D.H. Pace Company, Inc. v. Johnson et al., Civil Action No. 1:22-cv-1005-SEG (N.D. Ga. June 9, 2022) Plaintiff D.H. Pace Company, Inc. filed suit against Defendant Matthew Johnson and Defendant Liberty Garage Door Services, LLC on March 11, 2022 in the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division). The […]
Krush Communications, LLC (“Krush”) brought suit in New Jersey in 2013 against Lunex Telecom, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Lunex”), for patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. After the case was transferred to the Northern District of Georgia, Judge Jones considered Krush motions for a preliminary injunction on […]
This blog post is authored by Kirk Watkins and posted by the Womble Carlyle Team.In 2011 EarthCam, Inc. (“EarthCam”) brought suit against Richard Hermann (“Hermann”), OxBlue Corporation, Chandler McCormarck, John Paulson, and Brian Mattern (collectively “OxBlue”) asserting corporate espionage to misappropriate trade secrets. OxBlue filed counterclaims for copyright […]
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, […]
On April 10, 2014, AcryliCon USA, LLC, (“AcryliCon” or “Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against Silikal GmbH & Co. and Silikal Industries GmbH, (“Silikal”), Hubert Weimann, and Harold Schmidt (collectively, “Defendants”) alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark infringement in violation of the Lanham Act, federal unfair competition, trademark infringement and […]
The following is a summary of recent trademark suits filed in the Georgia district courts:The Trade Secrets of Logistics Warehouse Solutions, Inc. (“WSI”) of Rochelle Park, New Jersey, filed suit against Platinum Circle Technologies, LLC, Platinum Circle Holdings, LLC, James Hamilton, Gregory Philman, Lamar Whitley, all of Alpharetta, […]
Earlier this year, Krush Communications, LLC (Krush) of Brandon, Florida filed a complaint against Lunex Telecom, Inc. (Lunex) of Duluth, Georgia in United States District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and tortious interference with business expectations. The case was […]
A few tips worth considering:1. Do not describe pre-filing investigation documents as “corporate espionage.”2. Do not send internal e-mails instructing employees to “rob whatever we can from any good product ideas they have.”3. Do not pursue a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets when the product of your […]
On February 26, 2013, RMS Titanic, Inc. and Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (collectively “RMST”) initiated suit in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, against Thomas Zaller, Imagine Exhibitions, Inc., and Imagine Exhibitions PTE, Ltd. (collectively “Zaller”), for conversion, contractual breach, unjust enrichment, fraud and fraudulent inducement, trade dress […]
Georgia IP Litigation 