Recent News About Judge James Donato
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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has dismissed a patent complaint on the grounds that Rothschild Digital Confirmation LLC's patent was directed to an abstract idea and not added to an inventive concept.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently granted a California construction company's motion for summary judgment regarding contract claims in a lawsuit suit filed by an Afghan subcontractor terminated from a construction project in Afghanistan.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A California production company obtained a partial summary judgment in a case involving the ownership of a famous painting.
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A decades-long suit filed by the descendant of a Dutch art gallery owner claiming the descendant is the rightful owner of two Renaissance paintings stolen by the Nazis during World War II recently ended with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finding that the Dutch government had transferred ownership of the paintings as a sovereign act.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently found that Fitbit Inc. acted in bad faith when the company’s legal representatives delayed and impeded arbitration of a suit filed by plaintiff Kate McKlellan.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied a tech company's motion to either overturn a jury verdict in a patent infringement case or order a new trial.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently ruled that a suit alleging Fitbit made inaccurate marketing claims regarding its wristband devices that track user heart beat can continue but agreed to dismiss allegations that the company attempted to unjustly enrich itself.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) – An Oakland Housing Authority official recently filed a notice to have a suit filed by the authority's IT director over his demotion last year to be moved to U.S. District Court for California's Northern District, San Francisco Division.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) – A federal judge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently ruled a patent infringement case involving two cellphone car-mount providers can proceed to a trial by jury to determine if one’s company’s mount design infringes on the other’s patent.
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A class-action lawsuit that challenges Facebook's use of facial recognition and biometric data-collection software to identify people in user-uploaded photos is moving ahead following a recent order handed down by a federal judge in California.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has dismissed a suit against Amazon.com by Tridim Innovations alleging patent infringement.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A Northern California case involving three young men whose privacy violation allegations against Facebook were recently upheld has spurred a practical response from a legal expert who cautions consumers and companies alike against “meritless” cases.
