Intellectual Property - Featured Cases
- WIAV Solutions LLC v. Research In Motion, Ltd. et al
Virginia Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 26, 2008
Plaintiff: WIAV Solutions LLC; Defendant: Research In Motion, Ltd., Research in Motion Corp., Apple Inc., Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 22, 2009
(April 21, 2009) - Certicom Corporation et al v. Sony Corporation et al
Plaintiffs Certicom Corp. and Certicom Patent Holding Corp. alleged that Defendants Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Electronics Inc. and Sony DADC US Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,563,928 entitled "Strengthened Public Key Protocol."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: May 30, 2007
Plaintiff: Certicom Corporation, Certicom Patent Holding Corporation; Defendant: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc et al
Plaintiff ESN, LLC alleged that Defendants Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,283,519 entitled "Distributed Edge Switching System for Voice-Over-Packet Multiservice Network."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: October 15, 2007
Plaintiff: ESN LLC; Defendant: Cisco Systems Inc, Cisco-Linksys LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Datatreasury Corporation v. Citizens Bank of Rhode Island et al
Plaintiff DataTreasury Corporation alleged that Defendants Citizens Bank of Rhode Island, RBS Citizens, National Association, UBS AG and Comerica Bank infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,910,988 and 6,032,137 entitled "Remote Image Capture With Centralized Processing and Storage," 5,265,007 entitled "Central Check Clearing System," and 5,717,868 entitled "Electronic Payment Interchange Concentrator."
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: May 2, 2008
Plaintiff: Datatreasury Corporation; Defendant: Citizens Bank of Rhode Island, RBS Citizens, National Association, Comerica Bank, UBS AG
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - PACid Group, LLC v. Apple Inc. et al
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: March 30, 2009
Plaintiff: The PACid Group, LLC; Defendant: Apple Inc., Dell, Inc, Gateway Inc, Hewlett-Packard Company, Lenovo Group Limited and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Aloft Media, LLC v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleged that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,194,691 entitled "Network Browser Window with Adjacent Identifier Selector Interface for Storing Web Content."
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: November 19, 2008
Plaintiff: Aloft Media, LLC; Defendant: Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Realnetworks, Inc. et al v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. et al
Plaintiff RealNetworks, Inc. and RealNetworks Home Entertainment, Inc. filed an action for a declaratory judgment that the CSS License Agreement permits Plaintiffs to manufacture and offer for sale the RealDVD product and that the Plaintiffs do not violate the DMCA.
California Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 30, 2008
Plaintiff: Realnetworks, Inc., Realnetworks Home Entertainment, Inc.; Defendant: DVD Copy Control Association, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al
Plaintiff ESN, LLC alleged that Defendants Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,283,519 entitled "Distributed Edge Switching System for Voice-Over-Packet Multiservice Network."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: January 31, 2008
Plaintiff: ESN LLC; Defendant: Cisco Systems, Inc., Cisco-Linksys LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Mikhlyn et al v. Bove et al
New York Eastern District Court
None
Filed: August 18, 2008
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Vargas et al v. Pfizer Inc. et al
Plaintiffs Ralph Vargas and Bland-Rickey Roberts d/b/a JBR Music Group alleged that Defendants Pfizer Inc., Publicis Inc., Fluid Music, East West Communications Inc. and Brian Transeau infringed on Plaintiffs' copyright to "Bust Dat Groove Without Ride." Defendants allegedly used key musical themes and/or jingles from the composition to promote the sales of Celebrex and misattributed the work to Defendant Transeau.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: December 13, 2004
Plaintiff: Ralph Vargas, Bland Ricky Roberts Defendant: Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, East West Communications, Inc. and others... Cross Claimant: Fluid Music East West Communications, Inc., Fluid Music East West Communications, Inc. Cross Defendant: East West Communications, Inc., Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, East West Communications, Inc., Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.
Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 20, 2005
Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Bourne Co. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al
Plaintiff Bourne Co. alleged that defendants infringed plaintiff's copyright interests in the song "When You Wish Upon a Star." Defendants allegedly created an episode of "The Family Guy" titled "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" that included a song "I Need a Jew." The song coupled anti-Semitic lyrics with plaintiff's song.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: October 3, 2007
Plaintiff: Bourne Co.; Defendant: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Fox Broadcasting Company, Twentieth Century Fox Television, Inc., Twentieth Centruy Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., Fuzzy Door Productions, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - PA Advisors, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff PA Advisors, LLC allege that Defendants infringed no U.S. Patent No. 6,199,067 entitled "System and Method for Generating Personalized User Profiles and for Utilizing the Generated User Profiles to Perform Adaptive Internet Searches."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 2, 2007
Plaintiff: PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Aloft Media, LLC v. Yahoo! Inc. et al
Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleged that Defendants Yahoo!, Inc., Google, Inc. and AOL LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,472,351 entitled "Mobile E-Mail Manager Interface with Integrated Instant Messaging and Phone Call Initiator Feature."
