Indianapolis, Indiana – Klipsch Group, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana. It alleges infringement of several trademarks protecting the Klipsch® mark. Listed as sole Defendant in this lawsuit is Robert Pignari of Costa Mesa, California, who does business as Main St.…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Plaintiff Heartland Consumer Products LLC of Carmel, Indiana filed an intellectual property lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging trademark and trade dress infringement, trademark dilution and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, as well as related wrongdoing under the Indiana State Trademark Act, the common…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent attorneys for Plaintiff Eli Lilly and Company filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging infringement. Defendant is Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC of Lake Zurich, Illinois. Lilly, an Indianapolis-based company, is a developer and seller of pharmaceutical drugs. One of its drugs, ALIMTA®, is…
Hammond and Indianapolis, Indiana – A copyright litigator for Plaintiff ME2 Productions, Inc. of Carson City, Nevada filed three new complaints in Indiana federal courts alleging copyright infringement. Plaintiff asserts that a total of 25 as-yet-unknown Defendants infringed the copyrighted movie “Mechanic: Resurrection,” which stars Jason Statham, Jessica Alba and…
Indianapolis, Indiana – A copyright litigator for Plaintiffs Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”) of New York, New York, as well as Sony/ATV Songs LLC d/b/a Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Chinquapin Music, Boy Rocking Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Del Sound Music, and Universal – Songs of Polygram International, Inc., brought a lawsuit in…
The U.S. Trademark Office issued the following 187 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in October 2016 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Registration No. Word Mark Click To View 5073335 FIT & FRESH TSDR 5070455 LARP DISTRIBUTION TSDR 5070443 SUPER HEROES DIRECT TSDR 5068794 AIL…
The U.S. Patent Office issued the following 144 patent registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in October 2016, based on applications filed by Indiana patent attorneys: Patent No. Title 1 D770,038 Medication injection device 2 9,479,641 System and method for routing a communication utilizing scoring 3 9,479,070 Power conversion…
The United States Patent Office sent a November 2, 2016, Memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps discussing two recent Federal Circuit decisions and the rules on patent eligibility for computer software. The decisions are McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc. and BASCOM Global Internet Services v. AT&T mobility…
Indianapolis, Indiana – A trademark lawyer for Defendants A3 Media, LLC; Collective Publishing, LLC; Yelena Lucas and Neil Lucas, all of Fishers, Indiana, and Janelle Morrison of Zionsville, Indiana removed a federal trademark lawsuit to the Southern District of Indiana. The litigation was initially filed by franchise law attorneys in…
The United State Supreme Court held oral argument on whether the equitable defense of laches (an unreasonable delay in filing suit) may be raised against a claim for damages based on patent infringement occurring within the six-year limitations period of 35 U.S.C. 286. SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag (SCA) produces adult…