IPNews® – Mexican food maker Gruma Corp. won a second shot on Thursday at its trademark infringement action against the owner of Texas fast food chain Mission Burrito, as the Fifth Circuit ruled that Gruma’s Mission food trademark was likely to be confused with the chain.
The Texas district court was wrong to dismiss Gruma’s
IPNews® – The Second Circuit on Monday junked a fashion designer’s attempt to resurrect its copyright infringement suit against a rival over a prom dress design.
Jovani Fashion Ltd. cannot show that the decorative design elements of its dress are separable from the utilitarian function of the dress as a piece of clothing, the appeals
IPNews® – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association hit Universal Health Services Inc. with new allegations of trademark infringement on Thursday, claiming the healthcare management company is breaching a previous settlement agreement by using a blue cross design in some of its logos.
BCBSA first sued UHS in December 2009 over the alleged infringement
IPNews® – The official business arm of the Hells Angels motorcycle club filed a new trademark infringement action against Toys “R” Us Inc. and yo-yo maker Yomega Corp. in California federal court on Wednesday, alleging the companies ripped off the club’s trademark death head logo to sell a line of yo-yos.
The club has used
IPNews® – Viacom Inc. and the star of its MTV reality show “Jersey Shore” Paul Delvecchio Jr., better known as “DJ Pauly D,” have settled a trademark infringement suit filed by a Connecticut DJ who claims he has been using the trademark “DJ Paulie” continuously since 1973.
Paul Lis accused Delvecchio, MTV and other entities
IPNews® – One of MySpace’s founders’ was slapped with a $6.6 million default judgment Tuesday in a a copyright infringement case several music publishers brought over his posting of the lyrics of hundreds of songs on his websites without negotiating a licensing deal.
Warner Chappell Music Inc. Peermusic and Bug Music Inc. had sought $100,000
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Thursday shot down Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.’s appeal of a district court’s refusal to grant it a patent injunction stopping three generic drug makers from producing their own versions of Roche’s osteoporosis drug Boniva.
Roche could not prove it was likely to overcome Apotex Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Mylan
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Thursday struck down a California federal judge’s U.S. sales ban on Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone in Apple Inc.’s massive patent infringement case over the iPhone and iPad.
Judge Lucy Koh abused her discretion in finding Apple would suffer irreparable harm in the absence of the injunction, the
IPNews® – A New York federal judge on Wednesday shut down the Authors Guild’s copyright infringement lawsuit against the HathiTrust over its book scanning and digitization project, ruling that the project constitutes fair use.
The HathiTrust, a group of researchers and academic institutions, is embarking on a massive preservation project to digitize the contents of
IPNews® – Non-practicing entities, or patent trolls, initiated 40 percent of all patent litigation filed in the U.S. in the past year, a new study has shown.
The percentage has jumped up from trolls filing 22 percent of all patent cases just five years ago, the study, soon to be published in the Duke Law