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• Failure to Provide Detailed Expert Analysis of Hypothetical Royalty Negotiations Causes Reversal of Damages Award Against Microsoft

• Price Disclosed By Plaintiff to Customer Without Obligation of Confidentiality Was Not Plaintiff's Trade Secret

• Corporate Reorganization Caused Breach of Non-Transfer Provision of Software License

• Copyright and Trade Dress Claims for Spoiled Brat Characters Fall Due to Failure to Show Access and Secondary Meaning

• Cancellation of Trademark for Fraud Requires Intent to Deceive PTO

• Invalidation of Means Plus Function Patent Claim Requires Evidence of Corresponding Structure in Prior Art

• Right of Publicity Claims by Paris Hilton Not Subject to Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike

• Trademark "Tacking" Back to Earlier Registered Version Not Allowed

• Bad Faith Trade Secret Claims Brought for Anticompetitive Reasons Justify $1.6M Sanction

• Injunction After Trade Secret Case Was Too Broad In Prohibiting Customer Solicitation