Los Angeles, CA – Hudson Clothing,LLC filed a trade dress, Lanham Act § 43(a) trademark infringement, and false advertising complaint against BVDK Design, Inc. Plaintiff designs high end denim jeans and alleges that, since 2002, it has used a distinctive back pocket flap design trademark, which it also claims functions…
Santa Ana, CA – Plaintiff Planet Coffee Roasters, Inc. filed a trademark infringement, Lanham Act § 43(a), and dilution claim against Garden Grove, California based Defendant Planet Coffee. Plaintiff alleges that it has been using the Planet Coffee trademark since 1993 on coffee beans and services related to coffee, with…
Santa Ana, CA – James Brady and Patricia Brady filed suit at the Federal District Court in Santa Ana against Quicksilver Americas, Inc., Radio Fiji, Dillard’s Inc., B. Suits, Inc., and Pampo’s Dance Emporium, Inc. In 1985, Plaintiffs, through their prior corporation, developed a line of swimwear manufactured in Brazil…
Los Angeles, CA – K-Swiss kicked-off a trademark declaratory judgment lawsuit, at the Federal District Court in Los Angeles, against competing shoe manufacturer Puma. K-Swiss recently began selling its “Dolton” shoe (pictured herein), which features a strip running along the eyelets and extending to the sole of the shoe. In…
Los Angeles, CA – Skycam manufactures the Emmy award winning aerial camera system that is used to obtain above the action camera shots at sporting events such as the Super Bowl®. Skycam filed suit against Patrick Bennett and Actioncam, LLC for trademark and copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation. Plaintiff…
Los Angeles, CA – Toughlove America, LLC sued Drew Barrymore’s production company (Flower Films, Inc.) and MTV Networks for trademark infringement and Lanham Act § 43(a) unfair competition for Defendants’ use of “Tough Love” as the reality show’s title. (Details here) The Court determined that Plaintiff did not demonstrate that…
Los Angeles, CA – On the same day that Sony filed its patent infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles, Vizio’s patent attorneys won the race – by mere hours – to the courthouse in New Jersey and filed a declaratory judgment, Lanham Act unfair competition, and trade libel lawsuit. Vizio’s complaint…
Los Angeles, CA – Spencer Forrest sells hair products for balding men and women, which includes the Toppik® product lines and the Xfusion® Keratin Hair Fibers products. Plaintiff claims it has trade dress protection in its product packaging, which trade dress is defined as having “a distinctive white product name…
Los Angeles, CA – Legaljiffy.com sued rival website based legal document preparation company Legalcpu.com, Inc. for copyright infringement, trade dress infringement, and state unfair competition. Legaljiffy’s website has provided self-help legal documents since 2008 and is attorney-owned and operated. Defendant allegedly began its website in December of 2005, but has…
UPDATE 1/10/2010: Court rules that Upper Deck counterfeited Yu Gi Oh! cards. Details here. Los Angeles, CA – In October of 2008, Konami sued Vintage Sports Cards, Inc. in the Central District of California for sales of allegedly counterfeit Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards (details blogged here). The Court entered a permanent…