IPNews® – Nordstrom Inc. sued an Internet clothing retailer in Seattle federal court on Friday over its unauthorized use of Nordstrom’s federally registered “Rack” trademark in relation to discount clothing sales.
NoMoreRack Retail Group Inc. and NoMoreRack.com Inc. have refused to stop treading on Nordstrom’s intellectual property rights in the Rack name despite repeated demands
IPNews® – Purdue Pharmaceuticals LP’s patent infringement claims against KVK Tech Inc. for preparing an abbreviated new drug application for a generic version of Purdue’s blockbuster painkiller OxyContin will go forward, a New York federal judge ruled Friday.
KVK had argued that although it did all the necessary work to come up with the generic
IPNews® – Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. exchanged blows on Friday over whether the jury foreman’s alleged misconduct in the smartphone and tablet patent infringement trial that yielded a $1 billion verdict against Samsung earlier this year warrants holding a new trial.
Samsung’s allegations that jury foreman Velvin Hogan lied about his involvement in
IPNews® – A graphic designer and illustrator is accusing A&E Television Networks LLC of misusing virtual computer images he created of Jesus Christ and Abraham Lincoln beyond the scope of its copyright licensing agreements for the images.
Raymond Downing won an Emmy for the virtual Lincoln he made for A&E’s History channel program “Stealing Lincoln’s
IPNews® – The inspirational book publisher Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing LLC came under fire from Campbell Soup Co. in New Jersey federal court on Wednesday for attempting to launch its own line of actual soups bearing labels that are confusingly similar to the iconic Campbell logo.
Chicken Soup for the Soul is deliberately
IPNews® – The owners of Washington, D.C.’s legendary Wisemiller’s Grocery and Deli sued a neighboring pizza parlor last month for ripping off its trademark name, logo and menu design.
Wisemiller’s, affectionately known to its customers as Wisey’s, called Davar Ashgrizzadeh’s renaming of his Cafe Romeo’s pizzeria to “Wiseats” a futile effort to promote its markedly
IPNews® – Texas Instruments Inc. was granted a new patent on Tuesday covering a mode of measuring the performance of an array of solar energy panels with a range of sensors.
U.S. Patent Number 8,289,183, titled “System and method for solar panel array analysis,” describes a system and method for monitoring performance of one or
IPNews® – A celebrity photo agency accused Buzzfeed Inc. in Los Angeles federal court last week of publishing photos of superstar pop singer Katy Perry in a bikini and comedian and actress Kathy Griffin dancing topless outdoors to its popular news website in violation of the agency’s copyright.
Despite having no license or authorization, Buzzfeed
IPNews® – SK Hynix Inc. told a California federal court Wednesday that it at least deserves a new trial on Rambus Inc.’s dynamic random access memory patent infringement claims, if not a wholesale reversal of the nearly $400 million judgment in Rambus’ favor.
Recent reexamination rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have invalidated
IPNews® – The North Face Apparel Corp. successfully blocked the makers of a clothing line named “The Butt Face” from using The North Face trademark or any confusingly similar or parodic name, with a consent judgment filed Wednesday holding the makers in contempt.
The Missouri district court ruled that The Butt Face violated a 2010