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Small Axe Enterprises, Inc. v. Amscan, Inc. et al

MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim

27 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 266,691 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 279,746 times   369 Legal Analyses
    Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

  3. Phillips v. AWH Corp.

    415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005)   Cited 5,845 times   167 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "because extrinsic evidence can help educate the court regarding the field of the invention and can help the court determine what a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand claim terms to mean, it is permissible for the district court in its sound discretion to admit and use such evidence"

  4. Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

    29 Cal.4th 1134 (Cal. 2003)   Cited 1,704 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"

  5. McBride v. Boughton

    123 Cal.App.4th 379 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004)   Cited 492 times
    Holding that common count will "stand or fall" with cause of action seeking the same recovery

  6. Jarrow Formulas, Inc. v. Nutrition Now, Inc.

    304 F.3d 829 (9th Cir. 2002)   Cited 357 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that after a finding of unreasonable delay, laches would not apply unless defendant also demonstrated prejudice

  7. Perez v. Nidek Co.

    711 F.3d 1109 (9th Cir. 2013)   Cited 187 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because a plaintiff did not intend to have further eye surgery, he did not have standing to pursue injunctive relief under the California CLRA

  8. Wahpeton Canvas Co., Inc. v. Frontier, Inc.

    870 F.2d 1546 (Fed. Cir. 1989)   Cited 350 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Affirming summary judgment of non-infringement

  9. Disc Golf Assoc., Inc., v. Champion Discs

    158 F.3d 1002 (9th Cir. 1998)   Cited 178 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an expired utility patent provided strong evidence of functionality

  10. Tillamook v. Tillamook County Creamery

    465 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2006)   Cited 94 times
    Finding laches when junior user made changes to product label that did not put products more squarely in competition

  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 361,353 times   960 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,831 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 18,392 times   316 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices

  14. Section 1125 - False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden

    15 U.S.C. § 1125   Cited 15,763 times   327 Legal Analyses
    Holding "the person who asserts trade dress protection has the burden of proving that the matter sought to be protected is not functional"

  15. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,377 times   1047 Legal Analyses
    Requiring patent applications to include a "specification" that provides, among other information, a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using it

  16. Section 17208 - Statute of limitations

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17208   Cited 642 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Governing UCL claims