August 2012

wave.jpgIPNews® -Last week surf apparel company Hurley filed a patent infringement complaint against Old Navy. 

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California, alleges that Old Navy copied the innovative designs of Hurley’s water shorts.  Hurley is asking for an injunction to prevent the clothing retailer from selling the offending shorts, as

church.jpgIPNews® – After Walter McGill named a small congregation in Tennessee “Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church”, the Seventh-day Adventist church requested that he cease use but McGill refused. 

Thereafter, McGill lost a District Court lawsuit and appeals to both the Sixth Circuit and the Supreme Court.  McGill was finally arrested after refusing a court order

purse.jpgIPNews® – Gucci announced last week that it has won a trademark infringement lawsuit against the grandsons of its famous founder Guccio Gucci.

Guccio and Alessandro Gucci began their own company called ToBeG in 2008 chosing to use the Gucci name in advertising though not on the products themselves.  An Italian court determined that use