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27 Mar, 2008 10:00 pm
Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2007-1448 (Fed. Cir.,
argued March 7, 2008) Update: Petersburg, Virginia-based Star Scientific, Inc., sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2001. A bench trial on the issue of the enforceability
of the asserted patents was held in 2005. On June 25, 2007, the District Court found Star's patents to be unenforceable on ...
6 Nov 5:00 am
In a recent unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeal (First Appellate District, Division Two) applied Tobacco II's discussion of actual
reliance in a non-class common-law fraud case. Whiteley v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Co., Nos. A119345, A121027 (nonpub. Oct. 14, 2009). This is interesting because there has been discussion of whether Tobacco II might
make common-law fraud class actions easier to certify. This unpublished decision shows, at least, that ...
27 Aug, 2008 4:55 am
... the Federal Circuit seem to signal a retrenchment in the Court's treatment of the doctrine, and its willingness to affirm district court judgments finding inequitable conduct,
particularly in the context of summary judgment decisions. One of the first indications of this new direction came in the Eisai Co. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc. decision
last month, where Judge Rader forcefully reminded us that finding inequitable conduct should be "a high bar," citing the Court's en banc decision...
28 Jun, 2007 6:27 am
... a June 26, 2007 press release it was announced that: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
applauds today's decision in favor of the company in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by ... that Star had deceived the patent office, Federal District Court Judge Marvin J.
Garbis stated: "The Court finds RJR to have made a strong showing of materiality and ... Inc. said it will appeal against a U.S. court's ruling on a patent infringement lawsuit with
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a unit of Reynolds American Inc."
12 Apr, 2007 5:57 am
... manufacture, distribution, promotion, marketing, and sale" of "light" cigarettes. Dahl v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 478 F.3d 965, 966 (8th Cir. 2007). Defense attorneys removed ... Id. During the pendency of the state court appeal, the Eighth Circuit
issued an opinion that held another tobacco company had established federal officer jurisdiction in a case involving the marketing of light
cigarettes, id. (citing Watson v. Philip Morris Cos., 420 F.3d 852 (8th Cir. 2005), cert. granted, ___ U.S. ___ ...
25 Mar 10:24 am
Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said
they won a verdict in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed on behalf ... makers not liable in the case. The verdict is the first defense win in a so-called "post-Engle" tobacco suit in Florida. The case is the third of its kind to be tried since the Florida Supreme Court in 2006 ... this month. Both companies said they
planned to appeal. The case is Gelep v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris USA, 98-6584, Florida 6th Circuit Court ( ...
27 Mar, 2008 10:00 pm
Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2007-1448 (Fed. Cir.,
argued March 7, 2008) Update: Petersburg, Virginia-based Star Scientific, Inc., sued R.J. Reynolds Corp. for patent infringement
in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2001. A bench trial on the issue of the enforceability of the asserted patents was held in 2005. On June 25, 2007, the
District Court found Star's patents to be unenforceable on the basis of inequitable ...
31 May 6:02 pm
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the second-biggest U.S. cigarette maker, was told by
a Florida jury to pay $30 million to a woman whose husband died of lung cancer after years of smoking, according to a lawyer. A six-person jury today in state court in Pensacola,
Florida, ordered R.J. Reynolds to pay Hilda Martin $25 million in punitive damages to punish the cigarette maker for the death of
her husband, Benny Martin, according to the company's lawyer, Mark Belasic. The jury awarded Martin $5 ...
8 Aug, 2007 5:06 am
... Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (FCLAA). See Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 7 Cal.4th 1057 (Cal. 1994). In 1998, plaintiffs filed ... Williamson on behalf of minors who "smoked one or more cigarettes" alleging
violations of the UCL in that the tobacco companies' cigarette advertising unlawfully targeted minors: specifically, the class action alleged
... other areas frequented by teens, and sponsored events that appeal to teens. In re Tobacco Cases II, ___ Cal.4th ___ (Cal. August 2, 2007)
...
1 Sep, 2006 5:53 am
... illnesses related to smoking. The lawsuit named as defendants Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., both individually and as the successors to the American
Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Co ... In his order filed Monday, Stearns said the case
was a reprise of claims brought by the federal government in the 1990s against tobacco companies. "These efforts by the government came largely
to naught, with most courts rejecting the government's various theories ...
