Ronaldo Designer Jewelry (Ronaldo) asserts copyright infringement, trade dress infringement, unfair competition and unfair trade practices under the Lanham Act, and unfair and deceptive trade practices under the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act against Golden Stella, Inc. (“Golden Stella”) and 99 John Does (reproducers, manufacturers, copiers, importers, distributors, displayers, […]
On December 21, 2012, plaintiff Brittni Pope filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against Orion Restoration, LLC and related parties (collectively, “Orion”), seeking a declaratory judgment of copyright ownership in certain works and remedies for copyright infringement. Ms. Pope alleges […]
IntroductionScore one for McDowell’s and its “Golden Arcs.” [1] In a dispute between two sports bar and restaurant chains, the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Boynton Carolina Ale House, LLC (“Boynton Carolina”), whom plaintiff Miller’s Ale House, Inc. (“Miller’s”) had […]
Introduction On December 18, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued a decision dismissing a copyright infringement action and all but one of the pendent state law claims. There is no indication from that decision, however, that as to three state law claims […]
The title of Zac Brown Band’s album You Get What You Give, released in September 2010, may prove ironically prophetic if a new copyright lawsuit results in an award of sought remedies. The complaint, filed on November 30, 2012 by creative leatherworker Kyle Landas, alleges that Landas personally presented […]
Assertions of copyright infringement, breach of contract, and tortious conduct appear in a 30-page complaint filed by and against LLCs and individuals all based in the Atlanta metro area. On November 20, 2012, Brightharbour Consulting, LLC, 3Lins, LLC, Alden D. Kent, and Hsi-Ming Lin filed a complaint in the Atlanta […]
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 […]
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 […]
Abstracted below are four copyright cases filed in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia in October 2012 – one in the Middle District, and three in the Northern District. In Effort to Not Blend In with Competition, Jordan Outdoor Enterprises Ltd. Brings Copyright Action […]
The Northern District of Georgia is the forum for several new trademark and copyright disputes, which are summarized below: Huddle House trademark case removed from Georgia Superior Court On September 17, 2012, defendants Two Views, Inc., John Bartholomew, and Elizabeth Bartholomew (collectively, “Two Views”), all of Caswell Beach, […]
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