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Wells Fargo & Co. v. ABD Insurance & Financial Services Inc.
Wells Fargo may be entitled to preliminary injunction to stop new company from attempting to use ABD Insurance trademark, after it had already acquired ABD.
Intellectual Property Mar. 4, 2014
Airs Aromatics LLC v. Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management Inc.
Perfume company, which owned ‘Angel Dreams’ trademarks, may not sue Victoria’s Secret solely to cancel its competing ‘Dream Angels’ trademarks.
Intellectual Property Mar. 3, 2014
Garcia v. Google Inc.
Actress duped into starring in anti-Islamic film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ may force Google to remove the film from YouTube.
Intellectual Property Feb. 27, 2014
Experience Hendrix LLC v. Hendrixlicensing.com Ltd
Jimi Hendrix's heir prevails in trademark infringement action against web site, which sold Hendrix related merchandise in Washington.
Intellectual Property Jan. 30, 2014
Fox Broadcasting Co. v. Dish Network LLC
Fox Broadcasting may not temporarily stop pay television provider from offering products that allow subscribers to record programs and skip commercials.
Intellectual Property Jan. 27, 2014
Medtronic Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures LLC
Patent holder must prove company infringed its patent in medical devices, even after company asked for judgment of noninfringement.
Intellectual Property Jan. 23, 2014
Inhale Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco Inc.
Company may not copyright shape of water container for hookah, a device for smoking tobacco, because its utilitarian function and shape are inseparable.
Intellectual Property Jan. 10, 2014
Hokto Kinoko Co. v. Concord Farms Inc.
U.S. company that imported and sold Japanese mushrooms infringes on Japanese company’s trademarks by selling similar mushrooms in similar packaging.
Intellectual Property Dec. 26, 2013
Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.
Order
Intellectual Property Dec. 9, 2013
Petroliam Nasional Berhad v. GoDaddy.com Inc.
Trademark owner may not sue domain name registrar GoDaddy for contributory cybersquatting based on a registrant’s use of its forwarding service.
Intellectual Property Dec. 4, 2013
Herb Reed Enterprises LLC v. Florida Entertainment Management Inc.
Original member of vocal group ‘The Platters’ may not temporarily prevent use of band name without proving he would actually suffer irreparable harm.
Intellectual Property Dec. 2, 2013
Hana Financial Inc. v. Hana Bank
Korean financial organization has priority in relation to trademark of Korean word because it used a similar, yet different mark before another Korean company.
Intellectual Property Nov. 24, 2013
Angelica Textile Services Inc. v. Park
Laundry service may continue to sue its former employee’s competing business, after jury threw out claim alleging he stole trade secrets.
Intellectual Property Nov. 12, 2013
Seven Arts Filmed Entertainment Limited v. Content Media Corp. PLC
Film company misses deadline to sue Paramount Pictures over copyrights by filing suit more than three years after first dispute regarding ownership.
Intellectual Property Nov. 7, 2013
Angelica Textile Services Inc. v. Park
Laundry service may continue to sue its former employee’s competing business, after jury threw out claim alleging he stole trade secrets.
Intellectual Property Oct. 30, 2013
Angelica Textile Services Inc. v. Park
Laundry service may continue to sue its former employee’s competing business, after jury threw out claim alleging he stole trade secrets.
Intellectual Property Oct. 16, 2013
Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management Sys.
Order
Intellectual Property Oct. 2, 2013
Octane Fitness, LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
Order
Intellectual Property Oct. 2, 2013
Seltzer v. Green Day Inc.
Green Day's use of street art drawing in video backdrop for one song in its stage show is a 'fair use' under copyright law.
Intellectual Property Aug. 8, 2013
Brown v. Electronic Arts Inc.
Retired football player may not sue video game maker Electronic Arts for using his likeness in its Madden NFL series of football games.
Intellectual Property Aug. 1, 2013
Keller v. Electronic Arts Inc.
Electronic Arts fails to dismiss former college football player’s publicity claims based on use of his likeness in NCAA Football video game series.
Intellectual Property Aug. 1, 2013
Oracle America Inc. v. Myriad Group A.G.
Commercial contract’s incorporation of United Nations Commission of International Trade Law rules requires arbitrator to decide whether dispute over royalties should be arbitrated.
Intellectual Property Jul. 29, 2013
Fox Broadcasting Co. v. Dish Network LLC
Fox Broadcasting may not temporarily stop pay television provider from offering products that allow subscribers to record programs and skip commercials.
Intellectual Property Jul. 25, 2013
Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises Inc.
Royalties payments from licensing agreement for 'Web Blaster,' toy based on Spider-Man, may not be enforced after expiration of underlying patent.
Intellectual Property Jul. 17, 2013
Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Inc.
Company may not patent isolated human DNA segment involved in breast and ovarian cancers after discovering precise location of genes.
Intellectual Property Jun. 13, 2013
Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.
Order
Intellectual Property Jun. 5, 2013
Bowman v. Monsanto Co.
Farmer who used patented seeds to produce new crop of seed each year, in violation of licensing agreement, is guilty of patent infringement.
Intellectual Property May 14, 2013
Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn
Company may not sue for copyright infringement of newspaper articles based on agreements assigning bare right to sue without associated rights.
Intellectual Property May 10, 2013
Spinner v. American Broadcasting Companies Inc.
Writer loses lawsuit against ABC for alleged use of his ideas in creating 'LOST' television series because ABC did not have access to his idea.
Intellectual Property Apr. 8, 2013
Luvdarts LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC
Wireless carrier is not vicariously liable for copyright infringement by declining to stop users from forwarding purchased multimedia messaging content.
Intellectual Property Mar. 25, 2013