Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Successful brands from the United States, and particularly those branded by U.S. celebrities, are often received with similar enthusiasm in other parts of the world. Recently, YEEZY shoes designed by Kanye West made their much anticipated debut to…
In December, the Second Circuit ruled that My Other Bag (MOB) was not liable for infringing Louis Vuitton’s trademarks and copyrights because MOB’s bags were a parody of the luxury giant. See the details of the case in our previous post here .…
Judgments and Awards On October 3, 2017, a federal court in Miami, FL awarded TM Brands $1,500,000 pursuant to a stipulated agreement reached during trial. In 2015, Casa Dimitri sued TM Brands for trademark infringement relating to sales of watches under…
Written by Mark Kachner and Daniel P. Hughes Editors: John Sganga , Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind Judgments and Awards On August 14, 2017, a New York federal court determined that Tiffany and Company and its affiliate (“Tiffany”) were…
Written by Lesley Kim and Jonathan Hyman Edited by Catherine Holland U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), the primary federal agency responsible for securing America’s borders, is also charged with the protection of intellectual…
Several new green patent complaints were filed in May and June in the areas of advanced batteries, electroluminescence lighting technology, green cleaning solvents, and LEDs. Advanced Batteries Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. et al. v. Chervon (HK) Ltd. In…
Written by Vicki Y. Nee , Susan Natland , and Boris Zelkind Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland Over the last year, there have been some significant trademark and copyright cases in the fashion industry. Below are summaries of recent cases all…
There are still a number of entities out there trying to trick trademark owners into spending money to list their marks in various on line and print directories by sending official looking invoices and other paperwork. In the last month, one client…
An ongoing battle, which went public in 2010, arrived in Santa Clara, California on February 17th. A technological company in China, Proview Technology, wants Apple to pay them $1.6 billion to compensate for their alleged trademark infringement on the…
