Fortune v. Scenes Media, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-03059-AT (N.D. Ga., July 11, 2023) A photographer has filed suit in the Northern District of Georgia for copyright infringement. The Defendant, Scenes Media, LLC, is a media company that owns a website at scenesmedia.com (“the Website”). Dkt.1 at ¶ […]
Maverick Entertainment Group, Inc. v. Freeman, Civil Action No. 1:22-cv-04459-AT (N.D. Ga., Nov. 8, 2022) An actor featured in four movies distributed by the Plaintiff sent a cease and desist notice alleging unauthorized use of his likeness in at least one of the films. The actor claimed he […]
ETS-Lindgren, Inc. (“ETS”), as the assignee of U.S. Patent No. 8,331,869 (“the ‘869 patent”) pertaining to testing wireless devices, brought an infringement action against MVG, Inc. (“MVG”), on May 28, 2015. MVG petitioned the Patent Trial and Appeal Baord (“PTAB”) almost a year later, on April 12, 2016, for […]
In a case originally filed in 2012, Judge Amy Totenberg granted Judgment on the Pleadings in favor of United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”), and against Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, LLC (“MTel”), relating to U.S. Patent No. 5,786,748 (the ‘748 Patent). The patent, filed in 1997 and issued on July […]
Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, LLC (“Mobile”)[background on company], initiated a patent infringement case against United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”), in 2012 on U.S. Patent No. 5,786,748 on a method and apparatus for giving notification of express mail delivery. UPS filed a Motion for Summary Judgment [Dkt. 95], which was […]
Judge Amy Totenberg granted the motion brought by Noction, Inc. (“Noction”) to transfer the patent infringement action brought by Internap Corporation (“Internap”) to the Northern District of California. The action was based on alleged infringement of one network routing technology patent owned by Internap and potential infringement of […]
PPS Data, LLC (“PPS”), a Nevada corporation formerly known as NetDeposit, LLC, commenced a patent infringement action against two Georgia corporations, VSoft Corporation (“VSoft”) and VServe, Inc. (“VServe”) on January 9, 2015 in the Northern District of Georgia. The complaint asserts infringement of patents relating to check imaging, […]
On April 15, 2014, Academic Advertising, LLC (“Academic”), a Georgia based limited liability company, brought suit against Jobelephant.com, Inc., and Michael Ang (“Jobelephant”), of San Diego, California, for trademark infringement, cybersquatting, cyber piracy, and unfair competition under the Lanham Act. The complaint alleges Academic’s continuous operation of the […]
O.W.A., Inc., d/b/a Old World Christmas (“OWA”) brought this action for copyright infringement against Gump’s Corp. and KWO of North America, Inc. (“Gump” and “KWO” – collectively “Defendants), on March 7 2014. OWA is a Spokane, Washington, business founded in 1979 and now a leading distributor of Christmas […]
Judge Amy Totenberg rendered a Markman decision in a patent infringement action brought by Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, LLC (“MTel”), against United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”). MTel alleged UPS infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,786,748, issued July 28, 1998, by using the protected method to track packages and provide status […]
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