Washington, D.C. – The United States Patent and Trademark Office has launched a new web tool that shows that trademark application processing times are down to record lows. The average pendency to a first action on a new application is down to 2.7 months, while total pendency — defined…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 182 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in August, 2011: PAT. NO. TITLE 1 D644,146 Race car 2 8,010,455 Waste processing system and method 3 8,008,487 Substituted thieno[2,3-D]pyrimidines as fungicides 4 8,008,466 Use of untranslated…
Indianapolis, IN – Trademark lawyers for Allison Transmission Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana filed a trademark infringement suit in alleging Defeo Manufacturing, Inc. of Brookfield, Connecticut infringed various ALLISON TRANSMISSION trademarks, including registration nos. 2,866,798, 2,625,008, 1,666,977, 1,624,473 , 3,821,442and 2,678,354; along with registration no. 2,615,428 for the ALLISON ELECTRIC…
This case involves companies who each use the trademark BRANDT for selling agricultural equipment, but in different geographic areas. Trademark attorneys for Pitonyak Machinery Corporation claimed it acquired rights to the trademark BRANDT when it purchased several businesses in 2002 from a Brandt family in Carlisle, Arkansas. During discovery,…
The US Trademark Office issued the following 164 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in August, 2011, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys: Reg. Number Mark Click to View 1 4,015,515 SAMTEC VIEW 2 4,013,415 STEPS 2 ENROLL VIEW 3 4,017,421 INDIANA WHOLESALE DEALERS VIEW…
Indianapolis, IN – A patent infringement case originally filed in the Western District of Wisconsin has been transferred to the Southern District of Indiana. Patent lawyers for Hill-Rom Services, Inc of Batesville, Indiana filed a patent infringement suit alleging Stryker Corporation doing business as Stryker Medical and Stryker Sales…
Indianapolis, IN – Trademark lawyers for AFC Enterprises, Inc. of Georgia, doing business as Popeye’s Chicken, filed a trademark infringement suit alleging Christopher Payne, LP&P Foods, and ten John Does of fIndiana infringed trademark registration no. 1030944 for the mark POPEYES, 1107575 POPEYE SIGN DESIGN WITH COLOR and numerous…
Chicago, IL – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that a toilet paper design was functional and not subject to trademark protection. Georgia-Pacific began selling Quilted Northern toilet paper about twenty years ago and obtained trademarks, copyrights, and patents of the quilted design. Kimberly-Clark later began selling competing…
Indianapolis, IN – Trademark lawyers for Choice Hotels International Inc. of Silver Spring, Maryland filed a trademark infringement suit in the Southern District of Indianaalleging Shreya Pravin LLC, of Lebanon, Indiana, Vina Investments, LLC of Valrico, Florida, Riddhi, LLC of Corona, California, Sunil R. Patel of California and Shirish…
Indianapolis, IN – Judge Tanya Walton Pratt of the Southern District of Indiana denied summary judgment on what would have disposed of a dispute over the intellectual property rights to tax software used by many Indiana county governments. Nikish Software Corporation of Commack, New York had sued Manatron Incorporated…