Los Angeles, CA – Santa Monica copyright attorney files a copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, and vicarious copyright infringement lawsuit on behalf of musician Christopher Swann against Anna Kournikova for using his music on her entertainment DVD titled “A Date With Anna.” Swann alleges that in 1999 he wrote, produced…
Los Angeles, CA – A trademark, trade dress, and unfair competition complaint was filed in the Central District of California by Torrance based Virco, through its Pasadena trademark attorneys. Virco is a furniture manufacturer and has manufactured a chair with three parallel slots that extend from the seat to the…
Los Angeles, CA – In Wham-O’s trademark and trade dress trial in October of 2007, a jury awarded Wham-O six-million-dollars in damages for willful trademark infringement of its registered trademarks, willful trademark dilution, and willful false advertising in connection with Toyquest’s use of the yellow color of Wham-O’s Slip-n-Slide toys,…
Glendale, CA – Copyright lawsuit was filed by Glendale, CA copyright attorneys representing Burbank based Disney Enterprises, Inc. The copyright infringement lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Federal District Court, itemizes several motion pictures which have been produced by Disney and registered with the US Copyright Office. Disney alleges that the…
Los Angeles, CA – A complaint was filed in the Central District Court of California for violations of the Lanham Act 43(a), 15 U.S.C. 1125(a) and unfair competition under Section 17200 over labeling of sushi grade tuna. Plaintiff King Tuna advertises and offers sashimi grade processed seafood products for sale…
Los Angeles, CA – Attorney files copyright infringement lawsuit on behalf of Forestweb – an information and industry intelligence provider – for infringement of its copyrights in its published newsletter. Forestweb uses proprietary software and technology to collect and analyze data regarding the wood, pulp, paper and forest product industries…
Los Angeles, CA – A copyright infringement lawsuit was filed by attorneys on behalf of several recording companies against a restaurant for having a band perform live music without obtaining a copyright license. The complaint lists five songs which are copyrighted by their individual authors with the U.S. Copyright Office,…
Los Angeles, CA – Copyright infringement and breach of contract lawsuit was filed by Fox against Warner Bros over “The Watchmen” motion picture that is currently under production. Fox alleges that it has “exclusive copyright and contract rights in the motion picture property entitled ‘The Watchmen,’ including Fox’s exclusive rights…
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 class action complaint was filed against domain name registrar Network Solutions, LLC and ICANN for basically cybersqatting and frontrunning on customers’ domain name availability searches through Network Solutions. The case is titled, McElroy v. Network Solutions, LLC et al. The complaint alleges that when a…