Junk Food Custom Arcades, LLC v. Hit Box LLC, Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-00262-RWS (N.D. Ga., Apr. 11, 2023) Judge Richard Story recently entered claim construction for two patents directed at gaming controllers, siding with the Defendant’s position for four of the five disputed terms. The dispute involves Hit […]
Jenka Lab, LLC et al v. Guangzhou Crazy Software Technology Co., Ltd., Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-00046-RWS (N.D. Ga., Mar. 17, 2023) An anti-counterfeiting action has been filed in the Northern District of Georgia involving software associated with gaming systems. Jenka Lab, LLC and Bronnikov Consulting filed suit against […]
AmNet ESOP Corporation v. CrossCountry Mortgage, Inc. et al, Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-00010-RWS (N.D. Ga., Jan. 10, 2023) Mortgage lender AmNet brings suit against fellow mortgage lender and former employee for alleged misappropriation of information and other business torts in the Northern District. The Plaintiff asserts Defendant CrossCountry […]
Ukoalabag, Inc. v. UUB, LLC et al, Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-00004-RWS (N.D. Ga., Jan. 6, 2023) The Plaintiff alleges a former business partner stole their business ideas and products related to concealed carry utility bags, and has brought suit for trademark violation and various business torts in the […]
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 […]
Walter Farmer, of Atlanta, Georgia, filed separate suits against Alpha Technologies, Inc, (“Alpha”), of Bellingham, Washington, and Aspin Kemp & Associates (“Aspin Kemp”), of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, alleging that each company infringes Farmer’s patent directed to uninterruptable power supply systems. Farmer is the sole named inventor of U.S. […]
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, […]
An audit of a franchisee’s records, which allegedly revealed sales activity outside licensed territory and evidence of efforts to conceal that activity, has spawned a new trademark lawsuit. On March 19, 2013, California Closet Company (“CCC”) filed a complaint in the Northern District of Georgia against Lawrenceville, Georgia-based […]
A service mark infringement and cyberpiracy lawsuit has reappeared on the Northern District of Georgia’s docket. The Current Lawsuit On January 30, 2013, Smyrna, Georgia-based Travel Spike, LLC (“Travel Spike”) filed a complaint (“the January 30 Complaint”) against New York City-based Travora Media, Inc. (“Travora”), asserting several counts […]
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