IPNews® – Motorola Mobility LLC this week elected not to proceed with its Section 337 allegations in the U.S. International Trade Commission that Apple Inc. is importing Mac computers, iPads and iPhones into the U.S. that infringe the Google Inc. subsidiary’s patents.
The company also decided to dismiss a related case in Delaware federal court.
IPNews® – An Illinois federal judge said Friday that a preliminary injunction may possibly be warranted to ban William Wrigley Jr. Co. from using the name Swerve for a flavor of its “5” sugar-free gum, based on another company’s trademark for the name for artificial sweeteners.
The judge put off deciding the final merits of
IPNews® – Cadbury PLC succeeded on Monday in its attempts to obtain valid United Kingdom trademark protection for the shade of purple it uses to package its chocolate products, according to news reports.
The shade Pantone 2865C has acquired enough distinctiveness in its association with Cadbury’s milk chocolate and chocolate beverages to deserve trademark rights
IPNews® – Samsung Electronics Co. asked a California federal judge Monday to allow it to accuse Apple Inc.’s newly introduced iPhone 5 of infringing its patents in addition to the other Apple devices listed in its counterclaims to Apple’s infringement lawsuit.
Samsung submitted its original claims in June, several months before the iPhone 5’s rollout.
IPNews® – Lockheed Martin Corp. has unlawfully seized upon Raytheon Co.’s Paveway trademark for laser guided bombs to promote its own products and wrongly profit off of Raytheon’s goodwill, Raytheon claimed in a new trademark infringement lawsuit Thursday.
Raytheon and its predecessor Texas Instruments have exclusively made and marketed LGBs under the Paveway name since
IPNews® – Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. had two patents for disposable diaper training pants struck down by a Wisconsin federal judge on Friday.
One of the patents covering absorbent articles of clothing was anticipated by prior art, while the other was invalid as obvious, Judge William C. Griesbach ruled. The ruling slimmed down the number of
IPNews® – The Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to allow Motorola Inc. to enforce a patent infringement-related ban it won in Germany earlier this year against Microsoft Inc.’s sale of its Xbox 360 gaming system and some Windows software in the country.
A Seattle federal judge was right to temporarily enjoin Motorola from enforcing the
IPNews® – Marlon Brando’s estate is facing a lawsuit demanding that it live up to its agreements under a contract made earlier this year to grant the use of the late actor’s rights of publicity and likeness to Madonna for her 2012 world tour.
The estate previously agreed to license the rights for $3,750, as
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Friday gave Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. another shot at proving that its two patents for a diabetes-related glucose monitoring system were not invalid in light of prior art, as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had found upon reexamination.
The PTO’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences adopted unreasonable
IPNews® – The estate of author Mario Puzo on Wednesday lost its bid to invalidate a 1969 agreement granting copyrights in the “Godfather” series of novels to Paramount Pictures Corp.
Paramount is suing the estate for copyright infringement over its plans to publish a prequel to the “Godfather” novels. The estate’s counterclaims seeking to cancel