IPNews® – A Texas jury found that Medallion Foods, Inc.’s BOWLZ chips do not infringe on Frito-Lay’s patent or trade dress for its SCOOPS! bowl-shaped tortilla chips.
Frito-Lay accused Medallion Foods of trying to piggy-back on the success of its SCOOPS! tortilla chips, which the company says it has put a substantial amount of time
IPNews® – The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board denied a drug company’s application to trademark the peppermint scent and taste of its nitroglycerin spray used to treat chest pain.
The board ruled that because the peppermint oil increases the effectiveness of the nitroglycerin spray, it is a functional aspect of the drug and therefore cannot
IPNews® – A Texas federal judge denied Apple’s bid to have the $368 million patent infringement judgment against it eliminated or reduced after its FaceTime application was found to have infringed four patents owned by VirnetX Holding Corp.
In addition to denying Apple’s post-trial bid, U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis also denied VirnetX’s request for
IPNews® – Interest groups for the film, television and music industries have teamed up with Internet service providers to instate a new program to help prevent unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material.
Under the new program, which began February 26th, copyright owners will seek out the IP addresses of users sharing copyrighted material without authorization and