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IPNews® – An inventor smacked Ford Motor Co. with a patent infringement lawsuit Wednesday alleging the auto maker’s F-150 pickup truck includes his patented fuel injection system.

TMC Fuel Systems LLC gave Ford multiple opportunities to license the technology, but Ford chose not to do so and is now infringing the patent as a result, the complaint says. Ford’s infringement has been willful and deliberate, entitling TMC to increased infringement damages, according to the complaint. To continue reading, click: Ford Faces F-150 Truck Fuel Injection Patent Infringement Claims

old-navy.jpgIPNews® – A California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Kim Kardashian’s right of publicity lawsuit against The Gap Inc. for allegedly using a Kardashian lookalike in an Old Navy television commercial.

Kardashian’s attorneys notified the court on Friday that the matter had been settled. The reality television star alleged in 2011 that the commercial starring Melissa Molinaro, another reality television personality, traded on Kardashian’s likeness without authorization. To continue reading, click: Gap Settles Kim Kardashian’s Old Navy Ad Likeness Suit

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IPNews® – Google Inc. was issued a patent Tuesday for technology enabling automatic object recognition in online videos.

The patent, titled “Automatic large scale video object recognition,” involves a system that learns from exposure to visual content items by comparing data between different “feature vectors.” The system can use those vectors to accurately predict the presence of a visual object represented by a given name. To continue reading, click: Google Nets Major Video Object Recognition Patent

film.jpgIPNews® – Filmmaker Sam Raimi’s Renaissance Pictures Ltd. won a permanent injunction last week barring a rival film production company from trading on the name of Raimi’s cult classic Evil Dead films.

The default judgment in California federal court last Friday shut down Award Pictures LLC’s stated plans to make unauthorized sequels to Raimi’s original Evil Dead films. Raimi is planning his own remake of the original The Evil Dead, which he hopes to bring to theaters in 2013. To continue reading, click: Sam Raimi Wins Trademark Injunction Against Rival Evil Dead Filmmaker

 

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IPNews® – A federal judge on Thursday shot down Ashley Furniture Industries Inc.’s bid to defeat the estate of Humphrey Bogart’s claims that the furniture maker had violated the late actor’s trademark rights.

Ashley sold a line of furniture called “Bogart Ocean” without authorization from 2008 to 2009, according to the estate. The judge found that there are genuine disputes as to the facts of the case, in denying Ashley’s summary judgment motion. To continue reading, click: Furniture Co.’s Bogart Trademark Infringement Liability Remains In Play

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IPNews® – Apple obtained a patent on Tuesday for a method of automatically triggering settings on a wireless device like an iPhone or iPad based on the device’s location.

The patent, titled “Apparatus and methods for enforcement of policies upon a wireless device,” allows for ways of changing device settings when an event occurs like the device’s association with an access point. In this way, GPS, cellular signals and Wi-Fi networks could all be used to dictate a device’s actions in certain situations. To continue reading, click: Apple Secures Patent For Location-Driven Phone Triggers

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IPNews® – LivingSocial Inc. was smacked with a patent infringement lawsuit on Friday at the hands of Blue Calypso Inc., a digital word-of-mouth marketing company.

Blue Calypso alleges the popular online deal company is infringing two patents related to peer-to-peer advertising. Blue Calypso also sued Groupon over the same two patents last month. To continue reading, click: LivingSocial Hit With P2P Advertising Patent Infringement Suit

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IPNews® – A recently unveiled patent issued to Google Inc. last year for methods of gathering computerized data via touch sensors could pave the way for a glove that allows users to digitally interact with their environment with their hands.

The patent is titled “Seeing with your hands,” and covers various methods for collecting images or other information via detectors placed on the fingertips of a glove. The patent also covers selecting and triggering functions based on predetermined motions. To continue reading, click: Google Patent For Computing By Touch Revealed

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IPNews® – The maker of Thermador ovens preemptively sued the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts on Friday, claiming its use of Child’s image in its promotional materials did not infringe any of the foundation’s copyrights or trademark rights.

The company, BSH Home Appliances Inc., alleges that the foundation sent it a cease and desist letter in July indicating it believes BSH’s use of Child’s likeness constitutes infringement. BSH is seeking a declaratory judgment that its use is fair. To continue reading, click: Thermador Maker Sues Julia Child Foundation To Assert No TM Infringement

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IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Friday upheld a damages award of over $100 million against Verizon Communications Inc. in its patent wrangle with ActiveVideo Networks Inc. over video on demand technology.

The appeals court’s mixed ruling affirmed the lower court’s findings that Verizon infringed several ActiveVideo patents, while reversing an infringement finding with regard to one other patent and vacating the finding that one Verizon patent was invalid. To continue reading, click: Federal Circuit Upholds $100M Verizon Video On Demand Patent Damages