Indianapolis, IN – The Southern District of Indiana has granted Draper, Inc’s of Spiceland, Indiana, motion for limited jurisdictional discovery in a patent infringement case. In November 2010, patent attorneys for Draper, Inc’s of Spiceland, Indiana filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that MechoShade…
Evansville, IN – Chief Judge Richard L. Young has affirmed Magistrate Judge William G. Hussmann‘s discovery ruling that denied a request to inspect production facilities by Intertape Polymer Corp. of Bradenton, Florida, in a patent infringement lawsuit case. In May 2010, patent attorneys for Berry Plastics Corporation of Evansville, Indiana…
Indianapolis, IN – In an update to our earlier blogs, the Hollywood Report has published a long article about Indiana’s Right of Publicity Law, I.C. 32-36-1-8, and the pending bill to amend that law. The article states that dead celebrities “enjoy phenomenal legal rights in the state.” Several Indiana intellectual…
Indianapolis, IN – Copyright attorneys for Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) New York, New York, along with Adult Music, Gems-EMI Music, Inc., Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc., EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. and Counting Crows, LLC d/b/a Jones Falls Music have filed a copyright infringement suit in Southern District of Indiana alleging…
Indianapolis, IN –Senior Judge Larry J. McKinney of the Southern District of Indiana has allowed an additional patent to be added to a complex patent infringement suit over Ethanol byproducts. The plaintiff in this case, GS CleanTech Corporation of New York, New York had requested to amend its complaint to…
Indianapolis, IN – The threat of a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit may have influenced Madonna‘s playlist for her Super Bowl XXXXVI half time performance at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. According to reports, Joe Francis, who owns the Girls Gone Wild trademark, sent Madonna a cease-and-desist letter that threatened…
Indianapolis, IN – Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue of the Southern District of Indiana has denied Stryker Corporation’s Motion for Leave to Amend Its Counterclaims, which sought permission to add three more patent infringement counterclaims referencing three additional patents. In April 2011, patent attorneys for Hill-Rom Services, Inc. of Batesville,…
New Albany, IN – A patent infringement case originally filed in the Northern District of Illinois has been transferred to the Southern District of Indiana. In October, patent lawyers for Keith Lewis of the United Kingdom filed a patent infringement suit in the Northern District of Illinois alleging Grote Industries,…
Indianapolis, IN – In an update to our blog last week, a bill in the Indiana General Assembly that would make changes to Indiana’s Right of Publicity Law, I.C. 32-36-1-8, passed the Indiana House, 85-7, on January 30. The bill is now before the Senate Committee on Public Policy. No…
Indianapolis, IN – Federal authorities, led by the Homeland Security Investigations division of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have seized counterfeit Super Bowl goods, shut down websites and made one arrest in a targeted effort to crack down on counterfeit sports goods and websites. According to a government press…