IPNews® – Mary Kay Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Michael Kors LLC in order to prohibit the company from registering MK as a trademark to be placed on a charm that will be affixed to Estee Lauder makeup bags.
Mary Kay and Michael Kors have battled over the MK trademark before and came to
IPNews® – Tela Innovations Inc. has filed lawsuits with the Delaware federal court and the International Trade Commission alleging that five technology giants, including Nokia Corp. and LG Electronics Inc., have infringed seven of its patents by importing and selling smartphones containing integrated circuits manufactured using its patented technology.
California-based Tela claims that Motorola Mobility
IPNews® – Viacom International Inc. urged a Los Angeles judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Gibson Guitar Corp. for infringing a trademarked “Flying V” electric guitar, claiming that the allegedly infringing ukuleles were never sold in the United States.
Viacom, owner of the Nickelodeon television network, filed a motion to dismiss claiming the v-shaped
IPNews® – Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. has lodged a complaint against several krill oil supplement manufacturers, claiming their products infringe its patent.
In its complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission, Neptune claimed that a group of companies are selling products that infringe on its patented method of extracting oil from krill. The company
IPNews® – Shaw Industries Group Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of carpet and flooring, filed a lawsuit against Hershey Co. seeking a declaratory judgment that Shaw’s “Chocolate Kiss” carpet color does not infringe Hershey’s KISS related trademarks.
In the complaint, Shaw claims it has been selling “Chocolate Kiss” colored flooring for over 20 years without
IPNews® – Rembrandt Social Media LP sued Facebook Inc. in Virginia claiming Facebook is infringing two of its patents with its “Like” button and other sharing technology.
Rembrandt claims that it owns two patents covering technology that allows users to create a personal webpage and pull content from third party sources without any training in
IPNews® – Purdue Pharma LP filed a lawsuit in New York on Friday claiming that two generic drug manufacturers’ planned generic versions of the “abuse-proof” form of OxyContin will infringe two patents licensed to the company.
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Impax Laboratories Inc. both sent letters to Purdue in December, informing the company of their
IPNews® – A custom car designer asked the California Central District to throw out DC Comics Inc’s lawsuit alleging he infringed on its trademarks and copyrights by selling replica Batmobiles.
Gotham Garage owner Mark Towle argued that DC Comics knew he had been building Batmobiles since 2003 and yet never told him to stop or
IPNews® – A district judge denied both Apple and Samsung’s post-trial motions on Tuesday that challenged the $1.05 billion patent infringement judgment against Samsung.
Apple and Samsung were both denied motions for a new trial and Apple lost it bid for treble damages as the company did not adequately prove that Samsung had willfully infringed
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit ruled in favor of pharmaceutical giant Allergan, saying that two generic-drug manufacturers would infringe its patent if they attempted to make a generic form of Lumigan, a patented drug for glaucoma patients.
Barr Laboratories, Inc. and Sandoz, Inc. were found by the lower court to not have sufficiently proven their