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District of Delaware Adopts Re-Opening Guidelines and Will Commence Phase One Operations on June 17, 2020
By Order dated June 15, 2020 and issued by Chief Judge Stark, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware issued and adopted its re-opening guidelines that includes four phases of re-opening. Phase One of the re-opening will commence on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
Phase One involves the court’s initial emergence from strict…
Chief Judge Stark Denies Defendants’ Motion Seeking Litigation Funding-Related Discovery in Patent Infringement Action
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in United Access Technologies, LLC v. AT&T Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 11-338-LPS (D.Del. June 12, 2020), the Court denied the motion of Defendants AT&T Corp., AT&T Services Inc. and SBC Internet Services, Inc. (collectively, “AT&T”) seeking to compel certain litigation funding-related discovery…
Update on Court Operations in Delaware (both Federal and State) Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 – as of May 30, 2020
With courts across the United States in different and various stages of re-opening to get back to some level of normalcy under the exigent circumstances created by the global coronavirus pandemic, I thought it would be helpful to my clients, co-counsel, and others outside of Delaware to provide an update on the Courts’ operations in…
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High Court Trademark Profit Ruling May Not Wreak Havoc on 3rd Circuit
By Gregory B. Williams on
High Court TM Profit Ruling May Not Wreak Havoc On 3rd Circ.
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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Disgorgement of Profits Is Available Remedy in Trademark Infringement Action Without Showing of Willful Infringement
In Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., No. 18-233, 590 U.S. _____ (2020), the United States Supreme Court held that a plaintiff in a trademark infringement action, brought under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), that alleges and proves trademark infringement is not required to show that the defendant willfully infringed the plaintiff’s trademark as…
Chief Judge Stark Finds that Defendant Hospira Does Not Infringe Plaintiff Belcher’s Patent-in-Suit and Patent is Invalid and Unenforceable
By Gregory B. Williams on
By Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Belcher Pharmaceutical, LLC v. Hospira, Inc., Civil Action No. 17-775-LPS (D.Del. March 31, 2020), following a two day bench trial and post-trial briefing in the action filed by plaintiff Belcher under the Hatch-Waxman Act as a result of defendant Hospira’s attempt to bring to…
Governor Carney Issues Stay at Home Order in Delaware to Help Curb Spread of Coronavirus
By Gregory B. Williams on
Posted in District of Delaware
On March 22, 2020, Delaware Governor John Carney issued his Fourth and Fifth Modifications of the Declaration of a State of Emergency in the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat. The latest Stay at Home Order follows Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and some other states closing nonessential business and commercial establishments…
Three Delaware Attorneys Added by Court to Special Masters Panel in Complex Civil Cases in District of Delaware
By Order entered by Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark on January 31, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware added three Delaware attorneys to its Special Masters Panel in complex civil cases. The three Delaware attorneys added are Helena Rychlicki, Chad Stover and Gregory B. Williams (partner at Fox Rothschild LLP…