Geekview IP Week(s) in Review
Judge rolls away $1.3 billion barrel over which Oracle had SAP. Oracle sued SAP for copyright infringement, violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and various state-law claims.…
Trademark Attorney Ponders Parody — Yankees v Evil Enterprises
Two Fridays ago I wrote about the world famous Hells Angels motorcycle club and today I've moved onto the world's second most famous baseball club (after the Red Sox, of…
Hells Angels pick fight with Amazon.com (over trademark infringement)
The World's Most Famous Motorcycle Club (the Hells Angels -- in case you've been living in a cave for the past sixty some odd years) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit on Monday…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Only in a trademark lawyer's fantasy . . . Parfums de Coeur, self-described as "a dominant marketer in the United States of women's and men's mass market fragrance brands under…
Phish Phans Beware! Waldo Sued for TM Infringement (Again!)
Where's Waldo and why does everyone pick on him? If you're not into the "jam band" scene, then there's a good chance you don't even know who Waldo is. Waldo…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Comcast missed the goal when the Court declined to restrain DirecTV Soon on Sunday, they'll all be watching football. For now though the game is being played out in federal…
$2.4 Million in Trade Dress Damages, D’oh!
BrandFX (BFX) issued a press release on August 5, 2011 announcing that it just received a $2,400,000.00 check from its competitor, Astoria Industries of Iowa, Inc. (Astoria) Asset purchase? …
Geekview IP Week in Review
Wouldn't you sue if your late husband was the one who put Flint, Michigan on the map (of rap that is)? I began the first week in August with…
Children’s Coldcalm Class Action Continues
Last week the US District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings, allowing a false advertising, unfair competition, and fraud class action…
Geekview July 2011 IP Recap
Interesting IP issues are so common, that I've decided to start providing installments of Geekview -- a (usually weekly) review of the wonderfully wacky world of IP. Since I was…