Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, has filed two identical lawsuits in the Northern District of Indiana against a group of unidentified online sellers accused of selling counterfeit and unauthorized products featuring its well-known characters and trademarks including SESAME STREET, BIG BIRD (Copyright Reg. No. VA0001693460), BERT (Copyright…
Authentic Product Plaintiffs North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc. (NAOC), National Tobacco Company, L.P. (NTC), and Republic Technologies International S.A.S. (Republic) have brought claims of counterfeiting and trademark infringement against Indiana Import LLC, its owners Ameer A. Salama and Shaker M. Hussein, as well as Areej 2020 Inc., doing business as…
The top photo has Tara Mapes’ copyright watermark on it. The bottom photograph, while nearly identical, has Angelic Ice Photography Branding instead of Tara Mapes’ watermark. A new lawsuit has been filed by photographer and digital artist Tara Mapes, who claims her copyrighted work has been repeatedly copied and distributed…
Allseason IpCo, LLC has filed a lawsuit against two Chinese defendants, Jiabao Wang and a company nicknamed Guangzhou. The case centers on allegations of willful copyright infringement and misrepresentation under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Allseason IpCo, which sells health supplements under the brand name CLEAN NUTRA or CLEAN…
Camco Manufacturing, LLC has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Seaflo Marine & RV North America, LLC. The case centers on allegations of trademark, trade dress, and patent infringement, as well as unfair competition. Camco, a company based in North Carolina…
The U.S. Trademark Office issued the following 272 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in August 2025 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: RegistrationNumber Wordmark 7918163 7918162 COMPASS PARK 7922258 I INDUSTRIALPC.COM 7895756 FOUNDATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION 7908594 THE EMPLOYER, HEALTHCARE PROVIDER NETWORK 7922168 NEXUSPARK 7883222…
A trademark dispute over the name “JD Sports” has reached federal court in Indiana. The Finish Line, Inc., which does business as JD Sports, along with its parent company JD Sports Fashion Plc, is asking the court to declare that its use of the JD Sports name does not infringe…
A federal lawsuit has been filed in Indiana by New York photographer John Taggart against Lonkero, LLC, which does business as The Long Drink Company. The case centers on claims that the LLC used one of Taggart’s copyrighted photographs without permission on its social media accounts. According to the complaint,…
Cheng USA, Inc., a company based in Elkhart, Indiana and doing business under the names Arterra Distribution and WFCO Technologies, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Kunshan Jinhui New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., which operates under the brand name…
The U.S. Trademark Office issued the following 172 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in July 2025 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: RegistrationNumber Wordmark 7859825 EPIC 7849508 FC 7865244 P 7865245 POST PARTUM CARE USA 7848097 LUSSO 7874748 ENDURAMAX 7866758 PTU 7870463 LILLY 7871278…