Verint Systems, Inc. (“VSI”), of Melville, New York, and Verint Americas, Inc. (“VAI”), of Alpharetta, Georgia (collectively, “Verint”), have filed several suits in the Northern District of Georgia against competitors to enforce various patents Verint holds generally relating to computer software and hardware for improved customer service and […]
U.S. Vinyl Manufacturing Corporation (“USV”) initiated an action for copyright infringement on March 12, 2014, against Colour & Design, Inc. (“Colour”), National Wallcovering, Inc. (“Wallcovering”), Larry and Michael Bixler (“Bixlers”). USV is a Texas corporation headquartered in LaFayette, Georgia. The defendants are residents of Arkansas. Both USV and […]
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 […]
OTG Management, LLC (“OTG”), seeks to enjoin unnamed defendants from anonymously continuing “a misleading uniform resource locator (“URL”) and corresponding email services,” posing as an OTG employee and using OTG service marks and trade names. Defendants are alleged to be using OTGMANAGEMENT.CO to divert business and gather information […]
Wish Atlanta, LLC, (“Wish Atlanta”) asserts trademark infringement of U.S. Trademark Registration Nos. 3783165 (IC025 and IC035) and 4242361 (IC035) (the “Wish Mark”) against ContextLogic, Inc. (“CLI”) in its complaint filed in the Middle District of Georgia on February 25, 2014. Wish Atlanta alleges use of the Wish […]
The following is a summary of recent trademark suits filed in the Georgia district courts:The Trade Secrets of Logistics Warehouse Solutions, Inc. (“WSI”) of Rochelle Park, New Jersey, filed suit against Platinum Circle Technologies, LLC, Platinum Circle Holdings, LLC, James Hamilton, Gregory Philman, Lamar Whitley, all of Alpharetta, […]
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 […]
Lee Hutson, Sr., Miami, Florida resident and former frontman of 1970s R&B group The Impressions, filed a complaint on August 27, 2013 in the Northern District of Georgia against Jay Jenkins, known in the music world as Young Jeezy, as well as Donald Earl Cannon and Cannon Music, […]
On August 6, 2013, Tensar International Corporation (“Tensar”) filed a complaint in the Northern District of Georgia asserting false advertising, Georgia Deceptive Trade Practices Act violations, and violations of Georgia statutory and common law relating to it geogrid product “TriAx®” against James Penman (“Penman”) acting individually or on […]
On August 2, 2013, Verint Systems, Inc. (“VSI”) of Melville, New York, and Verint Americas, Inc. (“VAI”) of Alpharetta, Georgia (collectively “Verint”), filed a complaint in the Northern District of Georgia against Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (“Interactive”) of Indianapolis, Indiana, alleging infringement of a host of patents generally directed […]
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