The US District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed a patent infringement case for lack of jurisdiction because a co-inventor on the patent was not joined as a party. In 2013, plaintiffs Alpha One Transporter, Inc. and American Heavy Moving and Rigging, Inc. filed a complaint against defendant Perkins Motor Transport, Inc. The…
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Ninth Circuit: Don’t Rely on Browsewrap as Assent to Terms of Use
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has warned website owners that if they are not active in ensuring user assent to their terms of use, those terms may be deemed unenforceable by the courts. The case involved an online purchase of discontinued Hewlett-Packard Touchpads on the Barnes & Noble website. Kevin Khoa Nguyen…
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