In a complaint that should have been written by quill on a wax-sealed scroll instead of pleading paper, Baron Philippe de Rothschild S.A. and Société Civile du Château Lafite Rothschild (you may now bow or curtsey), companies owned by the Rothschild Family (whose ancestors were ennobled by European monarchies), are…
Aevoe has filed a trademark infringement and false designation of origin lawsuit against numerous entities accused of selling iPad and iPhone accessories bearing its Moshi®, stylized M and iGlaze trademarks. Aevoe manufactures peripherals and accessories for portable electronic devices and computers that are sold through Apple, AT&T, and its own…
K2 network sued Mgame in state court for breach of contract and fraud because K2 claimed overpayment of royalties in its distribution of the Knight Online 3D video game. Mgame then sued K2 in Federal Court seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction for copyright infringement and violation…
Clipper Darrell has been a fixture at Clippers’ basketball games for the last decade, even when the team was horrible and I would go watch them solely because my friend would give me his season tickets. In fact, Staples Center was so empty during Clippers games that Clipper Darrell was…
TechnoMarine is suing both Costco and Overstock.com for trademark infringement because neither is an authorized retailer of its watches, which it alleges are “either counterfeit or were obtained in bad faith from TechnoMarine’s authorized retailers/distributors, who are expressly prohibited from distributing” the watches to other retailers. TechnoMarine has been selling…
In an opinion that shocked no one except Spearmint Rhino, the Court dismissed WITH PREJUDICE – a rarity at such an early stage in litigation – the strip club operator’s trademark infringement case against Chiappa Firearms. Spearmint sued Chiappa for using a rhino outline as a trademark on its guns…
Before last week’s release of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit saga dawned on clothing manufacturer B.B. Dakota over the pictured Bella Jacket. Summit Entertainment, the producer of the Twilight franchise that has raked in more than $1 billion in gross revenues, owns several…
Saban Entertainment originally created the “Power Rangers” live action children’s television series in 1993, where several teenagers would morph from ordinary people into powerful superhero characters wearing color-coded battle suits. The colors also served as each character’s name, e.g. the Pink or Blue Rangers. Plaintiff alleges that the “television series…
The MLB champion San Francisco Giants not only failed to make the playoffs, but, to add insult to injury, their failure to register their stylized “San Francisco” logo is forcing them to defend a trademark lawsuit filed by a junior user, Gogo Sports. Gogo is an apparel manufacturer that sells…
Bethesda Softworks and Interplay Entertainment have waged a long-running, real world copyright and trademark battle over the virtual-world Fallout video game. The Bethesda v. Interplay Maryland lawsuit apparently arose over an ambiguity in the scope of a license back to Interplay in developing future Fallout video games. In 2007, Bethesda…