Los Angeles, CA – Forever 21 is the ubiquitous clothing and accessories retailer that began doing business in 1989. Forever 21 is the owner of numerous USPTO registrations for its “21” family of trademarks, including “Forever 21”, “XXI” and “XXI forever”. In December of 2009, Plaintiff asserts that it demanded…
Los Angeles, CA – Summit Entertainment is the producer and distributor of the highly successful Twilight motion picture franchise, including The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and the soon to be released Eclipse. The movies are about a teenage girl, Isabella (Bella”) Swan, who falls in love with a vampire, Edward…
Los Angeles, CA – Humphrey Bogart appeared in more than seventy motion pictures, including classics such as Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and The African Queen. Bogart, LLC, the plaintiff in the case, is the successor-in-interest of all intellectual property rights and assets associated with Humphrey Bogart, which rights were acquired…
Los Angeles, CA – Dr. Dre sued the new Death Row records for breach of contract, trademark infringement, false advertising, violation of the right of publicity, and unfair competition. Details blogged here, and read the complaint here. Dr. Dre alleged that he’s owed royalties on his music album “The Crhonic,”…
Los Angeles, CA – Baby products maker, Munchkin, Inc., wants the Court to rule that its Snack Catcher product does not infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,656,514 (“the ‘514 patent”). It also seeks declaratory judgment of invalidity. The product at issue is a container with several flexible flaps that form the…
Los Angeles, CA – Randles Films is the owner of the copyright registrations in the original “Torture Room” screenplay and the revisions thereto. Randles also produced the movie and also registered the copyright therefor. Defendants Quantum, Moviebank, and Bridge Entertainment are accused of wrongfully copying and distributing the movie. Randles…
Los Angeles, CA – EuropaCorp, the motion picture studio behind the “I Love You Phillip Morris” movie, was granted a preliminary injunction in its copyright infringement and breach of contract lawsuit against the distributor Consolidated Pictures Group. Consolidated Pictures had been granted all U.S. domestic distribution rights in the movie,…
San Francisco, CA – Clothing and jeans giant Levi Strauss owns several USPTO registered trademarks for its arcuate stitching design initially used in 1873, which it alleges is the oldest known clothing trademark in the United States. Based on this long and continued use, Levi Strauss alleges that its trademarks…
Los Angeles, CA – adidas and Reebok have teamed up to sue three defendants for trademark infringement arising from the sale of shoes bearing adidas’ three stripe trademark and Reebok’s stripecheck trademark. Adidas alleges that it began using the three-stripe trademark on athletic shoes as early as 1952 and has…
Santa Ana, CA – Asics’ trademark is comprised of two horizontal curved stripes intersected by two parallel vertical stripes, which trademark is registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Asics has used the stripe design trademark on shoes and apparel – for over forty years – since 1966 and…