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: December 30, 2008
Plaintiff: Aloft Media, LLC; Defendant: Yahoo! Inc., Google, Inc., AOL LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Amiga Inc v. Hyperion VOF
Plaintiff Amiga Inc. alleges that it entered into an (OEM) License and Software Development Agreement with defendant Hyperion VOF for the development of Amiga's next generation operating system software, Amiga OS 4. Plaintiff further alleges defendant breached the agreement by marketing OS 4 outside the scope of the license, granting third parties the right to distribute OS 4 and use Amiga trademarks, refusing to turn over the source code and object code for OS 4, and failing to deliver OS 4 within the timeline specified in the contract.
Washington Western District Court
Trademark
Filed: April 26, 2007
Plaintiff: Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc and others... Defendant: Hyperion VOF Counter Claimant: Hyperion VOF Counter Defendant: Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Itec LLC and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - MGA Entertainment Inc v. Mattel Inc et al
California Central District Court
Trademark
Filed: April 13, 2005
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. RDR Books et al
Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: October 31, 2007
Plaintiff: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling, J. K. Rowling and others... Defendant: RDR Books, RDR Books, RDR Books, RDR Books, Does
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Tiffany (NJ) Inc. et al v. eBay Inc.
New York Southern District Court
Both
Filed: June 18, 2004
Plaintiff: Tiffany (NJ) Inc., Tiffany (NJ) Inc., Tiffany and Company, Tiffany and Company Defendant: eBay Inc., eBay Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Weather Underground, Incorporated v. Navigation Catalyst Systems, Incorporated et al
Plaintiff The Weather Underground, Inc. alleges Defendants Navigation Catalyst Systems Inc., Basic Fusion Inc., Connexus Corporation, and Firstlook Inc. used an automated process to register and use domain names that are confusingly similar to famous or distinctive trademarks owned by the Plaintiff.
Michigan Eastern District Court
Trademark
Filed: February 27, 2009
Plaintiff: Weather Underground, Incorporated, Weather Underground, Incorporated Defendant: Navigation Catalyst Systems, Incorporated, Basic Fusion, Incorporated, Connexus Corporation, Firstlook, Incorporated
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 21, 2009
(April 20, 2009) - Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Apple, Inc.
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: March 24, 2009
Plaintiff: Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC; Defendant: Apple, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 20, 2009
(April 19, 2009) - The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
Plaintiff filed a class action law suit against YouTube and Google for allowing users to upload and distribute media that infringed on plaintiff's copyrights.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 4, 2007
Plaintiff: The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 15, 2009
(April 19, 2009) - Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
Plaintiffs Viacom International Inc., Comedy Partners, Country Music Television, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Black Entertainment Television LLC alleged that Defendants YouTube, Inc., YouTube, LLC and Google Inc. infringed Plaintiffs' copyrights.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: March 13, 2007
Plaintiff: Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc. and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 13, 2009
(April 19, 2009) - Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. v. Donruss Playoff, L.P. et al
New York Southern District Court
None
Filed: January 21, 2009
Plaintiff: Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.; Defendant: Donruss Playoff, L.P., Donruss LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 20, 2009
(April 19, 2009) - Desenberg v. Google, Inc.
New York Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: November 21, 2008
Plaintiff: Roger Marx Desenberg; Defendant: Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 20, 2009
(April 19, 2009) - TradeComet.Com LLC v. Google, Inc.
New York Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: February 17, 2009
Plaintiff: TradeComet.Com LLC; Defendant: Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 19, 2009
(April 18, 2009) - Joe Satriani v. Christopher Martin et al
California Central District Court
Copyrights
Filed: December 4, 2008
Plaintiff: Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani Defendant: Christopher Martin, Jonathan Buckland, Guy Berryman, William Champion, Capitol Records
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 19, 2009
(April 18, 2009) - CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Centers & Malls, LLC et al
Maryland District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 8, 2007
Plaintiff: CoStar Realty Information, Inc., National Research Bureau, Inc.; Defendant: Centers & Malls, LLC, Robert Galvin, Guys Hays
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 19, 2009
(April 18, 2009) - Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. v. Soilworks, LLC
Plaintiff Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. alleged that Defendant Soilworks, LLC infringed its trademark, violated the Lanham Act and engaged in unfair competition.
