Following our prior remand, B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., 569 F.3d 383 (8th Cir. 2009), the district court conducted a seven-day jury trial on B&B Hardware s ( B&B ) claim of trademark infringement and unfair competition and on Hargis Industries ( Hargis ) c...   MORE>>

Donald Cone and Chun-Yu Zhao were convicted of various charges under an indictment arising out of a scheme to import and resell counterfeit pieces of computer networking equipment, some of which bore the trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. ("Cisco"). On appeal, they challenge certain evidentiary ruling...   MORE>>

These three interlocutory appeals arise from a complicated and acrimonious litigation, charging RICO, trademark, and copyright violations along with Indiana torts, that has been percolating in the district court for almost five years. The origins of the litigation go back to 1956, when Sister Mary E...   MORE>>

Klein-Becker USA and Klein-Becker IP Holdings (collectively Klein-Becker ) sued Patrick Englert and Mr. Finest, Inc., for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition under the Lanham Act; false advertising under the Utah Truth in Advertising Act; un...   MORE>>

This appeal arises from the grant of an injunction by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia that enjoined Appellants, pursuant to the first-filed rule, from proceeding with intervention complaints filed in a pending lawsuit in California. For the reasons set forth bel...   MORE>>

In our previous consideration of this trademark infringement dispute between plaintiff Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP (Georgia-Pacific) and von Drehle Corporation (von Drehle), we vacated the district court s award of summary judgment in von Drehle s favor, and remanded the case for a jur...   MORE>>

This dispute arises from the marketing and sale of the cardiovascular health drug Arterosil. Daniels Health Sciences ( DHS ) engaged Vascular Health Sciences ( VHS ) to market and sell the drug Provasca. After that relationship ended, VHS began to manufacture, market, and sell Arterosil, a p...   MORE>>

This case involves a trademark dispute over the right to use the AMTEL name and marks for phonebooks in various Ohio counties. In 2002, Defendant Steven Brandeberry sold his phonebook business, operated under the name AMTEL, to Barney White, who in turn sold the business to Yellowbook, a natio...   MORE>>

The original opinion in this case was issued by the panel on December 6, 2012. No member of the panel nor judge in regular active service of the court having requested that the court be polled on rehearing en banc (FED. R. APP. P. 35 and 5TH CIR. R. 35), the petition for rehearing en banc is DENIED....   MORE>>

This case concerns a design patent for a Tote Towel, as the patented design is designated by inventor Roger J. Hall. The Tote Towel is a large towel with binding around all the edges, zippered pockets at both ends, and an angled cloth loop in the middle, pictured in U.S. Design Patent No. D596...   MORE>>