The US Trademark Office issued the following 139 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in December, 2010, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys: Reg. Number Mark Check Status 1 3,897,528 SELL LIKE A ROCK STAR View 2 3,897,520 {Detail} View 3 3,897,504 {Detail} View 4…
Aprimo, Inc., Indiana’s second largest software firm, has agreed to be sold to Teradata Corp., an Atlanta, Georgia data-storage company for $525 million. The closing is projected for the first quarter 2011. With about 400 employees, Aprimo had revenues of $69 million in 2009, up 32 percent over 2007. Teradata…
Indianapolis, IN -The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has released Amendments to its Local Rules of this Court are adopted, effective January 1, 2011. The changes most relevant to patent, trademark and copyright litigation attorneys relate are Local Rule 37.1 – Discovery Disputes; and…
South Bend, Indiana – Patent lawyers for NIBCO, Inc., of Elkhart, IN, have filed a patent infringement suit alleging ERICO International Corporation of Solon, OH, has infringed the following patents issued by the U.S. Patent Office: Patent Nos. 6,517,030,. 6,953,174, 7,191,987, and. 7,441,730. All four patents have the same…
Lafayette, IN – Trademark lawyers for Coach, Inc. of New York, NY, and Coach Services, Inc. of Jacksonville, FL filed a trademark infringement suit alleging Diggz Clothing, LLC and Lori Harth of Lafayette, IN infringed various Coach trademark registrations which are registered with the US Trademark Office. Coach had…
This is the time of year that Indiana technology companies should ensure they have documentation confirming their R&D expenses. The tax bill presently under consideration will retroactively grant the Federal Tax credit for 2010 if it passes. The Federal credit is described here: http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/09/how-to-take-advantage-of-the-research-and-development-credit.html. The Indiana R&D Tax credit…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Trademark infringement litigation attorneys for Travellers’ Joy, Inc. of Wilmingon, Delaware has filed an infringement suit against Haycco, LLC of California in the Southern District of Indiana. The complaint alleges infringement of US registration nos. 3,560,502 and 3,718,357, which are for stylized logos of the word…
Indianapolis, Indiana – In a case which was transferred from federal court in Connecticut, patent lawyers for GS Cleantech Corporation of New York City have filed a lawsuit alleging Flottweg Separation Technologies, Inc. of Norwalk, CT, and Flottweg AG of Germany are infringing Patent No. 7,601,858, titled METHOD OF PROCESSING…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 132 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in November, 2010: PAT. NO. Title 1 D628,306 Microtiter plate 2 D628,291 Surgical retractor 3 D627,994 Furniture base design 4 7,842,917 Method and apparatus for transmission…
The US Trademark Office issued the following 182 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in November, 2010, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys: Reg. Number Mark Check Status 1 3,875,185 STACKABLES View 2 3,880,041 ZENITH FLEX View 3 3,879,893 DEPENDABILL View 4 3,879,847 OUR SERVICE…