File an appropriate motion. Follow accepted procedures. Address the relevant factors. Present clear, concise argument. Avoid legalese and long block quotations.These are the directives of a recent order from Judge Pannell denying reconsideration of an order in which the Court declined to “re-transfer” a patent infringement case to […]
Seven may not be a such lucky number, after all, for convenience store operators that have been using the name “7-SEVEN” for their stores in Macon, Georgia. On March 11, 2013, 7-Eleven, Inc. (“7-Eleven”) filed two complaints in the Macon Division of the U.S. District Court for the […]
Armed with purported copies of invoices showing a defendant purchasing a genuine carpet product at an earlier time, and selling an accused infringing product at a later time, with the later invoice bearing the name of the genuine design, a New York-based design house has brought copyright and […]
Introduction Florida- and Utah-based providers of home alarm technology services are now complying with an order to cease uses of their acronym trademark following recent rulings against them rendered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
Certainly the recent design patent litigation between Apple and Samsung in the Northern District of California garnered significant media attention. Design patents now reside in the media spotlight once again, but this time through East Coast litigants. The president of a New York-based maker of women’s control tops that is a […]
On March 12, 2013, Chief U.S. District Judge Julie E. Carnes, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, entered an order granting a motion to stay patent litigation brought against Defendant Diversitech Corporation (“Diversitech”) pending the conclusion of reexamination proceedings in the USPTO. Plaintiffs […]
Those who watch “Housewives”-themed television shows are doubtless familiar with the oft-repeated scenes of reality-TV stars engaging in verbal warfare with one another. The newest battle between reality stars from Real Housewives of Atlanta, however, occurs off-camera, extending beyond mere verbal warfare and into the legal realm. The […]
On February 26, 2013, RMS Titanic, Inc. and Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (collectively “RMST”) initiated suit in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, against Thomas Zaller, Imagine Exhibitions, Inc., and Imagine Exhibitions PTE, Ltd. (collectively “Zaller”), for conversion, contractual breach, unjust enrichment, fraud and fraudulent inducement, trade dress […]
A Mrs. Winners® franchisee said to be operating in Henry County, Georgia faces multiple trademark counts arising from alleged refusal to sign a new proposed licensing agreement. On March 1, 2013, Mrs. Winners Brand Management LLC (“Winners Brand”) filed a complaint in the Gainesville Division of the U.S. […]
A defendant whom the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida adjudicated a trademark infringer on summary judgment, and liable for attorneys’ fees as well as profits, filed an appeal from that court’s judgment on February 11, 2013. However, an order of appointment of a Special […]
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