A Charlottesville U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion for default judgment in his copyright infringement action against defendant African American Matchmaking for violations of 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. by using plaintiff’s copyrighted photograph multiple times on the AAM ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court upholds a two-year suspension of plaintiff patent attorney’s license to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, on charges including his having signed a paper filed with the USPTO without first conducting a reasonable ...

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

In this trademark infringement suit, the 4th Circuit affirms summary judgment for defendant manufacturer of salon-sold, haircare products called “Hair Shield 450,” on an infringement claim filed by plaintiff seller who used a stylized logo on its “f450” products; despite ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Judge Diana Gribbon Motz

A plaintiff who claims defendants borrowed heavily from his 2008 book for the first season of their Fox television series Empire cannot sue defendant creators and producers of the series for copyright infringement, as his allegation that a Virginia lawyer ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this contest between two claimants to control funds and assets of Scottish Rite of Freemasonry organizations, the Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses fraud claims filed by plaintiff; there are no allegations that plaintiffs had reason to be misled by ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff Virginia company’s suit alleging defendants, a Taiwanese corporation and two Washington state corporations, infringed plaintiff’s registered mark “VIVE” for its software, by marketing an “HTC Vive” headset, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for defendant, as ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff Virginia company’s suit alleging defendants, a Taiwanese corporation and two Washington state corporations, infringed on plaintiff’s registered mark “VIVE” for its software, by marketing an “HTC Vive” headset, an Alexandria U.S. District Court excludes plaintiff’s proffered expert’s opinions, ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff’s conclusory assertions of ownership of four identified patents that allegedly are infringed by defendant’s products that provide personal emergency communications systems, are dismissed by the Richmond U.S. District Court for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff’s complaint contains ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A pharmaceutical company that began marketing a product, Me-PB-Hyos, as a generic substitute for plaintiff company’s Donnatal – a combination phenobarbital and belladonna alkaloid used to treat irritable bowel syndrome and acute enterocolitis – without ever making firm plans to ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

In plaintiff ZUP’s suit alleging defendant Nash Manufacturing infringed plaintiff’s patent and design for its “ZUP Board” after a proposed business deal for a joint manufacturing venture turned sour, the Richmond U.S. District Court grants judgment for defendant. Patent claim Both ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District