Those who watch “Housewives”-themed television shows are doubtless familiar with the oft-repeated scenes of reality-TV stars engaging in verbal warfare with one another. The newest battle between reality stars from Real Housewives of Atlanta, however, occurs off-camera, extending beyond mere verbal warfare and into the legal realm. The […]
A Mrs. Winners® franchisee said to be operating in Henry County, Georgia faces multiple trademark counts arising from alleged refusal to sign a new proposed licensing agreement. On March 1, 2013, Mrs. Winners Brand Management LLC (“Winners Brand”) filed a complaint in the Gainesville Division of the U.S. […]
Enfora’s accused MT 3000 product On the first day of February, Omega Patents LLC (“Omega”), the patent-holding arm of prolific inventor Kenneth Flick’s Omega Research, a company specializing in vehicle security and convenience products, filed a stipulated dismissal in its Northern District of Georgia suit against General Motors […]
On February 27, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division entered an order in a patent case: (1) denying the plaintiff’s motion to strike the defendant’s affirmative defenses; and (2) granting the defendants’ motion to stay the litigation pending reexamination of the […]
As initially reported in our August 13, 2012 post, a patent infringement action filed by International Growers Supply, Inc. (“IGS”) was transferred from the Central District of California to the Northern District of Georgia based on the “first-to-file” rule because the defendants had previously filed a declaratory judgment […]
On February 27, 2013, Tucker, Georgia-based Southeast Clinical Nutrition Centers, Inc. (“Southeast”) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, against the Mayo Foundation for Education and Research (“Mayo Foundation”), alleging that the Mayo Foundation infringed Southeast’s service marks related […]
This action for declaratory judgment centered on a planned movie, The Snow White Ladies of the Third Week (“Ladies”). Based on a decision issued on January 30, 2013, from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia,[1] it appears unlikely that Ladies will be coming to […]
Let it be known that in the United States, large-scale piracy of copyrighted materials is taken very seriously and can, in fact, result in significant jail time. On February 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction and 51-month federal imprisonment […]
In a prior post, we reported on an October 2012 right-of-privacy (right to publicity) lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Georgia by celebrities George Clooney and Julia Roberts against Kennesaw-based Digital Projection, Inc. (“DPI”), a seller of projectors and related items. With service of the summons having been waived […]
On February 21, 2013, Elite Dogstands Ltd. (“Elite”) of Harlow, United Kingdom, filed a complaint in the Northern District of Georgia against For The Earth Corporation (“FTEC”) of Phoenix, Arizona, and BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (“BJ’s”) of Westborough, Massachusetts, alleging causes of action for design patent infringement, trademark […]
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