Austin-Based MONKEYmedia Gets New User Interface Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded over 200 new claims to user interface designer Eric Gould Bear, co-founder of MONKEYmedia. The two most recently issued patents that have 72 claims...
View ArticleRalph Lauren Wins Battle Against USPA Over Horseman Logo
2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, recently issued an unsigned opinion finding that the USPA could, in fact, be banned from using a double horseman logo on its fragrances or cosmetics on the basis that...
View ArticleFive Patents to Get You in the Mood for Spring Cleaning
I wonder what it is about the dawning of Spring that gets people in the mood to clean house. Is it the smell of the blooming flowers that gets a person to finally throw out that old broken chair...
View ArticleManhattan Jury Orders Nintendo to Pay $30 Million for Patent Infringement
A Manhattan federal jury recently ordered Nintendo Co. Ltd. to pay Tomita Technologies International, Inc. ("Tomita") over $30 million in damages in a patent infringement case that concerned certain 3D...
View ArticleChubby Checker Brings Lawsuit Against Hewlett-Packard, Palm for Trademark...
In the complaint, Willie Gary and his team claim that HP and Palm's infringing use of the name Chubby Checker in relation to its software application is likely to cause confusion or mistake in the...
View ArticleIntellectual Ventures Brings Second Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Symantec
Patent and technology firm, Intellectual Ventures (IV), recently brought a new complaint against computer security company, Symantec, claiming that the company infringed on three of its patents. To be...
View ArticleMachine Gun Maker Sues Alphonse Capone Over Trademarks
Capone, an Illinois corporation, did not have authorization to use the Tommy Gun trademarks on alcoholic beverages that carry a reproduction of the Tommy Gun marks. Additionally, Saeilo claims that...
View ArticlePhotographers in Copyright Infringement Suit Against Google
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) recently announced that it is joining the other cast of characters who have filed a class action complaint against Google, claiming (as the other...
View ArticleDr. Phil Sues Gawker Media for Copyright Infringement
As briefly discussed above, Peteski brought this action against Deadspin because Deadspin copied the Dr. Phil show that had an exclusive interview with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. Tuiasosopo is the brains (and...
View ArticleStricter COPPA Rules Go Into Effect July 2013
The 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which provides a number of rules and regulations with respect to children's online privacy, recently got an overhaul. The Federal Trade...
View ArticleKeurig Loses Coffee Pod Patent Infringement Case
Keurig makes and licenses brewers and beverage cartridges (pods) that are known as "K-Cups." JBR makes beverage cartridges that are known as "OneCups," which are made to be used with the Keurig...
View ArticleStone Temple Pilots Sue Former Lead Singer Scott Weiland for Trademark...
Stone Temple Pilots has filed a lawsuit against its former lead singer, Scott Weiland, claiming in part that they kicked him out back in February of 2013, yet Weiland (who now performs solo) continues...
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