WASHINGTON – New resource offers intellectual property education resources for parents, teachers, and students of all ages. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) recently announced the launch of its newly redesigned KIDS! Web pages aimed to encourage students of all ages to learn about…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Texas defamation and franchise attorneys for Property Damage Appraisers (“PDA”), in conjunction with Indiana co-counsel, sued alleging that John Mosley (“Mosley”), owner of the Clinton Body Shop, Inc. of Clinton, Mississippi, committed unfair competition under the Lanham Act by falsely representing the nature of an estimate made by…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Indiana patent attorneys for Functional Devices, Incorporated of Russiaville, Indiana filed a declaratory judgment action asserting patent invalidity and non-infringement in the Southern District of Indiana. This intellectual property complaint alleges that Low Voltage Systems, Inc. d/b/a LVS, Inc. of San Leandro, California and Albert L. Hermans…
South Bend, Indiana – An intellectual property attorney for G & G Circuit Events, LLC (“G & G”) of Campbell, California sued in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Juan Aguirre, Beatriz Zarate, Graciela Valles and Taqueria Los Gallos, Inc. illegally intercepted and broadcast “Knockout Kings: Canelo Alvarez v.…
Hammond & South Bend, Indiana – An attorney for J & J Sports Productions, Inc., of Campbell, California filed two Indiana intellectual property lawsuits alleging illegal interception of programming. The first lawsuit was filed in South Bend, Indiana. It alleges that Juan C. Aguirre, Beatriz Zarate, Graciela Valles and Taqueria…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Loretta H. Rush (pictured)succeeds former Chief Justice Brent Dickson as Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. Rush was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court by then-Governor Mitch Daniels in 2012. Prior to her appointment, Rush was elected as a Tippecanoe Superior Court judge, where she served for…
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Judge Theresa L. Springmann of the Northern District of Indiana held that a patent infringement defendant’s claim of inequitable conduct by the patentee had been insufficiently pled. The defendant’s counterclaim was dismissed and its affirmative defense struck. In 2013, an Indiana patent attorney for Unverferth Manufacturing…
Bloomington, Indiana – In a highly publicized intellectual property case involving the design features of smartphones and tablets, the Federal Circuit will decide whether to force Samsung to pay Apple nearly $400 million – Samsung’s total profits on products that infringed Apple’s design patents. Though several high-profile academics have lined…
Hammond, Indiana – An Indiana trademark lawyer for Chanel, Inc. of New York, New York, in conjunction with New York co-counsel, sued in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Chanel’s Salon, LLC and Chanel Jones, both of Merrillville, Indiana, committed trademark infringement and trademark dilution of the trademark CHANEL,…
The U.S. Patent Office issued the following 168 patent registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in August 2014, based on applications filed by Indiana patent attorneys: Patent No. Title D712,016 Toilet D711,670 Furniture support frame and panel D711,668 Shelving D711,667 Shelving D711,666 Shelving 8819849 Customer support account with restricted…