Simplex Designs, LLC v. TightLine Development, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-01721-SEG (N.D. Ga., Apr. 17, 2023) Simplex Designs, LLC, seeks a declaratory judgment to show that its medical technology does not infringe. The Plaintiff wants a declaration that its “Watson Extraction System” does not infringe any claim of […]
Doc Brown Farm LLC et al v. Doc Brown Enterprises Inc., Civil Action No. 2:22-cv-00241-RWS (N.D. Ga., Dec 1, 2022) Doc Brown Farm and Distillers seek declaratory judgment under the Lanham Act in the Northern District. Doc Brown claims to be Georgia’s only seed-to-still distillery, turning its homegrown […]
Utility Associates, Inc. (“Utility”), a Delaware corporation with a place of business in Tucker, Georgia, filed a patent infringement action on June 12, 2014, against Digital Ally Inc. (“Digital”), a Nevada corporation operating out of Lenexa, Kansas relating to United States Patent No. 6,831,556 (the ‘556 Patent) entitled […]
On May 9, 2014, Expanded Technologies, Inc. (“Expanded Tech”) filed a complaint against WallnerTooling/Expax, Inc. (“Wallner”), seeking both a Declaration of Non-Infringement and a Declaration of Invalidity of U.S. Patent No.8,696,781 (hereafter, “the ‘781 patent”). Expanded Tech is an Oklahoma corporation with its principal place of business in Marietta, Georgia, […]
Reflective Apparel Factory, Inc. (“Reflective”), a Georgia corporation headquartered in Marietta, seeks a declaratory judgment against Carolina Safety Acquisition, LLC (“Carolina”), a Delaware limited liability company operating out of North Carolina, that Reflective does not infringe U.S. Patent No. 7,735,151 (the ‘151 Patent). The complaint was filed after […]
NewPoint Media Group, LLC (“NewPoint Media”), filed a complaint in the Northern District of Georgia seeking a declaratory judgment against Easy Intellectual Property Licenses, LLC (“Easy IP”) declaring that NewPoint Media does not infringe software electronic advertising copyrights of Easy IP or U.S. Patent No. 8,234,174, which published […]
On July 31, 2013, Emerson Electric Co. (“Emerson”) of St. Louis, Missouri, Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc. (“Fisher-Rosemount”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerson based in Round Rock, Texas, and Rosemount, Inc. (“Rosemount”), a wholly-owned Emerson subsidiary based in Chanhassen, Minnesota (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed a complaint in the Northern District of […]
Here is the first of two surveys of recent trademark cases filed in the Georgia District Courts. Franchise Operating Under New Name, but Using the Same Technique On June 25, 2013, SmallBizPros, Inc. d/b/a Padgett Business Services (“Padgett”), with its principal place of business in Athens, Georgia, filed […]
Here is a survey of recent patent cases filed in the Northern District of Georgia. A similar survey of recent trademark and copyright cases will be published soon. Medical Device Patent Suit On May 23, 2013, Ivera Medical Corporation (“Ivera”), based in Carlsbad, California, filed suit against 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 […]
Georgia IP Litigation 