Indianapolis, IN – Trademark lawyers for Williams Industries Inc. of Shelbyville, Indiana filed a trademark lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana seeking to invalidate trademark registration no. 3,081,577 and trademark registration no. 2,862,871 for the mark TRITAN DOUBLE WALL TRUMBLER, which have been registered with the US Trademark…
Indiana Intellectual Property Law News
Patent Reform Passes U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. – The United States House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1249, the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act, which is said to be the most dramatic change to patent law since the 1950s. The Senate’s patent reform bill passed in March, and Indiana Intellectual Property Law News blogged about…
Bear Archery, Inc. Sues Impact Archery, Inc. for Patent Infringement of Bow Sight with Fiber Optics.
Evansville, IN – Patent lawyers for Bear Archery, Inc. of Evansville, Indiana, filed a patent infringement lawsuit alleging Impact Archery, Inc. of Alpharetta, Georgia, infringed Patent Nos. 7,159,325 and 7,343,686, both called, BOW SIGHT WITH FIBER OPTICS which has been issued by the US Patent Office. Bear Archery owns…
Update to Harvest Scents v. KMI Jury Trial: Settlement Reached Before Case Sent to Jury
Indianapolis, IN – In May, Indiana Intellectual Property Law Newsblogged about the jury trial in the copyright infringement case Harvest Scents v. KMI. The jury trial began on May 2, 2011 in the Southern District of Indiana and was presided over by Senior Judge Larry J. McKinney. According to…
Indian Industries Seeks Non-Infringement Declaration over Tethered Ball Practice Device Patent Owned by Swingaway Sports Products
Evansville; IN – Patent lawyers for Indian Industries, Inc. of Evansville, Indiana filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana seeking a declaratory judgment that it is not infringing Patent No. 5,795,250 Tethered ball practice device, which has been issued by the US Patent Office and is…
DIRECTV Sues Corner Bar & Grill For Copyright Infringement for Improper Interception Of NFL Games
Evansville, IN – Copyright lawyers for DIRECTV of California filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Kevan Tally and Michael Schnell, owners of McGahery Enterprises, Inc., which operates the Corner Bar & Grill in Evansville, Indiana infringed copyrighted NFL games by illegal intercepted…
Medical Monitoring and Paging LLC Sues Philips Electronics for Patent Infringement of System and Method for Automatic Critical Event Notification.
Indianapolis; IN – Patent lawyers for Medical Monitoring and Paging LLCof Newport, California filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging Philips Electronics North America Corporation of Andover, Massachusetts, Oridion Capnography, Inc. of Needham, Massachusetts, IWT Solutions, Inc. of Evansville, Indiana, and Oxford Biosignals, Inc.…
Coach Files Two Trademark and Copyright Infringement Lawsuits in Northern District Over Knock-Off Coach Items
South Bend; IN – Trademark and copyright lawyers for Coach, Inc. and Coach Services, Inc. of New York, New York filed two trademark infringement lawsuits in the Northern District of Indiana. In the first lawsuit, intellectual property attorneys have alleged that Diva’s House of Style and Elizabeth “Beth” Bond…
Indiana Federal Court Rules EA Can Use “Dillinger” in Its Video Games
Indianapolis, IN – Intellectual property lawyers for Electronic Arts, Inc., (“EA”) of Redwood City, CA, emerged victorious when Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson of the Southern District of Indiana ruled that Indiana’s right of publicity statute and federal trademark law do not prevent EA from using the word “Dillinger” and…
Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC Sues Forest River Inc. for Patent Infringement of Travel Trailer Turning Radius
South Bend, IN – Patent lawyers for Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC of Elkhart, Indiana filed a patent infringement lawsuit alleging Forest River, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana infringed Patent No. 7,878,545, Travel trailer having improved turning radius, which has been issued by the US Patent Office. Both Heartland and Forest…