A California nonprofit service group that uses the name “RedRoverResponders” for its program using volunteers to care for animals displaced by natural disasters does not infringe plaintiff LLC’s registered service mark, “Wag’N Rover Respond’R.” for the LLC’s “Mobile Emergency Information ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although plaintiff German corporation had standing when it first sued defendant corporation for patent infringement, plaintiff’s suit became moot after plaintiff pursued bankruptcy in Germany and the appointed insolvency administrator obtained the legal right to sue for patent infringement; the ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this multi-million dollar intellectual property case, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants judgment as a matter of law to defendant Kolon Industries Inc. on plaintiff DuPont’s claims for conversion and civil conspiracy; the federal court says Virginia courts would ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Meyer, a manufacturer of “Anolon Advanced” cookware, wins its suit alleging trade dress infringement and violation of North Carolina unfair trade practices law against defendant Belk department store, which sold a private-label cookware that was “deceptively similar”; the 4th Circuit ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Judge Andre M. Davis

In the wake of a Norfolk federal jury’s $115 million award to a small technology company, as well as $17.4 million in supplemental damages and $6.6 million in post-judgment interest, the Norfolk U.S. District Court grants plaintiff company’s motion for ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A reasonable jury could conclude from testimony of the parties’ experts in this patent infringement suit against Twitter Inc., that the method for creating an “interactive virtual community of famous people” claimed by plaintiff’s ‘309 patent was not an interactive ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In language-learning company Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement suit against Google over use of the Rosetta Stone mark in Google’s online advertising platform, the 4th Circuit vacates summary judgment for Google on plaintiff’s claims for direct infringement, contributory infringement and dilution ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Judge William B. Traxler Jr.

Language-learning company Rosetta Stone has won the right to try part of its trademark infringement action against Internet industry giant Google, in a decision released earlier today by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Rosetta Stone sued Google after ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property

In this copyright and trademark litigation involving two marketing companies’ claims to marketing programs involving TV commercials for the “Big Case,” the Norfolk U.S. District Court holds that plaintiff copied defendant’s “Big Case” commercial. This dispute involves various copyright and ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court dismisses a Florida architectural firm’s suit against a Virginia Beach customer home builder for copyright infringement, which fails to detail how defendants might have gained access to plaintiff’s copyrighted works or copied them; despite plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District