Washington, D.C. — Using information gathered from the After Final Consideration Pilot (“AFCP”), as well as input from stakeholders and examiners obtained through the Request for Continued Examination (“RCE”) outreach initiative, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) launched the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (“AFCP 2.0”) on May 19,…
Indianapolis, Indiana — In June 2013, Australian Gold, LLC of Indianapolis, Indiana sued Devoted Creations, LLC of Oldsmar, Florida in the Southern District of Indiana alleging trademark infringement of the mark LIVE LAUGH TAN, Trademark Registration No. 4,154,194, which has been registered with the U.S. Trademark Office. Devoted Creations moved…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Laurance B. Aiuppy of Park County, Montana (“Aiuppy”) has sued Ufnowski Enterprises, LLC of Morgantown, Indiana (“Ufnowski”) d/b/a “Jeepers Dollhouse Miniatures” in the Southern District of Indiana alleging infringement of a copyrighted photograph or photographs which have been registered by the U.S. Copyright Office. Plaintiff Aiuppy (also…
Indianapolis, Indiana — Copyright lawyer Paul Nicoletti has sued fourteen additional Doe Defendants, all allegedly located in Indiana, in the Southern District of Indiana on behalf of TCYK, LLC of Los Angeles, California (“TCYK”) alleging infringement of the copyrighted movie “The Company You Keep,” which has been registered by the…
Washington, D.C. — The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) finds the number of patent infringement suits and defendants has risen substantially in recent years. Some potential causes of this increase include vague, overbroad patents, the potential for large monetary awards from the courts and the increased perception of intellectual property as…
Indianapolis, Indiana – J & J Sports Productions, Inc. of Campbell, California (“J & J Sports”) sued in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Luis A. Scheker (“Scheker”) and Margaritas US31 Mexican Restaurant, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana (“Las Margaritas”) intercepted and broadcast “Star Power”: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. v. Victor…
Indianapolis, Indiana — Judge Sarah Evans Barker of the Southern District of Indiana has entered a default judgment for copyright infringement in favor of Malibu Media, LLC of Los Angeles, California. The copyrighted works at issue had been registered by the U.S. Copyright Office. In June 2012, copyright attorney Paul…
Evansville, Indiana – Indian Industries, Inc. d/b/a Escalade Sports of Evansville, Indiana (“Escalade Sports”) has sued Sam’s East, Inc. d/b/a Sam’s Club of Bentonville, Arkansas (“Sam’s Club”) in the Southern District of Indiana alleging infringement of its patented TABLE TENNIS BALL STORAGE APRON,Patent No. 8,414,431(the “‘431 patent”), which has been…
Alexandria, Virginia – On Wednesday, October 23, 2013, the U.S. Patent Office (“USPTO”) will hold a one-day seminar on using the Madrid Protocol for filing an international application and maintaining an international registration. The target audience is practitioners who are already familiar with and have used the Madrid Protocol. The…
Indianapolis, Indiana — Patent attorneys for GS CleanTech Corporation of Alpharetta, Georgia have filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Iowa alleging that Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC of Council Bluffs, Iowa infringed Patent Nos. 7,601,858, METHOD OF PROCESSING ETHANOL BYPRODUCTS AND RELATED SUBSYSTEMS; 8,008,516, METHOD OF…