IPNews® – Apple is suing Samsung for patent infringement alleging that among other things, its rival has copied the iconic look and design of its best selling iPhone.
Among the issues in the case is the “Cheech and Chong” test. The judge is said to have elicited muffled laughter from the courtroom when he asked
IPNews® – Washington website Demstore.com is being sued for trademark infringement by the Obama Re-election Campaign Committee.
In the lawsuit filed last Friday, it is alleged that several Obama related trademarks are being illegally used on the website. The Obama Re-election Campaign Committee is seeking an injunction preventing further sales, as well as unspecified damages.
IPNews® – Cisco Systems filed a patent infringment lawsuit last week against digital video recording company TiVo.
Cisco is seeking declaratory relief that its products are based on its own patents and do not infringe on the technology included in TiVo’s patents. TiVo currently has multiple lawsuits pending against Cisco customers over the technology for
IPNews® – Neology, an RFID technology company, has filed a second patent lawsuit against Federal Signal and related companies.
Neology already has a lawsuit pending alleging infringement of six of its U.S. patents. The new lawsuit involves the alleged infringement of two of Neology’s Radio Frequency Identification patents. To continue reading, click: Neology Files 2nd
IPNews® – Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion successfully defended a trademark infringement lawsuit against the Canada television company, BBM Canada.
On the heels of a recent loss in its infringement lawsuit against Basis International for use of the term BBX in its Blackberry 10 operating system, and various customer dissatisfaction problems, Blackberry has suffered dramatic
IPNews® – After a three year lawsuit, Gucci has won its trademark infringement case against Guess and was awarded $4.66 million dollars.
Gucci originally sought $120 million in damages. Apart from the damage award, an injunction also issued which prohibits Guess from producing three of the four signature “G” trademarks owned by Gucci. To continue
IPNews® – Adidas filed a lawsuit against Costa Mesa, California based World Industries and Big 5 for trademark infringement of its three parallel diagonal-striped design.
Adidas is accusing World Industries of producing a shoe which infringes on its trademarks, and is accusing Big 5 for selling and advertising the infringing product. Adidas is seeking monetary
IPNews® – A Los Angeles marketing firm that creates websites to generate business leads for other companies is being sued for trademark infringement by USAA of San Antonio.
D and D Marketing, DBA T3 Leads, allegedly used USAA’s trademarked name in domain names to attract consumers including military families that eventually submitted their names and
IPNews® – Sportswear giant Nike is being sued for trademark infringement for using the term “Lottery Pick” on a Michael Jordan jacket.
The plaintiff, Urban Motive Sportswear, registered “Lottery Pick” with the USPTO in 2006 and has since been selling an energy drink, sportswear, and other merchandise using the trademark. Michael Jordan, acclaimed as being
IPNews® – WMS Gaming and four Nevada casinos including Caesars and MGM are being sued for patent infringement related to slot machines.
Rembrandt Gaming Technologies is claiming that a particular feature on the defendants’ slot machines infringe its patent. The feature, called “Electronic Second Spin Slot Machine”, utilizes an automatic re-spin feature on slot machines.