UPDATE 9/25/2009: Court dismisses Jim Brown’s Lanham Act claim with prejudice. Los Angeles, CA – Jim Brown, one of the greatest running backs of all time, made a bee-line to the Federal District Court in Los Angeles to file a complaint against Electronic Arts over use of his likeness in…
Los Angeles, CA – No love was lost when 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. In the lawsuit, filed at the Federal District Court in Los Angeles, Toughlove alleges that the Defendants’…
Los Angeles, CA – Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s lawyers filed suit at the Federal District Court in Los Angeles against high-end baby carriage maker Silver Cross. The complaint alleges that Silver Cross “knowingly and intentionally misappropriated and used the names, images, likenesses and photographs of Lopez and Anthony to…
Los Angeles, CA – In response to Carroll Shelby’s trademark and trade dress infringement lawsuit (details blogged here), Defendant Factory Five’s attorneys filed a motion to either dismiss the case or transfer venue to the District of Massachusetts (details blogged here). Co-defendant Internet Community Partners, LLC, dba ffcobra.com, joined in…
Los Angeles, CA – Godzilla’s trademark lawyers previously devoured Subway’s “Five Dollar Footlong” Commercial (blogged here) and are now endangering Pink Godzilla’s existence with a trademark infringement and Lanham Act § 43(a) unfair competition lawsuit filed at the Federal District Court in Los Angeles. Godzilla was reawakened by the detonation…
Los Angeles, CA – Trademark attorneys for Murad, Inc. filed a trademark infringement and 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) unfair competition complaint, at the Federal District Court in Los Angeles, against Boots Retail USA. Murad registered the Perfecting Serum® trademark with the USPTO in 1998, but it was registered on the…
Los Angeles, CA – In response to Carroll Shelby’s trademark lawsuit (details blogged here), Factory Five Racing’s attorneys filed a motion to dismiss and set out Factory Five’s version of events, because this isn’t the first lap around the track between the parties. Eight years ago, Shelby sued Factory Five…
Los Angeles, CA – Trademark and copyright infringement and Lanham Act § 43(a) unfair competition lawsuit was filed at the Federal District Court in Los Angeles by Perfect Pushup, LLC’s attorneys. Plaintiff sells its “Perfect Pushup” product through infomercials and direct response, where the conception of a swiveling pushup exercise…
UPDATE 1/10/2010: Court rules that Upper Deck counterfeited Yu Gi Oh! cards. Details here. UPDATE: Court grants preliminary injunction (details here). Los Angeles, CA – Konami Digital Entertainment filed a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit (details here) against Vintage Sports Cards, Inc. over sales of Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards. Konami then…
Los Angeles, CA – Larry Flynt had sued (click here for details) his nephews and their company for trademark infringement and unfair competition and was seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the use of the word “FLYNT” in the business name and the domain names www.flyntdistribution.com and www.flyntcorp.com. The…