Articles News & Research

We are pleased to announce that Corinne Marie Pouliquen was recently nominated to chair the Publications Committee of the Agricultural Section of the Maryland State Bar Association for the 2017-2018 term.

In a copyright infringement case demonstrating the financial perils of Internet file sharing, Judge Paul W. Grimm entered default judgment for copyright infringement based on the defendant’s distribution of copyrighted adult films using a peer-to-peer file sharing system.  Judge Grimm granted plaintiff’s requested statutory damages of $750.00 per video (there were 25), for a total of $18,750.00, as well as plaintiff’s requested attorneys’ fees and costs and injunctive relief.  Malibu Media, LLC v.

In a unanimous 8-0 decision, the Supreme Court held that a domestic corporation “resides” for venue purposes in a patent infringement action only in its State of incorporation.  In reaching its decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 30 years of Federal Circuit precedent.  Interpreting 28 U.S.C.

In a declaratory judgment action involving alleged patent infringement, U.S. District Court Judge Paul W. Grimm held that the Court lacked personal jurisdiction under Maryland’s long-arm statute over a patent owner that sent a letter offering a patent license to an accused infringer.  According to the Court, a non-Maryland defendant does not “transact business” within the meaning of the long-arm statute by sending written communications, including a cease-and-desist letter, to a purported infringer located in Maryland.  The Court thus dismissed the case.  Government Employees Ins. Co.