Intellectual Property: Cases and Materials

Mary LaFrance, UNLV School of Law

Gary Myers, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law

Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge, Louisiana State University Law Center

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2024 Update Memo

Teacher's Manual

This revised and thoroughly updated Sixth Edition covers significant legislative and judicial developments through August 2022. The authors include new material without overburdening the student or instructor with longer readings by streamlining certain case excerpts, being more selective in some instances, and making judicious use of notes in other areas.

New cases and legislative developments given attention in the Sixth Edition include the following (broken-down by broad topic):

Trademark

• Trademark Modernization Act of 2020
• United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V., 140 S.Ct. 2298 (2020)
• Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., 140 S.Ct. 1492 (2020)
• Iancu v. Brunetti, 139 S.Ct. 2294 (2019)
• Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, 139 S.Ct. 1652 (2019)
• In re Steve Elster, 26 F.4th 1328 (Fed. Cir. 2022)
• Sulzer Mixpac AG v. A&N Trading Co., 988 F.3d 174 (2d Cir. 2021)
• Perry v. H. J. Heinz Co. Brands, L.L.C., 994 F.3d 466, 469 (5th Cir. 2021)
• In re Forney Indus., Inc., 955 F.3d 940 (Fed. Cir. 2020)
• Car-Freshner Corp. v. Am. Covers, LLC, 980 F.3d 314, 319 (2d Cir. 2020)
• Hard Candy v. Anastasia Beverly Hills, 921 F.3d 1343 (11th Cir. 2019)

Trade Secret

• Updated state adoptions of UTSA
• Compulife Software Inc. v. Newman, 959 F.3d 1288, 1311 n.13 (11th Cir. 2020)
• RGIS, LLC v. Gerdes, 817 F. App’x 158, 162 (6th Cir. 2020)
• Tanium Inc. v. Yago, 2021 WL 5033452 (N.D. Ga. July 28, 2021)

Patent

• Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., 141 S.Ct. 2298 (2021)
• United States v. Arthrex, Inc., 141 S.Ct. 1970 (2021)
• Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 139 S.Ct. 628 (2019)
• Return Mail v. United States Postal Service, 139 S.Ct. 1853 (2019)
• Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 138 S.Ct. 1365 (2018)
• WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., 138 S.Ct. 2129 (2018)
• Backyard Nature Prods., Inc. v. Woodlink, Ltd., 81 F. App’x 729, 733 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (primary case, adding practice opportunity to infringement analysis)
• Teets v. Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corp., 83 F.3d 403 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (primary case, replacing United States v. Dubilier Condenser Corp.)
• Thaler v. Vidal, 43 F.4th 1207 (Fed. Cir. 2022)
• Canfield Scientific, Inc. v. Melanoscan, LLC, 987 F.3d 1375, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2021)
• M&K Holdings, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 985 F.3d 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2021)
• C R Bard Inc. v. AngioDynamics, Inc., 979 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2020)
• Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., 967 F.3d 1319 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2020) (modified opinion), cert. dismissed 141 S.Ct. 2171 (May 21, 2021)
• Galderma Labs., L.P. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 799 Fed. Appx. 838 (Fed. Cir. 2020)
• Regents of the University of Minnesota. v. LSI Corp., 926 F.3d 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2019)
• Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., 896 F.3d 1322 (Fed. Cir. 2018)

Copyright

• Hatch-Goodlatte Music Modernization Act, H.R. 1551, Pub. L. No. 115–264 (Oct. 11, 2018)
• Protect Lawful Streaming Act of 2020, adding 18 U.S.C. § 2319C (a criminal provision).
• 17 U.S.C. § 121A (added 2018)(Marrakesh Treaty compliance)
• Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 141 S.Ct. 1183 (2021) (primary case)
• Georgia v. Public.Resource.org, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 140 S.Ct. 1498 (2020) (primary case)
• Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Nennes & Mauritz, L.P., 142 S.Ct. 941 (2022)
• Allen v. Cooper, ___ U.S. ___, 140 S.Ct. 994 (2020)
• Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com LLC, ___ U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 881 (2019)
• Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, 11 F.4th 26 (2d Cir. 2021) (primary case)
• Photographic Illustrators Corp. v. Orgill Inc., 953 F.3d 56 (1st Cir. 2020)
• Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, 952 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 141 S.Ct. 453 (2020)
• Silvertop Assocs. v. Kangaroo Mfg., 931 F.3d 215 (3d Cir. 2019)
• Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi, Inc., 910 F.3d 649, 657 (2d Cir. 2018)
• Fox News Network, LLC v. Tveyes, Inc., 883 F.3d 169 (2d Cir. 2018)
• BMG Rights Management v. Cox Communications Inc., 881 F.3d 293 (4th Cir. 2018)
• Williams v. Gaye, 895 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 2018)
• Kerson v. Vermont Law School, 2021 WL 4142268 (D. Vt. 2021)
• Waite v. UMG Recordings, Inc., 477 F. Supp.3d 265, 274–75 (S.D.N.Y. 2020)
• Green v. U.S. Department of Justice, 392 F.Supp.3d 68 (D.D.C. 2019)

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