Ohio Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: June 6, 2008
Plaintiff: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.; Defendant: Soilworks, LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 19, 2009
(April 18, 2009) - Clark v. The Walt Disney Company et al
Plaintiff Aaron Clark alleged that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,548,272 entitled "Talking Poster" by manufacturing, distributing and licensing the Hannah Montana Talking Poster and Cheetah Girls Talking Poster.
Ohio Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: October 17, 2008
Plaintiff: Aaron Clark; Defendant: The Walt Disney Company, Jakks Pacific, Inc., Play Along Toys, KB Toys, Amazon.com and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 18, 2009
(April 17, 2009) - Cygnus Systems, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, et al
Arizona District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: December 23, 2008
Plaintiff: Cygnus Systems, Inc.; Defendant: Microsoft Corporation, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 18, 2009
(April 17, 2009) - Gibson v. Cafepress.com, Inc.
California Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: March 31, 2009
Plaintiff: Sylvia Scott Gibson; Defendant: Cafepress.com, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 18, 2009
(April 17, 2009) - Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al
Publisher lawsuit against public university that makes electronic copies of course readings available to students without paying royalty fees.
Georgia Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: April 15, 2008
Plaintiff: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press and others... Defendant: Carl V. Patton, Ronald Henry, Charlene Hurt, J. L. Albert
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 18, 2009
(April 17, 2009) - Sprinkles Cupcakes Inc v. Four Unlikely Friends LLC
California Central District Court
Trademark
Filed: March 13, 2007
Plaintiff: Sprinkles Cupcakes Inc; Defendant: Four Unlikely Friends LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 18, 2009
(April 17, 2009) - Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas
Jury verdict in favor of RIAA - $222,000 judgment against Minnesota woman for making music files available via Kazaa, despite her denials of doing so.
Minnesota District Court
Filed: April 19, 2006
Plaintiff: Virgin Records America, Inc, Capitol Records, Inc, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records and others...; Defendant: Jammie Thomas
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 18, 2009
(April 17, 2009) - Motorola Inc v. Research In Motion Limited et al
Texas Northern District Court
Both
Filed: January 13, 2009
Plaintiff: Motorola Inc; Defendant: Research In Motion Limited, Research in Motion CorporationCounter Claimant: Research in Motion Corporation, Research In Motion Limited, Counter Defendant: Motorola Inc
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 17, 2009
(April 16, 2009) - craigslist, Inc. v. Bertz
Plaintiff craigslist, Inc. alleged that Defendant George Berz d/b/a adbomber.com sold software and services that enabled users to repetitiously post duplicative ads on craigslist, in multiple categories on craigslist, and in multiple geographic areas on craigslist, and that purposefully circumvent craigslist security measures to do so. Plaintiff also alleged that Defendant had created copies of craiglist's copyrighted website and accessed craigslist's computer system without and in excess of authorization.
California Northern District Court
Defendant
Filed: November 5, 2008
Plaintiff: craigslist, Inc.; Defendant: George Bertz
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 17, 2009
(April 16, 2009) - Web Tracking Solutions, Inc. et al v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiffs Web Tracking Solutions, Inc. and Daniel Wexler alleged that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,960,409 entitled "Third-Party On-Line Accounting System and Method Therefor."
New York Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: July 31, 2008
Plaintiff: Web Tracking Solutions, Inc., Daniel Wexler; Defendant: Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 17, 2009
(April 16, 2009) - Trafficschool.com.Inc v. Drivers Ed Direct LLC
Plaintiff TrafficSchool.com, Inc. and Drivers Ed Direct, LLC alleged that Defendants eDriver, Inc., Online Guru, Inc., Find My Specialist, Inc., Seriousnet, Inc., Ravi K. Lahoti and Raj Lahoti engaged in unfair competition and false advertising under the Lanham Act and the California Business and Professions Code by portraying themselves as an official government motor vehicles agency and then explicitly recommending particular traffic schools or driver's education course providers.
