Our posts of September 6, September 24, and October 16 covered cases involving holdover licensees, all in the context of hotel franchises. The latest addition to the list of holdover licensee cases involves the restaurant business. In a complaint filed in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District […]
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has seen continued activity in the filings of trademark cases, adding to the considerable number of such cases filed in Georgia federal courts in September and covered in several blog entries, including our October 1 entry. Abstracted below are the October 2012 trademark […]
On September 20, 2012, two trademark lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, providing our first occasion for covering events in that court since the launch of this blog in early July 2012. One case generated publicity even before it was filed. Virginia’s Regent […]
A Las Vegas hotel operator has been sued by the owners of the HOLIDAY INN® brand for allegedly continuing to use certain Holiday Inn service marks in connection with its hotel after the termination of a franchise agreement. On August 31, 2012, Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC (“HHFL”), Six Continents […]
Georgia IP Litigation 