Los Angeles, CA – Activision, the maker of the popular video game “Guitar Hero,” filed a declaratory judgment complaint asking the Court to rule that the video game does not infringe on Gibson Guitar’s patent. Gibson is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405 (“the ‘405 Patent”), titled “System and…
Pasadena, CA – Patent attorney files patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of Mobile Hi-Tech Wheels, Inc. over USPTO issued design patents covering custom wheels against Custom Wheels Unlimited, Inc. in Los Angeles District Court. Mobile has designed and distributed custom wheels for automobiles since 1996, and its products are sold…
Santa Ana, CA – Watson Laboratories, Inc., through its biotechnology patent attorneys, filed suit in Santa Ana District Court seeking declaratory relief of patent non-infringement and patent invalidity against Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The pharmaceutical companies own U.S. Patent No. 7,320,969, which they listed “with the Food…
Los Angeles, CA – North Hollywood based Air Dimensional Design, Inc. instituted a patent infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition lawsuit against several competitors for allegedly infringing on its promotional and marketing inflatable toy figures. Plaintiff is the assignee of U.S. Patent No. 6,186,857, which relates to an inflatable form,…
Los Angeles, CA – Patent infringement and copyright litigation complaint over toy helicopters was filed in Central District Court of California, Los Angeles, by Hong Kong based Silverlit Toys Manufactory, LTD. and its Canadian distributor. Plaintiffs design, manufacture, develop, and market toy product for children and sell the toy under…
A jury awarded patent infringement damages of $41,083,853.00 to Rembrandt Vision Technologies, L.P. in its patent infringement trial against CIBA Vision Corporation. Rembrandt Vision Technologies, L.P. v. CIBA Vision Corporation, 2:05-CV-491 (E.D. Texas). The patent infringement lawsuit commenced in 2005 when Rembrandt originally accused both Bausch and Lomb – which…
Litigation commenced in Central District Court of California, Santa Ana Division, alleging unfair competition under the Lanham Act 43(a), 15 U.S.C 1125. Plaintiffs, Orthopedic Development and MinSURG Corp., are the owners of a patent-pending TruFUSE® medical device product which is a spinal facet fusion system invented by Dr. David A.…
Patent infringement litigation commenced against The DIRECTV Group, Inc. in Los Angeles District Court on February 14, 2008. The patent holder, Phoenix Solutions, Inc., is accusing DIRECTV of infringing four of its patents (Patent Nos. 6,615,172, 7,139,714, 7,050,977, and 7,225,125). The patents relate to computer-based speech recognition technology and allow…
Pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis filed a complaint in Los Angeles, California District Court seeking a declaratory judgment that three medical device patents are invalid and not infringed by Sanofi’s syringes. The three United States patents at issue, which cover syringes having needle shield safety devices and may be used with pre-filled…
A patent infringement lawsuit was filed by tax preparation company H&R Block against Jackson Hewitt on February 8, 2008. Click To Read Complaint. H&R Block is the owner of US Patent No. 7,072,862 and US Patent No. 7,177,829 and asserts that Jackson Hewitt is infringing both patents. The ‘862 and…