California Central District Court
Filed: November 28, 2006
Plaintiff: Trafficschool.com.Inc, Trafficschool.com.Inc, Trafficschool.com.Inc, Trafficschool.com.Inc, Drivers Ed Direct LLC and others... Defendant: Edriver Inc, Edriver Inc, Edriver Inc, Edriver Inc, Online Guru Inc and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 17, 2009
(April 16, 2009) - SmithKline Beecham Corporation et al v. Dudas et al
Virginia Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: October 9, 2007
Plaintiff: SmithKline Beecham Corporation, SmithKline Beecham PLC, Glaxo Group Limited; Defendant: Jon W. Dudas, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 17, 2009
(April 16, 2009) - HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. GOOGLE INC.
Plaintiffs HyperPhrase Technologies LLC and HyperPhrase Inc. alleged that Defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,434,567 entitled "Method for Specifying Enterprise-wide Database Address Formats," No. 6,507,837 entitled "Tiered and Content Based Database Searching," No. 6,516,321 entitled "Method for Database Address Specification," and No. 5,903,889 entitled "System and Method for Translating, Collecting and Archiving Patient Records for Automated Data Storage and Retrieval."
Wisconsin Western District Court
Patent
Filed: April 12, 2006
Plaintiff: HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, HYPERPHRASE INC.; Defendant: GOOGLE INC.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 16, 2009
(April 15, 2009) - Virgin America, Inc. v. Adrants Publishing, LLC et al
California Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: January 26, 2009
Plaintiff: Virgin America, Inc.; Defendant: Adrants Publishing, LLC, Steve Hall, Angela Natividad, Nina Aldredge
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 16, 2009
(April 15, 2009) - Northeastern University et al v. Google, Inc.,
Plaintiffs Northwestern University and Jarg Corporation allege that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,694,593 entitled "Distributed Computer Database System and Method."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 6, 2007
Plaintiff: Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University and others... Defendant: Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 16, 2009
(April 15, 2009) - Polaris IP, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Polaris IP, LLC sued Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Amazon.com Inc., A9.com, Inc., Borders, Inc., Borders Group Inc., AOL LLC, America Online, Inc., IAC/InteractiveCorp., and IAC Search and Media, Inc. for patent infringement involving U.S. Patent No. 6,411,947 entitled "Automatic Message Interpretation and Routing System." Plaintiff alleges that defendants are infringing on the patent by implementing various websites that comprise interpreting electronic messages with rule base and case base knowledge engines.
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: August 27, 2007
Plaintiff: Polaris IP, LLC, Polaris IP, LLC, Polaris IP, LLC, Polaris IP, LLC, Polaris IP, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 16, 2009
(April 15, 2009) - Fairey et al v. The Associated Press
Claim that iconic Obama poster infringes on AP photo copyright
New York Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: February 9, 2009
Plaintiff: Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant Art, Inc; Defendant: The Associated Press
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 16, 2009
(April 15, 2009) - Columbia Pictures Industries Inc v. Bunnell
Plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs allege that defendants knowingly enable, encourage, induce and profit from massive online piracy of plaintiffs' copyright works through the operation of their TorrentSpy website.
California Central District Court
Filed: February 23, 2006
Plaintiff: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, Disney Enterprises Inc, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Tristar Pictures Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...; Defendant: Justin Bunnell, Forrest Parker, Wes Parker, Valence Media LLC, Does
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 16, 2009
(April 15, 2009) - Jackson Browne v. John McCain et al
Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using "Running on Empty" in his 2008 Presidential Campaign.
California Central District Court
Copyright
Filed: August 14, 2008
Plaintiff: Jackson Browne, Jackson Browne, Jackson Browne Defendant: John McCain, The Republican National Committee, The Ohio Republican Party
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 16, 2009
(April 15, 2009) - Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire
Plaintiff Coupons, Inc. alleged that Defendant John Stottlemire intentionally circumvented technological measures used to limit the number of times a visitor to the coupons.com website may print a coupon.
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: July 2, 2007
Plaintiff: Coupons, Inc.; Defendant: John Stottlemire
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 15, 2009
(April 14, 2009) - Pacific Law Center et al v. Saadat-Nejad
Plaintiffs Pacific Law Center and Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP alleged that Defendant Shahrokh Saadat-Nejad, a former client, engaged in trademark infringement, cybersquatting and unfair competition by registering and using domain names confusingly similar to those of the Plaintiffs to disparage them.
California Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: March 13, 2007
Plaintiff: Pacific Law Center, Solomon Ward Seidenwurm and Smith LLP; Defendant: Shahrokh Saadat-Nejad
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 14, 2009
(April 13, 2009) - A.V. et al v. iParadigms, LLC
Virginia Eastern District Court
Copyright
Filed: March 27, 2007
Plaintiff: A. V., K. W., E. N., M. N. Defendant: iParadigms, LLC Counter Defendant: A. V., K. W., E. N., M. N. Counter Claimant: iParadigms, LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 14, 2009
(April 13, 2009) - Brave New Films 501 (C)(4) v. Weiner et al
Talk radio host Michael Weiner (aka Michael Savage) and his syndication network, Original Talk Radio Network, filed a DMCA takedown request for YouTube to remove a video made by Brave New Films containing clips of Savage's commentary. Brave New Films is suing Savage and OTRN for a declaratory judgment that Savage's material in the video is a fair use. Plaintiff is also suing Savage and OTRN for damages and injunctive relief, based on alleged misrepresentations made via the takedown notice to YouTube.
California Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: October 10, 2008
Plaintiff: Brave New Films 501 (C)(4); Defendant: Michael Weiner, Original Talk Radio Network Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 14, 2009
(April 13, 2009) - The Financial Times Limited v. The Blackstone Group, L.P. et al
Plaintiff The Financial Times Limited alleges that Defendant The Blackstone Group, L.P. shared an individual, personal subscription to FT.com with its agents and employees.
New York Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: January 28, 2009
Plaintiff: The Financial Times Limited; Defendant: The Blackstone Group, L.P., John Does 1 through 100
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 13, 2009
(April 12, 2009) - NERDS ON CALL, INC. v. INTERNET BILLING SERVICES, INC. et al
Indiana Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: April 27, 2007
Plaintiff: NERDS ON CALL, INC.; Defendant: INTERNET BILLING SERVICES, INC., RYAN ELDRIDGE
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 13, 2009
(April 12, 2009) - 7Search.com v. McAfee, Inc.
Plaintiff 7Search.com, Inc. alleged that Defendant McAfee, Inc.'s SiteAdvisor product has rated the site 7Search.com with a red rating and has falsely advised that 7Search.cm contains downloads that are adware, spyware or other potentially unwanted programs.
Illinois Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: August 25, 2008
Plaintiff: 7Search.com; Defendant: McAfee, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 12, 2009
(April 11, 2009) - Incorp Services, Inc., v. Legalzoom.com, Inc.,
Nevada District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: February 9, 2009
Plaintiff: Incorp Services, Inc.,; Defendant: Legalzoom.com, Inc.,
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 11, 2009
(April 10, 2009) - i.think inc v. Minekey Inc et al
Plaintiff i.think inc. alleged that Defendants Minekey, Inc. and Delip Andra infringed on Plaintiff's service mark by using the iThink mark in connection with online opinion polls on Internet networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Hi5 and Friendster.
Texas Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: February 1, 2008
Plaintiff: i.think inc; Defendant: Minekey Inc, Delip Andra, Internet Unlimited LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 11, 2009
(April 10, 2009) - Heartbrand Beef, Inc. v. Lobel's of New York, LLC et al
Texas Southern District Court
None
Filed: July 25, 2008
Plaintiff: Heartbrand Beef, Inc.; Defendant: Lobel's of New York, LLC, Worldwide Media, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 11, 2009
(April 10, 2009) - Jones Day v. BlockShopper.com et al
Plaintiff Jones Day alleged that Defendants BlockShopper.com, Brian Timpone and Edward Weinhaus used Jones Day marks, links to the Jones Day web site and used proprietary information from the Jones Day web site to create the false impression that Jones Day is affiliated and/or approved, sponsored or endorsed the business conducted by the Defendants.
Illinois Northern District Court
Both
Filed: August 12, 2008
Plaintiff: Jones Day; Defendant: BlockShopper.com, Brian Timpone, Edward Weinhaus
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 11, 2009
(April 10, 2009) - BabyAge..com, Inc. v. Leachco, Inc.
Pennsylvania Middle District Court
Patent
Filed: August 30, 2007
Plaintiff: BabyAge..com, Inc.; Defendant: Leachco, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 8, 2009
(April 7, 2009) - Silvers v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiff Steven A. Silvers alleged that defendant Google, Inc. infringed on plaintiff's GOOGLES mark, and sought to enjoin Google from using the GOOGLE mark in connection with the advertising, promoting, marketing and sale of children's goods and services.
Florida Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: May 4, 2005
Plaintiff: Stelor Productions, LLC Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Claimant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Defendant: Stelor Productions,Inc., Stelor Productions,Inc., Stelor Productions, LLC, Stelor Productions, LLC, Stelor Productions, LLC, Steven Esrig, Steven Esrig, Steven Esrig, Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 8, 2009
(April 7, 2009)