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Notable court filings in entertainment law.

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Federal Circuit Clarifies Motivation to Combine to Achieve the Claimed Invention and Holds IPR Petitioner Must Be Given Opportunity to Reply Where Patent Owner First Proposes Claim Construction In a Response

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Summary Judgment Denied Defendant in Declaratory Action by Producer of To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway Play Seeking Amateur Theatrical Rights

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With the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's second talc bankruptcy, plaintiffs lawyers are doubling down on their plans to pursue trials across the country.

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Specific Performance Available for Breach of Contract to Convey Air Rights Challenge to Site Plan Approval Dismissed for Failure to Join a Necessary Party NYU's Challenge to Zoning Amendment Dismissed for Lack of Standing Town's Construction of Its Ordinance Was Irrational Condition on Special Permit Renewal Invalidated As Unreasonable

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Buyer Entitled to Return of Deposit Because Estoppel Certificates Were Inadequate City Had Authority to Extinguish Interest of Delinquent Taxpayers After Four Month Redemption Period Expires Survival Clause Includes No Expiration Date Easement Not Invalid for Fraud

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Co-Op Purchaser Not Entitled to Cancel Contract Appointment of Receiver to Collect Rent Owed to Defaulting Commercial Unit Owner Upheld

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Notable court filings in entertainment law.