A trademark, antitrust and unfair completion lawsuit was filed in Las Vegas, Nevada on behalf of plaintiff Nights at Vegas, Inc., a Las Vegas based real-estate property-management company. The Defendants are the ubiquitous Donald Trump, the star of television reality show The Apprentice, and several companies that include …you guessed…
A federal complaint alleging (i) copyright infringement, (ii) unfair competition and false designation of origin under the Lanham Act § 43(a) (15 U.S.C. 1125), (iii) unlawful deceptive acts and practices, and (iv) unfair competition under New York law was filed against Target Corp., by well renowned fashion designer Diane von…
In a patent infringement lawsuit, medical device maker TriMed, Inc. had accused Stryker Corporation, a competing medical equipment manufacturer of devices that mend broken bones, of infringing on its utility patent related to an implantable wrist-fracture treatment medical device. The District Court in Los Angeles, California had adopted Stryker’s proposed…
The New England Patriots are apparently so confident that they will win the Super Bowl and finish the season with a perfect 19 and 0 record, that on January 17, 2008, they filed trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to protect the “19-0 The Perfect Season”…
Jay Leno, The Tonight Show comedian, had sued Judy Brown and her book publishers for copyright infringement for publishing his jokes without permission in several joke books. Other comics such as Rita Rudner and Bob Ettinger were also named as plaintiffs in the copyright lawsuit, which was filed in US…
Nike’s Glendale, California based trademark attorneys filed a complaint in Los Angeles Federal District Court against defendants Carl Robbins and CWR Enterprises, Inc. alleging infringement of numerous registered trademarks. Nike accuses the defendants of allegedly selling “unlicensed and counterfeit products, specifically including its core product of sports shoes, bearing Nike’s…
Luxury-goods maker Louis Vuitton sued Haute Diggity Dog, a small company, for trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement for selling “Chewy Vuiton” dog chew toys and beds. The trial court determined that Louis Vuitton’s trademark litigation stance had more bark than bite and ruled in Haute Diggity’s favor. “The fact…