Los Angeles, CA – A mother-daughter team founded The Little Giraffe, Inc. to manufacture baby and adult accessories, apparel and giftware under the trademarks, registered with the USPTO, of “Little Giraffe” and “Giraffe at Home.” The mother, Marcia Brower, and the daughter, Sharyn Brower Newberg, were each a 50 percent…
Los Angeles, CA – A copyright infringement, trademark infringement, Lanham Act unfair competition, and section 17200 complaint was filed in United States District Court, Los Angeles, by Hong Kong based Funrise Toys, Inc. over sales of allegedly infringing toys by defendants doing business as Aahs stores. Funrise Toys has federally…
Los Angeles, CA – A copyright infringement, Lanham Act unfair competition, and section 17200 complaint was filed in United States District Court by Med-Legal, a service provider to professionals and companies in the workers’ compensation field. The complaint alleges that Med-Legal created a “Work Comp Directory” which a resource volume…
Watching the Cubs play at Wrigley Field is a nostalgic indication of summer (except for the playoffs), especially when cameras pan out to the bleachers and the rooftop spectators overlooking the field. The Chicago Cubs filed a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit on February 15, 2008 to prevent rooftop…
Los Angeles, CA – On February 20, 2008, Chanel, Inc., the luxury goods company, filed a complaint for counterfeiting, trademark infringement, and Lanham Act 43(a) unfair competition against numerous individuals in the California Central District Court – Eastern Division, in Riverside. Chanel asserts that it is the owner of the…
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.…
Trademark litigation, including Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act violations and Section 17200 unfair competition, was filed by Beverly Hills based Hollywood Network, Inc. against its former independent contractor of ten years, Chris Davies. Hollywood Network alleges that Davies was intimately involved in Plaintiff’s annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards gala…
A copyright infringement, trade dress infringement (Lanham Act 43(a), 15 U.S.C. 1125), and unfair competition lawsuit was filed by luxury jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels against supermodel Heidi Klum’s company and jewelry designer Mouawad USA, Inc. in Federal District Court in New York in December of 2007. The complaint alleges…
Domain-name arbitration complaint was filed by trademark owner Laerdal Medical Corporation at the WIPO. Laerdal had common law trademark rights in “Laerdal” before it filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on October 16, 2000. The Disputed Domain Name leardal.com – a misspelling of the trademark…
A trademark cancellation proceeding – which is similar to a lawsuit – was filed at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) by John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, against Lennon Murphy, the registrant of the “Lennon” trademark. Murphy, a musician, filed an “intent to use” trademark application with the United…