San Diego – A jury trial for a patent infringement lawsuit that TiVo has filed against AT&T and its U-verse TV platform has been delayed until January. TiVo initially filed the complaint in 2009 over patents relating to DVR technologies. The complaint seeks damages for past infringement and a permanent injunction against AT&T.
The delay in
Los Angeles – Social blogging network Twitter has filed a trademark infringement complaint in a San Francisco district court against Twittad over the use of the trademark ‘tweet.’ Twittad is currently the largest advertising platform operating on Twitter.
Twitter, the micro-blogging service that allows users to post messages called Tweets, has long been trying to register
San Diego – Published authors from the United States, Britain, Australia, and Canada are suing five American universities for allegedly “engaging in one of the largest copyright infringements in history.” The writers claim that the universities planned to digitize out of print books and provide them online to students.
The Authors Guild and the Australian
Los Angeles – iCloud Communications has dropped a trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple’s iCloud. There was no public comment available but the most likely reason was that the Phoenix, Arizona communications company was no match for Apple’s legal forces. In addition to dropping the suit, iCloud Communications appears to be operating under a new name.
The
San Diego – Iconic pop star Madonna has successfully made a name for herself as the ‘Material Girl.’ If we take a trip down memory lane, we fondly recall how the Queen of Pop coined the phrase in her classic 1985 song and video of herself emulating Marilyn Monroe. The ‘Material Girl’ nickname managed to
San Diego – The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s top industrial research organization, is planning to adopt three main strategies to assist smartphone maker HTC Corp and other Taiwanese IT firms in defending themselves in international patent lawsuits.
As its first step in its campaign to provide new legal strategies for local high-tech businesses
Los Angeles – A Los Angeles fashion house retailer has recently been faced with some hell on wheels, so to speak. Design company, Wildfox Couture is being sued by the Hells Angels for alleged copyright infringement over the unauthorized use of its name on a t-shirt.
The woman’s t-shirt, a cotton crew neck tee, reads: “My
Los Angeles – Parody site Lamebook and social networking site Facebook have reached a settlement in a trademark dispute that erupted last year. Lamebook, a regularly updated blog that re-posts funny and lame Facebook updates, pictures, and conversations, will be allowed to retain its name but must add a disclaimer to its website stating that
Orange County – Officials at the Irvine, California-based In-N-Out fast-food chain have confirmed that they have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against an alleged copycat burger joint on the east coast.
The defendant is Maryland-based Grab-N-Go Burger, which uses a red logo with a yellow streak through the letters. Facebook photos of the restaurant portray a red
San Diego – Samsung is getting creative in its defense in a patent infringement dispute with Apple. It is using scenes from the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Last month, Apple filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tablet and some smartphones based
