Indianapolis, Indiana – In a case which was originally brought in federal court in Chicago, patent lawyers for David O’Neill of Clarendon Hills, IL, have filed a lawsuit alleging that Roche Diagnostics Corporation of Indianapolis has been falsely, and intentionally, marking certain of its ACCU-CHEK(R) blood glucose monitoring products…
Hammond, Indiana – Intellectual property counsel for J & J Sports Productions, Inc., of Campbell, CA, filed a lawsuit alleging Copper Penny Pub (and its owner Steve Hekkel) of Hammond, IN, improperly exhibited the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Moseley boxing match earlier this year. The plaintiff claims to hold the rights…
Chicago, IL – Copyright Infringement attorneys for Defendant CitiCorp succeeded in preserving a $750,000 recovery of attorneys fees. The trial court had awarded the Defendant attorney’s fees after dismissing the Plaintiff software copyright infringement suit for “for want of prosecution” because it failed to prepare a proper proposed pre-trial…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Jill Wimberly, et al. of Indianapolis, IN, have filed, pro se (on their own behalf, rather than being represented by a lawyer), a lawsuit alleging that numerous large corporations, as well as the U.S. Patent Office, violated their “civil rights” in misappropriating the plaintiffs’ intellectual property. In…
South Bend, Indiana – Trademark lawyers for 1A Smart Start, Inc. of Irving, TX, have filed a lawsuit alleging Indiana Safe Start Inc. and Thomas Bjornstad, both of Elkhart, IN, have infringed, among other things, Trademark Reg. No. 2,170,846 for the mark SMART START, which has been registered with…
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Copyright lawyers for Amy and James Ortega of Joplin, MO, have initiated litigation against Forks RV of Shipshewana, IN, and its agents, alleging they infringed a copyrighted work which has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. The defendants manufacture and “up-fit” recreational vehicles. The…
South Bend, Indiana – Patent lawyers for MedIdea, LLC of Longview, TX, filed a patent infringement suit alleging Zimmer Holdings, Inc. of Warsaw, IN, is infringing the following patents issued by the U.S. Patent Office: 6,200,350 and 6,383,225, which relate to proximal femoral prostheses, and Nos. 6,267,785, 6,379,391, 6,398,812,…
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Trademark lawyers for Sweetwater Sound, Inc. of Fort Wayne, IN, filed a lawsuit alleging J2 Electronics Group, Ltd. d/b/a Audiolines.com of Chicago infringed Trademark Registration No. 3,652,215 for the mark SWEETWATER, as registered with the U.S. Trademark Office in connection with, among other things, audio…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Trademark lawyers for Brandt Industries Ltd. of Saskatchewan, Canada, have brought a declaratory judgment action concerning the mark BRANDT, as used in connection with agricultural equipment and the manufacture thereof. The existence of the requisite “actual controversy” is based on the defendant, Pitonyak Machinery Corporation of…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 94 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in June, 2010: PAT. NO. Title 1 7,747,572 Method and system for supply chain product and process development collaboration 2 7,747,400 VA metering in polyphase systems…