Timberland boots have an iconic look that has been copied by numerous competitors. That didn’t stop a federal court from upholding the USPTO’s denial of an application seeking registration of several specific features of one of its boots as a ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the company that makes Timberland boots argued that eight specified features of one of its boots qualified for a trademark, but the evidence showed that the features were functional, the boots were ineligible for registration under the Lanham Act. ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Even though a cybersecurity company stopped selling goods online using an unregistered mark years before a competitor registered a similar mark, its continued use of the mark online subjected it to liability for trademark infringement. Judge Claude M. Hilton of ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where GoSecure owns the mark GOSECURE and operates in the cybersecurity space, a man was liable for trademark infringement for using GOSECURE on his website, blog and Twitter account, all of which contained information about cybersecurity services and goods. Background ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the court previously dismissed with prejudice a suit brought by disgruntled bank customers for failure to state a claim, their current complaint — which was their fifth complaint — was substantially similar to the previously filed complaints and the ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the petitioner was required to demonstrate that he was lawfully admitted to the United States, but he had been previously deemed inadmissible to the United States because of a prior conviction for embezzlement, he failed to meet his burden ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The plaintiff in a long-running dispute over the management and distribution of the assets of a bankrupt partnership must pay the defendant’s legal fees, a federal judge has ruled. In this case, the plaintiff’s amended complaint “is baseless on all ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the plaintiff failed to support any of her claims with evidence, no reasonable person would believe the claims were factually justified and it appeared the suit was filed for an improper purpose, the plaintiff must pay the defendants’ legal ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a man was actively resisting arrest and the officers reasonably believed he was reaching for a weapon, it was not unreasonable to place plaintiff on the ground to employ a device that immobilized his legs. Background Dedric Lattimore, brought ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company asserted a claim under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or CFAA, based upon the alleged unauthorized access of its database by its opponent, the opponent was granted summary judgment. Certain sections of the database were open ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District