On November 8th, 2012, Automated Facilities Management Corporation (AFMC), a Texas corporation, filed suit against Ventyx USA, Inc., a Georgia corporation with a principal place of business in Colorado, for the manufacture and sale of Ventyx’s “Ellipse” product, an asset management program which, according to the complaint, infringes […]
The Georgia IP Litigation Blog is pleased to announce the addition of Kirk Watkins, a partner in Womble Carlyle’s Atlanta office, as a contributing author. He has already made his presence felt with three entries (here, here, and here) in the last several days. Kirk has over 35 […]
Warmtone Corp. d/b/a WebWire (“Warmtone”) initiated suit in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District of Georgia on November 8, 2012, against Brittany Race (“Race”) for infringement of the registered mark “WEBWIRE” – U.S. Reg. No. 2,177,196. According to its complaint, Warmtone provides Internet marketing services promoting visibility […]
In a complaint filed in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District of Georgia on October 29, 2012, Wika Instrument Corporation (“WIKA”) seeks to enjoin allegedly false statements about its commercial and industrial pressure gauges relating to product warranties, materials, accuracy, and design by a competitor, Winter’s Thermogauges […]
Below, we update the status of four intellectual property cases that had been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. Three of them have been terminated, and the fourth, while not terminated, includes a recent entry of a consent injunction.ARAC and […]
On November 2, 2012, D.H. Pace Company, Inc. (“Pace”) of North Kansas City, Missouri, doing business as the Overhead Door Company of Atlanta, filed a complaint in the Northern District of Georgia against AOD Group, LLC (“AOD”) and its principal owner and officer, Garrett Waldrop, both of Lawrenceville, […]
Introduction As puzzling as it may first seem, a seller of merchandise bearing counterfeit trademarks might not be found liable for “trademark counterfeiting.” Selling such merchandise does not establish counterfeiting liability without a showing of intent. Nevertheless, a defendant’s use of a counterfeit mark, regardless of intent, allows […]
According to three consecutive suits filed on October 26, 2012 in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District, since 1998 Mark Rice d/b/a Games to Remember has been the purveyor of a board game for children 4 to 10 years old known as the FUNKY MONKEYS®, for which […]
Copyright troll.[1] Extortionist.[2] Predator.[3] John Steele has been called many things as he brashly wages a nationwide war against individual IP address owners on behalf of adult video production companies (or purported holders of copyrights in adult video content). None of the names have deterred him and, in fact, Steele proudly […]
The July 12, 2012 debut of this blog happened to cover a decision by U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land, of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, resolving a patent case preliminary injunction motion. Subsequent entries covered decisions by other Middle District judges in other intellectual property (“IP”) matters […]
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