South Bend, IN – Biomet, Inc. of Warsaw, Indiana has filed a declaratory judgment suit against Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC of Frisco, Texas in the Northern District of Indiana, asking the court to enter a judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of fifteen Bonutti patents. Biomet is a privately held company…
Indianapolis, IN – Patent lawyers for Mid-West Metal Products Company, Inc. d/b/a Midwest Homes for Pets of Muncie, IN sued Yuntek International, Inc. of Hayward, CA seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement and intervening rights regarding Yuntek’s “Pet Tent,” Patent No. 6,715,446, issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.…
Indianapolis, IN – Intellectual property lawyers for DirecTV, LLC sued Roger York, Dianna York and D.L.Y., Inc. d/b/a Marty’s Pub of Converse, IN alleging the commercial use of satellite programming sold at the residential rate. This suit was brought under the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. §521,…
Indianapolis, IN – The Southern District of Indiana ruled in favor of Plaintiff Patrick Collins, Inc. by denying the motion of pro se Defendant John Doe No. 7 to quash or modify Plaintiff’s subpoena. In a lawsuit originally styled “Patrick Collins, Inc. v. John Does 1 – 13,” Patrick Collins,…
Indianapolis, IN – Plaintiff Malibu Media, LLC of Los Angeles, CA has sued seventeen “John Does” for copyright infringement in separate complaints filed in both the Southern District of Indiana and the Northern District of Indiana. Paul Nicoletti, a copyright attorney, has filed seventeen nearly identical suits in Indiana federal…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 160 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in February, 2013: PAT. NO. Title 1 D676,952 Fan 2 D676,939 Faucet handle 3 D676,938 Faucet handle 4 D676,937 Faucet handle 5 D676,936 Faucet handle 6 D676,932 Faucet handle…
The US Trademark Office issued the following 137 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in February, 2013, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys: Reg. Number Mark Click to View 1 4289474 BRINGING SAFETY TO PEOPLE View 2 4294335 VINO VAN GOGH View 3 4296699 CHICAGO BLUE…
Indianapolis, IN – Eli Lilly and Company of Indianapolis, Indiana filed an additional patent infringement suit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Accord Healthcare, Inc., USA of Durham, North Carolina will infringe U.S. Patent No. 7,772,209 (the “‘209 patent”) which has been issued by the U.S. Patent Office…
San Jose, CA – Lilly of Indianapolis, Indiana filed a declaratory judgment suit against Genentech asking the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California to invalidate Genentech’s recombinant-antibody patents. This suit, filed by patent attorneys for Eli Lilly & Company (“Lilly”) and its subsidiary ImClone Systems LLC, of Delaware, included…
Indianapolis, IN – Copyright lawyers for Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”), of New York, NY and eight other plaintiffs have sued VAT, Inc. (“VAT”) d/b/a Carey Tavern and its owners, Matthew and Valerie Schachte of Westfield, IN, for copyright infringement in the Southern District of Indiana. In its complaint, BMI states…