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failure to detail harm dooms medical food complaint despite plausible falsity

Alfasigma USA, Inc. v. Nivagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2018 WL 4409350, No. 2:17-cv-01974-MCE-GGH (E.D. Cal. Sept. 17, 2018)Somewhat surprisingly, failure to tell a detailed harm story torpedoes this complaint; given the specific allegations of falsity, I wonder if it will be … Continue reading

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Complaint’s “Flawed,” “Circular” Reasoning Dooms Patent Claims

Grecia v. True Value Co., No. 18 C 1886, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 9, 2018) (Kocoras, J.). Judge Kocoras granted defendant True Value’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss and dismissed plaintiff Grecia’s patent complaint in this … Continue reading

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Choice Of Law Analysis Dooms Legal Malpractice Claim

A legal malpractice claim failed due to the application of a shorter (Pennsylvania) rather than longer (New Jersey) statute of limitations, according to a decision of the New Jersey Appellate Division Plaintiff MTK Food Services, Inc. alleges defendants, attorney Richard… … Continue reading

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Rule 9(b) dooms Lanham Act counterclaim

Control Solutions, LLC v. Oshkosh Corp., 2011 WL 1131329 (N.D. Ill.) Control Solutions makes, among other things, a power door system for armored vehicles. Oshkosh makes armored vehicles under the registered Oshkosh mark. In 2008, the Army solicited bids for … Continue reading

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