Las Vegas, NV — In May, Indiana Intellectual Property Law News reported on Righthaven, LLC, a controversial company that claims to enforce copyrights online. One of the cases Righthaven pursued has recently been in the news again and illustrates the risk of pursuing copyright lawsuits that are not well…
South Bend, IN – Trademark lawyers for Century 21 Real Estate LLC Parsippany, New Jersey filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana alleging Destiny Real Estate Properties LLC, f/d/b/a Century 21 Destiny Real Estate of Lowell, Indiana and Daniel Sutton, the owner of Destiny Real…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 125 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in June, 2011: PAT. NO. Title 1 D640,771 Firefighting nozzle 2 D640,754 Rocker propelled scooter 3 D640,556 Dispensing closure 4 7,969,654 Volume Fresnel zone plates fabricated by…
The US Trademark Office issued the following 169 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in June, 2011, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys: Reg. Number Mark Click to View 1 3,985,899 FOILMASTIC VIEW 2 3,985,847 {Detail} VIEW 3 3,985,606 AERO-FLEX VIEW 4 3,985,421 MEAT SEEKER…
Indianapolis, IN – Several anonymous letters have been sent to the Southern District of Indiana regarding the Hard Drive Productions Copyright infringement case, all opposing any discovery attempts in the case that might reveal the identities of persons alleged to have illegally downloaded pornographic videos. Intellectual Property Law News…
Indianapolis, IN – Trademark lawyers for Williams Industries Inc. of Shelbyville, Indiana filed a trademark lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana seeking to invalidate trademark registration no. 3,081,577 and trademark registration no. 2,862,871 for the mark TRITAN DOUBLE WALL TRUMBLER, which have been registered with the US Trademark…
Washington, D.C. – The United States House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1249, the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act, which is said to be the most dramatic change to patent law since the 1950s. The Senate’s patent reform bill passed in March, and Indiana Intellectual Property Law News blogged about…
Evansville, IN – Patent lawyers for Bear Archery, Inc. of Evansville, Indiana, filed a patent infringement lawsuit alleging Impact Archery, Inc. of Alpharetta, Georgia, infringed Patent Nos. 7,159,325 and 7,343,686, both called, BOW SIGHT WITH FIBER OPTICS which has been issued by the US Patent Office. Bear Archery owns…
Indianapolis, IN – In May, Indiana Intellectual Property Law Newsblogged about the jury trial in the copyright infringement case Harvest Scents v. KMI. The jury trial began on May 2, 2011 in the Southern District of Indiana and was presided over by Senior Judge Larry J. McKinney. According to…
Evansville; IN – Patent lawyers for Indian Industries, Inc. of Evansville, Indiana filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana seeking a declaratory judgment that it is not infringing Patent No. 5,795,250 Tethered ball practice device, which has been issued by the US Patent Office and is…