IPNews® – The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender student fraternal organization Delta Lambda Phi sued a new fraternity at the University of California at Santa Cruz that it says is infringing its trademark rights with a confusingly similar name and acronym.
Delta Lambda Psi was formed in 2005 after a group of gay students came
IPNews® – GlaxoSmithKline LLC and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. were accused in a new class action in New Jersey federal court on Thursday of striking illegal deals to delay the entry of generic versions of Glaxo’s epilepsy drug Lamictal to the market until Glaxo’s patent for it expired.
Glaxo sued Teva after it filed an
IPNews® – Yelp Inc. is infringing and profiting off of its misuse of Village Voice Media Holdings LLC’s trademarks for its annual “Best Of” features in its publications in many cities across the U.S., the national alt-weekly publisher alleged in a new action in Arizona federal court on Thursday.
Village Voice Media found out in
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