IPNews® - WMS Gaming and four Nevada casinos including Caesars and MGM are being sued for patent infringement related to slot machines.
Rembrandt Gaming Technologies is claiming that a particular feature on the defendants' slot machines infringe its patent. The feature, called “Electronic Second Spin Slot Machine”, utilizes an automatic re-spin feature on slot machines. To continue reading, click: Casinos Sued for Patent Infringement
IPNews® - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its judgment upholding the Maker's Mark wax seal trade dress.
The appellate court upheld an original ruling in a trademark infringement case filed by Maker’s Mark back in 2003. Diageo, a Cuervo affiliate, had appealed the decision which also ordered Diageo to stop using the red wax seal. To continue reading, click: Maker's Mark Wins Trade Dress Ruling
IPNews® - After a year-long patent infringement dispute, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have reached a settlement and in doing so also created a new partnership.
Details of the settlement were not available, but it is assumed that the formation of the new partnership was a key factor. The new subsidiary will include Barnes & Noble’s Nook and offer Microsoft’s Windows 8 application in a platform targeted at college students and educators. To continue reading, click: Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Settle
IPNews® - Fearing a trademark infringement lawsuit from denim giant Levi Strauss & Company, a North Dakota-based retailer filed first asking a judge to settle the dispute.
Vanity Clothing of Fargo filed a complaint in response to a cease and desist letter that it received from Levi Strauss related to the “V” pocket design on its jeans. Vanity is seeking an order from the judge that its design is not confusingly similar to Levi’s design. To continuing reading, click: Denim Debacle
IPNews® - Apple and Samsung are facing an order by a Judge to limit patent and trademark claims against one another.
Judge Kho of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has recently ordered that Apple and Samsung attempt to simplify the case prior to trial so as not to confuse a jury. The trial date is set for July 30 but Judge Koh has threatened to postpone the trial if necessary. To continue reading, click: Apple v. Samsung Claims
IPNews® - New York-based Sephora has been sued by boutique retailer MiN New York related to use of the term “Fragrance Flights.”
MiN began offering the fragrance sampling experiences to its customers in 2010. In response to MiN’s trademark infringement claims, Sephora is alleging that the concept and term Fragrance Flights is generic, does not constitute a brand, and does not cause confusion. To continue reading, click: Fragrance Fight
IPNews® - Callaway Golf has reached a settlement agreement with Acushnet after a six-year patent infringement battle.
After many victories and set-backs for both companies in the long-running lawsuit, the parties finally reached an out-of-court settlement agreement. The settlement will allow both companies to manufacture and market golf balls and golf club components under each other’s patents. To continue reading, click: Callaway Settles Patent Claims
IPNews® - Burberry Group, the London high fashion house, has filed a complaint with a New York federal court, asking it to declare that the British company did not infringe on the trademark for late actor Humphrey Bogart.
Burberry, which licensed the image from Corbis of Bogart wearing a Burberry trench coat in his portrayal from the classic, “Casablanca,” claims that the defendant, Bogart, LLC is attempting to exert trademark rights that it does not possess. To continue reading, click: Don't Bogart My Image
IPNews® - A U.S. District Court in Delaware recently ruled that Allergan’s patents related to its Sanctura XR drug are invalid.
The ruling stems from a 2009 patent infringement complaint filed by Allergan against Watson Pharmaceuticals, in its attempts to prevent Watson from filing an abbreviated new drug application with the FDA for the generic version of Sanctura. Allergan currently has two other patent infringement complaints filed against Watson. To continue reading click: Allergan Loses Patents
IPNews® - Duff Beer UG, a German-based brewer, is attempting to register the trademark “Duff” with the European Union general court, in its attempt to cash in on cartoon character Homer Simpson’s favorite beverage.
The German beer maker is asking a Luxembourg court to overturn a ruling from the EU trademark agency that prevented it from registering the trademark in black, white, and red, the same colors used to label the beer cans on the animated cartoon, The Simpsons. To continue reading, click: Duff Beer Fight
