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This appeal grew out of Brent Sloan’s participation in two transactions: (1) a merger between Advanced Recovery Systems, LLC and Kinum, Inc.; and (2) the sale of software from Kinum to Sajax Software, LLC. American Agencies, LLC alleged harm…

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MRT filed suit against Microsoft, alleging patent infringement stemming from MRT’s development of a technology to protect electronic files from content piracy. The Ninth Circuit held that claim preclusion barred the claims in this suit that …

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The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Violent Hues in a copyright infringement action brought by plaintiff, a commercial photographer, alleging that Violent Hues made an unlicensed use of one of his ph…

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The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of two copyright infringement actions against defendants, accusing them of copying Malibu’s lace designs. The court held that, at the pleading stage, Malibu successfully alleged owner…

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BWP appealed the district court’s memorandum and order granting summary judgment to Polyvore on BWP’s copyright claims for direct and secondary infringement and denial of BWP’s cross-motion for summary judgment on direct infringement. BWP’s …