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 – Patent infringement and copyright litigation complaint over toy helicopters was filed in Central District Court of California, Los Angeles, by Hong Kong based Silverlit Toys Manufactory, LTD. and its Canadian distributor. Plaintiffs design, manufacture, develop, and market toy product for children and sell the toy under…
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…
Los Angeles, CA – On February 15, 2008, Star Fabrics, Inc. commenced copyright litigation in California Central District Court over textile/fabric design copyrights, which apparel bearing the design is allegedly sold at Ross department stores and were manufactured by US Textile Printing, Inc. and Uno Clothing, Inc. Star Fabrics claims…
A jury awarded patent infringement damages of $41,083,853.00 to Rembrandt Vision Technologies, L.P. in its patent infringement trial against CIBA Vision Corporation. Rembrandt Vision Technologies, L.P. v. CIBA Vision Corporation, 2:05-CV-491 (E.D. Texas). The patent infringement lawsuit commenced in 2005 when Rembrandt originally accused both Bausch and Lomb – which…
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…
Patent infringement litigation commenced against The DIRECTV Group, Inc. in Los Angeles District Court on February 14, 2008. The patent holder, Phoenix Solutions, Inc., is accusing DIRECTV of infringing four of its patents (Patent Nos. 6,615,172, 7,139,714, 7,050,977, and 7,225,125). The patents relate to computer-based speech recognition technology and allow…