Terre Haute, Indiana — Copyright lawyers for Riders Choice, LLC d/b/a Show and Tell Saddle Blankets (“Riders Choice”) and Loni Rhodes (“Rhodes”; collectively,”Plaintiffs”) of Center Point, Indiana sued for declaratory relief over allegations of copyright infringement made by Lori Heckaman (“Heckaman”) d/b/a Golden West Saddle Blankets (“Golden West” or “Defendant”)…
Indianapolis, Ind. — The Southern District of Indiana has dismissed a declaratory judgment suit filed by ZPS America, LLC of Marion County, Ind. (“ZPS”) holding that it was an impermissible attempt to secure its preferred forum in anticipation of litigation that Hammond Enterprises, Inc. of Pittsburg, Calif. (“Hammond”) had promised…
Indianapolis, Ind. – Patent attorneys for Novelty, Inc. of Greenfield, Ind. filed a declaratory judgment suit against Margaret Rothschild of Sherman Oaks, Calif. seeking a judgment that Novelty’s “Mohawk Monkey” does not infringe Rothschild’s Design Patent No. D501,897 (the “‘897 Patent”) which has been issued by the U.S. Patent Office.…
South Bend, IN – Biomet, Inc. of Warsaw, Indiana has filed a declaratory judgment suit against Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC of Frisco, Texas in the Northern District of Indiana, asking the court to enter a judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of fifteen Bonutti patents. Biomet is a privately held company…
Indianapolis, IN – Patent lawyers for Mid-West Metal Products Company, Inc. d/b/a Midwest Homes for Pets of Muncie, IN sued Yuntek International, Inc. of Hayward, CA seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement and intervening rights regarding Yuntek’s “Pet Tent,” Patent No. 6,715,446, issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.…
Indianapolis, IN – Intellectual property lawyers for DirecTV, LLC sued Roger York, Dianna York and D.L.Y., Inc. d/b/a Marty’s Pub of Converse, IN alleging the commercial use of satellite programming sold at the residential rate. This suit was brought under the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. §521,…
Indianapolis, IN – Eli Lilly and Company of Indianapolis, Indiana filed an additional patent infringement suit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Accord Healthcare, Inc., USA of Durham, North Carolina will infringe U.S. Patent No. 7,772,209 (the “‘209 patent”) which has been issued by the U.S. Patent Office…
San Jose, CA – Lilly of Indianapolis, Indiana filed a declaratory judgment suit against Genentech asking the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California to invalidate Genentech’s recombinant-antibody patents. This suit, filed by patent attorneys for Eli Lilly & Company (“Lilly”) and its subsidiary ImClone Systems LLC, of Delaware, included…
Indianapolis, IN – Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston Scientific”) of Natik, Massachusetts, was granted three of its four requests to exclude Defendant’s expert testimony in its declaratory judgment suit against Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC (“Mirowski”) of Bethesda, Maryland. The litigation surrounding the Boston Scientific/Guidant Corp. (“Guidant”) / Mirowski / St. Jude…
Indianapolis; IN – Trademark attorneys for App Press, LLC of Indianapolis, Indiana filed a declaratory judgment suit seeking a declaration that it is not infringing the trademarks of Apress Media, LLC of New York, New York. App Press, LLC brings action against Apress Media, LLC in order to protect the…