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® – 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® – Qualcomm, Microsoft and others filed public comments with the FTC saying that Google has been pursuing injunctive relief against them despite the company’s agreement with the FTC forbidding it from doing so.
In a settlement with the FTC, Google agreed that it would cease seeking sales bans on competitors that were willing to
IPNews® – Cookware giant Meyer Manufacturing Co. Ltd filed a Motion for Summary Judgment against Telebrands Corp. arguing that the “As Seen On TV” company could not trademark the color green on the inside of pots and pans.
Meyer argued that the color green is a functional indicator of the products eco-friendliness and therefore should
IPNews® – ArrivalStar SA is back to filing patent infringement lawsuits, having filed 11 last week against various retail and logistics companies.
The Luxembourg-based company filed the patent lawsuits against several retailers, including Hewlett-Packard Co., New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. and Lacoste USA Inc, in addition to a handful of logistics companies. ArrivalStar claims that
IPNews® – In a San Francisco federal court on Wednesday, Complete Genomics argued that it is not infringing Illumina’s patents that cover technology related to DNA-sequencing kits.
Illumina filed a lawsuit against Complete Genomics in 2010 for allegedly using Illumina’s patented gene probe technology in its testing kits without authorization. Complete Genomics asked U.S. District
IPNews® – “FarmVille” creator Zynga Inc. filed a lawsuit against Imagenesis Corp. claiming that the company’s soon-to-be released game “MafiaVille” infringes its VILLE trademarks.
Zynga argued that Imagenesis’ use of the name MafiaVille would be confusing to players and cause them to believe the game is made by or associated with Zynga. Zynga also alleged
IPNews® – Advanced Auctions LLC filed a lawsuit against eBay Inc. for allegedly infringing one of its patents related to the display of auction information online.
Advanced Auctions claims that in the last hour of each of its auctions, eBay automatically updates the time remaining in the auction and the current highest bid. Advanced Auctions
IPNews® – Tiffany & Co. filed a lawsuit claiming that Costco Wholesalers Corp. infringed its trademarks by marketing and selling unauthorized engagement rings using the Tiffany name.
Though Costco agreed in December to cease all use of the Tiffany’s name, Tiffany is still suing Costco for its profits and treble damages. In addition, Tiffany wants
IPNews® – MyMedicalRecords has filed a lawsuit against the online medical information provider WebMD for infringing patents related to secure online storage of patient’s medical records.
According to the complaint, WebMD asked MyMedicalRecords for assistance in 2007 with expanding its portal that allows users to store personal medical information online. MyMedicalRecords claims that WebMD ended