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 […]
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 January 10, 2013, Atlanta Beltline, Inc. (“Atlanta Beltline”), a Georgia non-profit corporation, filed a complaint in the Northern District of Georgia against Andrew Realty Group, Inc., a Georgia corporation based in Sandy Springs, Georgia, and Alan Andrew (collectively, “Andrew Realty”), alleging that Andrew Realty is using domain […]
In a complaint filed in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District of Georgia on December 10, 2012, The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (“ARRT”) seeks to enjoin Antonine X. Brown (“Brown”) for trademark infringement and to recover damages. This lawsuit concerns a species of trademarks known as “certification […]
On December 10, 2012, Cumming-based Mattress Safe, Inc. filed a complaint against New Jersey-based Hospi-Tel Manufacturing Co. (“Hospi-Tel”) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleging trademark infringement and related causes of action. Mattress Safe is the named owner of record of the following […]
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 […]
In a complaint filed in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District of Georgia on October 29, 2012, Wika Instrument Corporation (“WIKA”) seeks to enjoin allegedly false statements about its commercial and industrial pressure gauges relating to product warranties, materials, accuracy, and design by a competitor, Winter’s Thermogauges […]
Atlanta, recently dubbed hip-hop’s “center of gravity,” is now also the epicenter of a trademark lawsuit involving rights to the mark Playaz Circle®. On defense are not only Island Def Jam Music Group (“Def Jam”), but also Disturbing Tha Peace Recordings, Inc., the record label co-founded by rapper Christopher […]
On August 27, 2012, Ocean Aire Productions, Inc. (“Ocean Aire”) and Sarah Beliza Tucker, both of Florida, filed a complaint in the Northern District of Georgia against Choe’s Hapkido of Forsyth, LLC (“Choe’s Hapkido”), Maurice Murphy, and Jong H. Choe, all of Georgia, seeking injunctive relief and damages […]
Recounting observations by a private investigator, including surveillance photos and a visit to a Michigan office protected by bulletproof glass, Sprint invokes the authority of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to help combat what Sprint calls “the global conspiracy to traffic in Sprint Phones.” […]
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