South Bend, Indiana – An Indiana trademark attorney for Plaintiffs National Association of Forensic Counselors, Inc. (“NAFC”) and American Academy of Certified Forensic Counselors, Inc. d/b/a American College of Certified Forensic Counselors (“ACCFC”), both of Fort Wayne, Indiana, commenced litigation in the Northern District of Indiana alleging trademark infringement. Plaintiffs…
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Indiana Trademark Litigation: Great American Bagel Sues Over Sign Modified to Read “Great American Eagle”
Evansville, Indiana – An Indiana trademark lawyer for Plaintiff The Great American Bagel Enterprises, Inc. (“GAB”) of Westmont, Illinois filed a trademark infringement complaint in the Southern District of Indiana against Defendants United HBA Corporation and Harbhajan Singh, d/b/a The Great American Eagle, both of Evansville, Indiana. GAB owns, operates…
Fox News Asserts Broadcast TV Database Infringes Copyright; EFF and Others Claim Fair Use
San Francisco, California – A media monitoring service that creates a text-searchable database of television and radio content is defending its fair use rights before a federal appeals court. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (“EFF”), New York University’s Technology Law and Policy Clinic, and Public Knowledge urged the court Wednesday to…
Indiana Trademark Litigation: Donut Sellers Square Off Over Use of Term “Square Donuts”
Hammond, Indiana – Trademark lawyers for Plaintiff Family Express Corporation of Valparaiso, Indiana filed a complaint for declaratory judgment of non-infringement and trademark cancellation in the Northern District of Indiana. The Defendant in this litigation is Square Donuts Inc., which has stores in Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Bloomington and Richmond, Indiana.…
Copyright Litigation: Forensic Exam, Testimony Fail to Demonstrate Infringing Material on Defendant’s Computer
Chicago, Illinois – Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown of the Northern District of Illinois granted the motion for summary judgment of John Doe, the anonymous Defendant sued by pornographer Malibu Media LLC (“Malibu”) on allegations of copyright infringement. Plaintiff alleged that, between May 2013 and July 2013, Defendant infringed Malibu’s…
Indiana Trademark and Copyright Litigation: Sweetwater Contends Hello Music Copied its Website, Infringed its Intellectual Property
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Indiana intellectual property lawyers for Plaintiff Sweetwater Sound, Inc. (“Sweetwater”) of Fort Wayne, Indiana filed an intellectual property lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Hello Music, LLC of Austin, Texas infringed its trademarks, which have registered by the U.S. Patent and…
Indiana Trademark Litigation: Indiana-Based “Oak Motors” Sues California-Based “Oak Motors” for Infringement
Indianapolis, Indiana – Plaintiff Oak Motors, Inc. of Anderson, Indiana (“Oak Indiana”) filed a trademark infringement complaint in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Oak Motors, Inc. of San Mateo, California (“Oak California”) is infringing U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,487,991, which was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark…
Indiana Patent Litigation: Lilly Sues Alleging Infringement of Patented Osteoporosis Drug
Indianapolis, Indiana – An Indiana patent lawyer for Plaintiff Eli Lilly and Company of Indianapolis, Indiana (“Lilly”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana. The allegations of infringement have been directed at Defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. of North Wales, Pennsylvania and its parent company Teva…
Hoosier Veteran, Sued on Allegations of Defamation in 2013 by Wound Warrior Project, Feels Vindicated
Indianapolis, Indiana – Dean Graham, founder of now-defunct Help Indiana Vets, Inc. (“HIVI”), both of Acton, Indiana, was interviewed by Indianapolis television station Fox 59 regarding recent publicity about lavish spending of Wounded Warrior Project, which Graham and HIVI had first alleged in 2010. Indianapolis intellectual property attorney Paul Overhauser,…
Federal Circuit Patent Litigation: En Banc Federal Circuit Retains Its Rules of Patent Exhaustion
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, reaffirmed its rules of patent exhaustion in a 10-2 decision. It concluded that the Supreme Court decisions in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., and Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., did not require any change in the law…