Plaintiff wins on trademark claim; bad faith is left for trial

David John Carnivale v. Staub Design, LLC, John Staub, David Staub, Civ. No.08-764-SLR, March 31, 2010.

Robinson, J.  The court grants-in-part and denies-in-part plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and denies defendants' cross motion for summary judgment.

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Scienter is adequately pled in trademark suit

ING BANK fsb (d/b/a ING DIRECT), et al. v. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., et al., Civ. No. 08-514-LPS, June 22 , 2009.

Stark, M. J.  Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss defendants’ counterclaim is denied.

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"Advancis" mark cancelled as confusingly similar to "Aventis"

Sanofi-Aventis et al., v. Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp., No. 03-1083-SLR, Sept. 26, 2006.

Robinson, J.  After a bench trial in May, 2005, the court issued findings of fact and conclusions of law and ruled in favor of Aventis in this trademark infringement action.  The court will order a permanent injunction and cancellation of defendant’s trademark.



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Trade secret count survives motion to dismiss

Mobius Management Systems, Inc. v. Acartus, Inc., No. 05-346-SLR, June 28, 2006.

Robinson, J.  Defendant’s motion to strike, dismiss and stay amended complaint is denied.

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