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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…

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…

A former Raytheon engineer has sued the company for patent royalties, based on what he said was a verbal agreement that he would be paid if the company used his patented invention. Nagui Mankaruse, who has a PhD. In mechanical engineering from USC, invented a device for cooling missile defense radar systems. He was issued…

According to US securities laws and regulations certain financial communications must be accompanied by a legend.  The following is an example of part of one such legend under Rule 134: A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may…