Recounting observations by a private investigator, including surveillance photos and a visit to a Michigan office protected by bulletproof glass, Sprint invokes the authority of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to help combat what Sprint calls “the global conspiracy to traffic in Sprint Phones.” […]
On July 25, 2012, defendants in a case with multiple claims, including trademark infringement and cyberpiracy under the Lanham Act, filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The defendants are appealing a final judgment rendered on July 10, 2012 by Senior Judge Hugh Lawson […]
On July 26, 2012, Yanmar America Corporation of Adairsville, Georgia (“Yanmar”) filed a trademark infringement action in the Northern District of Georgia against Huel Elliott and Elliott Farm Equipment of Gainesville, Georgia (“Elliott”). Yanmar alleges that Elliott sells or facilitates the importation and sale into Georgia of certain […]
On June 11, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion largely in favor of artist Daniel A. Moore (“Moore”) in a long-standing battle between Moore and the University of Alabama (“Alabama”) over Moore’s right to depict the Crimson Tide’s football uniforms on […]
On July 13, 2012, ARAC Experts, LLC of Georgia (“ARAC”) filed a declaratory judgment action in the Northern District of Georgia against Cedar Valley Exteriors, Inc. of Coon Rapids, Minnesota (“Cedar Valley”). ARAC alleges that Cedar Valley threatened litigation for alleged infringement of Cedar Valley’s federally registered trademarks […]
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