A new employment agreement for a key role at The Pedowitz Group, LLC (TPG) quickly went south as the employee went north in less than a month, allegedly with trade names, confidential information, and a propensity to talk and write about them and his former employer. TPG 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 The Southern Link of Georgia, Inc. (“The Southern link”), John Does d/b/s New Dimensions, 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, […]
The plaintiff, Tatia Morsette (“Morsette”), acting as a representative of PM7 Entertainment Int’l, LLC (“PM7”) filed suit in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, on January 2, 2013, against Chester A. Brewster (“Brewster”). Suit was originally brought in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, on December […]
In a complaint filed in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District of Georgia on December 19, 2012, James Williams and Laurie Williams (“Williams”) filed a complaint against the Columbus Bar Association (“Columbus”) seeking cancellation of Columbus’ trademark registration, damages, and an injunction. To avoid confusion, we disclose […]
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 […]
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 […]
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