On September 12, 2013 Penhall Company (“Penhall”) of Anaheim California filed a complaint against Southeast Grinding and Grooving, LLC (“Southeast”) of Marietta, Georgia and Stefan Frame, also of Marietta, Georgia alleging trademark infringement under Section 32(1) of the Trademark Act of 1946 [15 U.S.C. § 1114(1)], unfair competition […]
TransCardiac Therapeutics, Inc. (“TransCardiac”), as a citizen of Georgia sued agents of the State of Georgia and their agents for contractual and tort claims on August 9, 2013, in the State Court of Fulton County. With the consent of the Georgia Tech defendants (Georgia Tech Research Corporation and […]
Earlier this year, Krush Communications, LLC (Krush) of Brandon, Florida filed a complaint against Lunex Telecom, Inc. (Lunex) of Duluth, Georgia in United States District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and tortious interference with business expectations. The case was […]
On August 26, 2013, YKK Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, and YKK (U.S.A.) Inc. of Marietta, Georgia (collectively, “YKK“), filed a complaint in the Middle District of Georgia against Velcro USA Inc. (“Velcro”) of Manchester, New Hampshire, alleging infringement of United States Patent No. 6,720,059 (“the ’059 Patent”), “Fastener […]
As reported here, CTP Innovations recently filed patent infringement lawsuits against nine commercial printing companies. As alluded to in our prior post, the Printing Industries of America (“PIA”), a nonprofit trade association representing the printing and graphic arts industry, issued a notice denouncing the CTP actions and vowing to […]
ExoTablet, Ltd. (“ExoTablet”), filed suit against Overseas Electronics, Inc. (“Overseas”), on August 16, 2013, alleging infringement by the “Padfone” and “Padfone2” devices offered for sale and sold by Overseas. The complaint mirrors the allegations of patent infringement by the “Padfone” and “Padfone2” asserted by ExoTablet’s complaint against Negri […]
On the surface this appears to be a fairly straightforward diversity removal of a superior court action to federal court based on full diversity between the parties under 28 U.S.C. § 1338. AirWatch, LLC (“AirWatch”) is alleged to be an LLC with its principal place of business in […]
As reported here, Special Master Sumner C. Rosenberg undertook construing certain claims of United States Patent Nos. 7,950,384 (the ‘384 patent) and 8,282,390 (the ‘390 patent) pursuant to an Order of April 25, 2013, entered by District Judge Amy Totenberg. Plaintiffs Coprecitec, S.L., Copreci, S. Coop., and Mandragon […]
Folks owns and operates eleven Folks Southern Kitchen restaurants in the north Georgia after starting with one in 1978. Folks began using the mark “GOOD TO GO” no later than 1994 according to the complaint (the “GTG Mark”). The GTG Mark was registered on May 26, 1998, and […]
The Refrigiwear, Inc. (“Refrigiwear”) complaint asserts trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, and unfair competition under state and federal law and copyright infringement against Sixty International S.A., Sixty Group SPA, and Sixty SPA (collectively “Sixty”) relating to Refrigiwear’s trademarks used on the insulated clothing, accessories, and protective equipment it manufactures. […]
Georgia IP Litigation 