3 Aug, 2007 6:00 am
... Supreme Court overruled its prior contrary conclusion in Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 7 Cal.4th 1057 (1994). The Court explained that the particular ... misleading advertisements, not on the problem of truthful marketing to
minors. According to the Supreme Court in Tobacco II (preemption), the FCLAA does not preempt state-law claims that "[seek ... Lorillard, 533
U.S. at 552). Also, the representative plaintiffs in Tobacco II (Prop. 64) (Willard R. Brown, Damien Bierly and Michelle Denise Buller
...
9 Sep 5:30 am
Anthony L. Cooper, et al., v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., etc., et al., No.
3:08-cv-153, 586 F. ... can almost fully recover within fifteen years of quitting smoking. In about as much time, a tobacco class action suit
wound its way through Florida's state courts ... be joined for trial, citing a similar concern stated in Lowery v. Alabama Power Co., 483 F.3d 1184, 1203-04 (11th Cir. 2007).
(Editors' ... pack." Cf. Anthony L. Cooper, et al., v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Co., et al., No. 08-90021D (11th Cir. Oct. ...
17 Jun 11:59 pm
... Wall Street Journal wrote: A federal jury ruled Tuesday [16 June 2009] for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a high-stakes dispute with Star Scientific Inc. (STSI) over Star's patent claims for a new method of curing tobacco in a way that reduces certain cancer-causing toxins. On past turns in the case: Star Scientific prevails in inequitable conduct matter in
Reynolds case wherein the CAFC reversed a previous inequitable conduct finding described in http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/ ...
9 Sep, 2008 4:10 pm
Article in the Wall Street Journal -- Reynolds American to Cut 570 Jobs, by David Benoit. Here's an excerpt: Reynolds American Inc. will lay off 10% of its U.S. work force and refocus R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co. as the company...
28 Dec, 2007 6:24 am
The BNA Class Action Reporter reports that a Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that "a federal cigarette labeling law does not preempt state-law claims that representations about "light"
cigarettes were fraudulent." See Dahl v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Minn. Ct....
22 May 2:37 pm
... Laurence Olivier, Richard Wagner, Tommy John and Morrissey. On with it: A Big Loss for Big Tobacco: The D.C. Circuit on Friday largely
upheld a landmark ruling which found that ... Morris unit said in a statement today that they intend to appeal. Reynolds American Inc.s
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco also said it will appeal. Opinion; WSJ; WaPo; ... years in prison
for poisoning his children to extort money from Campbell's Soup Co. William Cunningham was sentenced Thursday after a jury found him guilty on seven ...
2 Dec, 2008 12:10 pm
... would be the first of 8,000 similar lawsuits to be heard in Florida against Big Tobacco. Thousands of individual lawsuits were allowed to
move forward after the Florida Supreme ... they succeed, the jury can listen to key findings already established against the tobacco industry
in the class-action Engle case. The findings in the case, named for a Miami Beach ... 1996 were eligible to file suit naming R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, The American Tobacco Co, Philip Morris and Lorillard. Re-proving ...
4 Apr, 2008 4:53 am
... Judge Jack Weinstein of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York certified a class action against Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.,
Lorillard Tobacco Co., Ligget Group, American Tobacco Co., Altria Group, and British
American Tobacco; the underlying class action complaint alleged the tobacco companies duped smokers
into believing that "light" cigarettes were less harmful to them. <i>See ...
27 Aug, 2008 12:11 am
... United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in the Star Scientific Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. case yesterday, August 25, 2008. The following is excerpted from the decision: Plaintiff-Appellant Star ... 649 and '401 patents due to
indefiniteness. See Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No.
8:01-cv-1504, slip op. at 46 (D. Md. June 26, 2007) ("Inequitable Conduct Order"); Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co., No. 8:01-cv-1504, slip op. at 12-14 (D. ...
26 Aug, 2008 2:07 am
... , 2008) Petersburg, Virginia-based Star Scientific, Inc., sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,202,649 ... 1998, by Star consultant Dr. Harold Burton in which Burton wrote that Chinese
tobacco products contain very low TSNA levels, probably due to radiant heating. ... -provisional application that deleted the statement that
radiant heat curing of U.S.-grown tobacco produced "high levels of TSNA." Instead, the application disclosed: "I have discovered that it is
possible ...
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