IPNews® – After a three year lawsuit, Gucci has won its trademark infringement case against Guess and was awarded $4.66 million dollars.
Gucci originally sought $120 million in damages. Apart from the damage award, an injunction also issued which prohibits Guess from producing three of the four signature “G” trademarks owned by Gucci. To continue
IPNews® – It was recently learned that in July of 2011, Sony filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for an “Advertisement Scheme for use with interactive content”.
If this application is approved, Sony could potentially pause a video game during a critical moment to display an advertisement or commercial. To
IPNews® – Apple and Facebook have recently faced ex parte challenges with the USPTO for invalidation of patents.
The Apple patent challenges involve touchscreen interfacing and document presentation on a touchscreen display, while the Facebook challenge involves a dynamic news feed used for social networking. In all three challenges, the patent holders have 30 days
IPNews® – Beyonce and Jay-Z have recently filed a trademark application for their new baby’s name “Blue Ivy Carter”.
The application is in multiple classes and includes planned use on CD’s, DVD’s, apparel, and live musical performances. To some it may seem odd to trademark a baby name, but in this case it appears that
IPNews® – Though the idea was previously shunned by Steve Jobs, Apple has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for an Optical Stylus for use with tablet computers.
The idea for the stylus is different from the stylus that most consumers would get with a tablet computer. The stylus from
IPNews® – Sony has recently filed a patent application covering a correction to its existing 3D technology.
While 3D technology thus far has been dependent on the viewer’s distance and angle from the screen, the new technology involves a correction that would enable the device to detect the viewer’s distance from the screen and automatically
IPNews® – Adidas filed a lawsuit against Costa Mesa, California based World Industries and Big 5 for trademark infringement of its three parallel diagonal-striped design.
Adidas is accusing World Industries of producing a shoe which infringes on its trademarks, and is accusing Big 5 for selling and advertising the infringing product. Adidas is seeking monetary
IPNews® – A Los Angeles marketing firm that creates websites to generate business leads for other companies is being sued for trademark infringement by USAA of San Antonio.
D and D Marketing, DBA T3 Leads, allegedly used USAA’s trademarked name in domain names to attract consumers including military families that eventually submitted their names and
IPNews® – Sportswear giant Nike is being sued for trademark infringement for using the term “Lottery Pick” on a Michael Jordan jacket.
The plaintiff, Urban Motive Sportswear, registered “Lottery Pick” with the USPTO in 2006 and has since been selling an energy drink, sportswear, and other merchandise using the trademark. Michael Jordan, acclaimed as being
IPNews® – GTX Corporation, based in Los Angeles, has recently been granted a utility patent that will allow the company to develop technology to provide tracking services for autistic children and adults.
To further enhance the benefits of the patented technology, GTX Corp. has partnered with Talk About Curing Autism, a non-profit group that provides