Brooks Pierce

1. Judge Reopens 'Monster In Law' Copyright Suit

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010

A federal judge has given a North Carolina woman a second chance to pursue copyright infringement claims accusing New Line Cinema Corp. and nearly three dozen entertainment companies, actors and others of stealing her screenplay and turning it into the 2005 movie “Monster in Law.”

2. Eisai Urges Court To Toss Apotex Suit Over Aricept

Monday, Sep 28, 2009

Eisai Co. Ltd. has asked a federal court to dismiss Apotex Inc.’s declaratory judgment action over four patents covering Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug Aricept, arguing that Apotex is using the suit to try to jump ahead of competitors in the approval process to market the generic drug.

3. Apotex Launches Suit Over Eisai’s Aricept Patents

Thursday, Jul 02, 2009

Canadian generics maker Apotex Inc. has fired off a declaratory judgment action asserting it is not infringing Eisai Co. Ltd.’s patents, in a move to secure federal approval for its generic version of the Tokyo company’s Alzheimer’s drug Aricept.

4. Claims Sent To Arbitration As Yarn MDL Winds Down

Monday, Mar 09, 2009

A federal court in charge of multidistrict antitrust litigation over cotton yarn ruled against two plaintiffs that argued they should be allowed to bring their price-fixing claims in federal court, unlike other plaintiffs whose claims were sent to arbitration.

5. RICO Claims Dropped From AARP Trademark Suit

Thursday, Feb 26, 2009

A judge has thrown out the federal racketeering claims in a trademark suit by AARP alleging that a group of financial firms engaged in a scheme to pass off their services as endorsed by the organization.

6. 11th Circ. Says EchoStar Lease Deal Is Legal

Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008

In a blow to CBS Broadcasting Inc. and Fox Broadcasting Co., a federal appeals court has ruled that satellite company EchoStar Communications Corp. can lease its transponder to another company to retransmit copyrighted distant network programming without violating federal law.

7. Firms Want Tax-Shelter Docs Under Wraps

Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006

If the major accounting and investment firms ensnared in the tax-shelter scandal get their way, the public will not have access to key documents involved in an ongoing North Carolina trial.