks and caused likely and actual confusion…