Velvet_Underground_and_Nico.jpgIPNews® – The Velvet Underground on Friday lost its copyright infringement claim against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. over the licensing of Warhol’s famous banana screenprint cover art for the band’s debut album, but the band’s remaining claims for trademark infringement remain intact.

A New York federal judge ruled that because the foundation had already agreed not to sue the band for copyright infringement, the court had no jurisdiction to hear the band’s claim seeking a declaratory judgment that the foundation had no copyright in the banana. Discovery for the band’s trademark infringement claims regarding the foundation’s plans to license the banana image for a line of iPad and iPhone cases is currently scheduled to wrap up by February. To continue reading, click: Velvet Underground’s Banana Trademark Suit V. Warhol Foundation To Proceed Even As Copyright Claim Fails

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IPNews® – HTC Corp. won out on Thursday over an inventor’s claims that the phone maker infringed two patents for wireless communication devices, after an Illinois federal judge ruled that the two patents were unenforceable due to the inventor’s false statements.

Intellect Wireless founder Daniel Henderson sued HTC in 2009 as part of a larger patent offensive against major phone manufacturers. The judge, though, found that he made false statements to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office about his inventions to try to get around prior art. To continue reading, click: HTC Beats Wireless Device Patent Claims Due To Inequitable Conduct

Smith_Nephew_CorpMark_RGB.jpgIPNews® – Smith & Nephew Inc. was awarded $4 million in damages on Tuesday for lost profits relating to Hologic Inc.’s infringement of its patents for a medical tissue removal device.

The Massachusetts federal jury verdict resolves consolidated patent litigation S&N first filed in June 2010. S&N alleged Hologic infringed U.S. Patent Numbers 7,226,459 and 8,061,359 by its use and sale of the MyoSure Tissue Removal Device. To continue reading, click: Smith & Nephew Triumphs Over Hologic In Medical Device Patent Infringement Suit

Pinterest.jpgIPNews® -Pinterest Inc. last week accused an individual in China of registering domain names and seeking to register trademarks that are confusingly similar to the social network’s trademarked name.

The action in California federal court alleges Qian Jin is a serial cybersquatter who owns hundreds of domain names that infringe the intellectual property of various famous companies worldwide. Jin has attempted to register the trademarks Pinterest and Pinterests as they relate to hotels, restaurants and similar services, the social network said. To continue reading, click: Pinterest Goes After Cybersquatter Imposter For Trademark Infringement

 

Grooveshark.jpgIPNews® – EMI Music added one more complaint last week to the pile of copyright infringement lawsuits record labels are pursuing against online music streaming service Grooveshark.

The service continued to provide EMI’s music to users despite failing to make licensing payments or provide sales records, EMI’s complaint in New York federal court against Grooveshark parent company Escape Media Group Inc. said. EMI is also asserting breach of contract claims relating to the parties’ tenuous licensing deal that fell apart earlier this year. To continue reading, click: Grooveshark Faces Another EMI Copyright Infringement Suit

 

ice_cream.jpgIPNews® – Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. hit the makers of a pornographic film series entitled Ben & Cherry’s with a new trademark infringement suit filed in New York federal court Wednesday.

The ice cream maker says the porn company and its principals have been illegally poaching the names for their movies from the ice cream maker’s different trademarked flavors. The trademarks infringed include the flavor names New York Super Fudge Chunk, Peanut Butter Cup and Everything But The …, the complaint says. To continue reading, click: Ben & Jerry’s Sues Porn Producers For Ripping Off Trademarked Ice Cream Names

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IPNews® – Angelina Jolie came out swinging on Tuesday in response to an author’s copyright infringement claims related to the movie In The Land Of Blood And Honey she directed about the Bosnian civil war.

Author James J. Braddock’s 2007 book The Soul Shattering has nothing to do with the film, Jolie said in an answer to Braddock’s complaint. Braddock is alleging violations of U.S. copyright law and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. To continue reading, click: Angelina Jolie Fights Author’s Copyright Claims For Bosnian War Movie

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pills-tablets.jpgIPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Tuesday partially reversed a lower court’s finding that a number of Santarus Inc.’s patent claims for its heartburn drug Zegerid are invalid, giving Santarus another crack at hanging Par Pharmaceuticals Inc. out to dry for trying to market a generic version of the drug.

The district court slipped up when it ruled that some of the thirty-six asserted claims would have been obvious over the prior art, the appeals court said. The Federal Circuit affirmed the lower court’s finding that there was no inequitable conduct. To continue reading, click: Federal Circuit Revives Some Santarus Generic Zegerid Patent Claims V. Par

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IPNews® – Apple Inc. does not owe anything for allegedly infringing Mirror Worlds LLC’s computer operating system patents via features in its Mac OSX operating systems, the Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday, affirming that a lower court was right to throw out a $626 million jury verdict against Apple in the case.

The case focused on Apple’s Time Machine, Spotlight and Cover Flow features of its operating systems. There was insufficient evidence to support the verdict of infringement damages, the Federal Circuit said. To continue reading, click: Federal Circuit Says No To $626M Patent Verdict Against Apple