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Case of the Day: Metso Minerals Industries v. Johnson Crushers International
The case of the day is Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. v. Johnson Crushers International, Inc. (E.D. Wis. 2011). Metso Minerals (France) S.A. brought an action against Johnson Crushers seeking a declaration that it did not infringe Johnson’s patent for an adjustment mechanism for a rock crusher. Johnson counterclaimed for infringement. Metso refused to produce documents……
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Case of the Day: Coloplast v. Generic Medical Devices
In today’s case of the day, Coloplast A/S v. Generic Medical Devices, Inc. (W.D. Wash. 2011), Coloplast, a Danish firm, sued Generic Medical for patent infringement. Generic Medical moved to compel Coloplast to produce documents in the possession of Poges, one of its French subsidiaries. The judge’s Aérospatiale analysis was a bit dodgy. Generic argued……
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The Year In Review 2: New Parties To The Conventions
This is the second in my “year in review” series of posts. For those of you who keep track of which states are parties to which conventions—a handy thing to do—here is a list of the new state parties to the various judicial assistance conventions we cover here at Letters Blogatory. Hague Service Convention Malta,……
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Case of the Day: RECARO North America v. Holmbergs Childsafety Co.
The case of the day is RECARO North America, Inc. v. Holmbergs Childsafety Co. (E.D. Mich. 2011). RECARO, a child safety seat manufacturer, claimed that the defendants, Holmbergs Childsafety Co., a Hong Kong company, and its affiliates, Gnosjö-Gruppen AB and Holmbergs Childsafety AB, both Swedish companies, designed and manufactured the “A-locks” that it used in……
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Case of the Day: Costa v. Kerzner International Resorts
Update: Due to a problem with my HTML, I published a garbled version of this article this morning. Here’s the corrected version! The case of the day is Costa v. Kerzner International Resorts, Inc. (S.D. Fla. 2011). Jennifer Costa, who had been a guest at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, sued the resort’s on……