Intellectual Property - Featured Cases
- Shloss v. Joyce
copyright
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: January 25, 2007
Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss; Defendant: Stephen James Joyce
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 23, 2008
(July 22, 2008) - IP Innovation LLC et al v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiffs IP Innovation LLC and Technology Licensing Corp. alleges that defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patents No. 5,276,785 entitled "Moving Viewpoint With Respect to a Target in a Three Dimensional Workspace" and No. 5,675,819 entitled "Document Information Retrieval Using Global Word Co-Occurrence Patterns."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 16, 2007
Plaintiff: IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC and others... Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff Software Rights Archive, LLC alleges that Defendants Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., AOL LLC and Lycos, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,544,352 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Indexing, Searching and Displaying Data."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 21, 2007
Plaintiff: Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Blackboard, Inc. v. iParadigms, LLC
California Northern District Court
Patent
Filed: August 3, 2007
Plaintiff: Blackboard, Inc., Blackboard, Inc., Blackboard, Inc., Blackboard, Inc. Defendant: iParadigms, LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Shloss v. Sweeney et al
Complaint for a declaratory judgment and injunction. Stanford author of biography of James Joyce's daughter in which the publisher redacted large amounts due to threats of lawsuit by Joyce estate. Author wanted to put supporting material on website. Raises issue of fsir use applied to scholarly...
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: June 12, 2006
Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss and others... Defendant: Sean Sweeney, The Estate of James Joyce
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Kuklachev et al v. Gelfman et al
New York Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: June 2, 2008
Plaintiff: Yuri Kuklachev, Dmitri Kuklachev; Defendant: Mark Gelfman, Gelfman International Enterprises, Inc., Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Ticketmaster.com, Palace of Fine Arts and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Corbis Corporation vs. Arnold Moving Company, LLC
Plaintiff licenses digital images to publishers, advertisers, design agencies, filmmakers and other creative professionals. Plaintiff alleges that WebTamers Web Promotion redesigned the website of Defendant Sterling International. In the course of the redesign, Defendant or its agents downloaded Corbis images and uploaded them to Defendant's website without authorization and without paying for them.
California Eastern District Court
Copyright
Filed: August 1, 2007
Plaintiff: Corbis Corporation, Corbis Corporation Defendant: Arnold Moving Company, LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Lenz v. Universal Music Group Inc. et al
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: July 24, 2007
Plaintiff: Stephanie Lenz; Defendant: Universal Music Group Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - 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: July 21, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC alleges that Defendants Google, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,043,450 entitled "Paid Search Engine Bid Management."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: February 12, 2008
Plaintiff: Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC; Defendant: Google, Inc., Microsoft Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - 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: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Aguiar v. Webb et al
Copyright and trademark infringement claims against documentary maker's promotional website and film trailer.
Massachusetts District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 7, 2007
Plaintiff: William V. Aguiar, III Defendant: Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb and others... Counter Claimant: Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 22, 2008
(July 21, 2008) - Calcar Inc. et al v. The California Cars Initiative, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Calcar, Inc. filed a trademark infringement claim against Defendant The California Cars Initiative, a non-profit organization devoted to the development of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles. Plaintiff has served Google with two subpoenas even though Google is not a party to the case and its only connection to either party is a philanthropic grant by Google.org to the Defendant.
California Northern District Court
Filed: April 18, 2008
Plaintiff: Calcar Inc., Calcar Inc., Calcar Inc., American Calcar, Inc., American Calcar, Inc. and others... Defendant: The California Cars Initiative, Inc., Felix Kramer 3rd party defendant: Google Inc.,, Google Inc.,
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 21, 2008
(July 20, 2008) - Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
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: July 21, 2008
(July 20, 2008) - American Airlines Inc v. Google Inc
American Airlines is suing Google for allowing companies to show ads when its trademarks, including (but not limited to) "AMERICAN AIRLINES" "AMERICAN EAGLE" "AA" "A A" "AA.COM" "AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER" "AADVANTAGE" "AMERICAN CONNECTION" "AMERICANAIRLINES" are searched on.
Texas Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: August 16, 2007
Plaintiff: American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc and others... Defendant: Google Inc, Google Inc, Google Inc, Google Inc
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 21, 2008
(July 20, 2008) - 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: July 16, 2008
(July 20, 2008) - Illinois Computer Research, LLC v. Google Inc.
Plaintiff Illinois Computer Research, LLC alleges that defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,111,252 entitled "Enhancing Touch and Feel on the Internet."
Illinois Northern District Court
Patent
Filed: September 10, 2007
Plaintiff: Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC Defendant: Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C. Third Party Defendant: Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 18, 2008
(July 20, 2008) - TimeBase Pty Ltd. v. Thomson Corporation, The et al
Plaintiff TimeBase Pty Ltd. alleged that Defendants The Thomson Corporation, West Publishing Corporation, and West Services, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,293,228 entitled "MALTweb Multi-Axis Viewing Interface and Higher Level Scoping."
Minnesota District Court
Patent
Filed: November 7, 2007
Plaintiff: TimeBase Pty Ltd., TimeBase Pty Ltd., TimeBase Pty Ltd. Defendant: Thomson Corporation, The, Thomson Corporation, The, Thomson Corporation, The, Thomson Corporation, The, Thomson Corporation, The and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 20, 2008
(July 19, 2008) - Elsevier Inc. v. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Plaintiff Elsevier Inc. alleges that Defendant Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. infringed the copyright in certain medical illustrations of the late Frank K. Netter, M.D. and/or breached a license agreement for the copyright on the medical illustrations.
New York Southern District Court
None
Filed: June 17, 2008
Plaintiff: Elsevier Inc.; Defendant: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 20, 2008
(July 19, 2008) - Zomba Recording LLC v. Mario Aramando Lavandeira et al
California Central District Court
Copyright
Filed: October 11, 2007
Plaintiff: Zomba Recording LLC; Defendant: Mario Aramando Lavandeira, Jr, DOES 1 through 10 inclusive
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 18, 2008
(July 17, 2008) - Vargas et al v. Pfizer Inc. et al
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: July 18, 2008
(July 17, 2008) - Datatreasury Corporation v. Citizens Bank of Rhode Island et al
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: July 18, 2008
(July 17, 2008) - Terraserver.com, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, a Washington corporation et al
North Carolina Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: May 2, 2008
Plaintiff: Terraserver.com, Inc.; Defendant: Microsoft Corporation, a Washington corporation, Microsoft Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 18, 2008
(July 17, 2008) - Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff Performance Pricing, Inc. sued Google Inc., AOL LLC, Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. for infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,978,253 entitled "Systems and Methods for Transacting Business Over a Global Communications Network such as the Internet."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: September 27, 2007
Plaintiff: Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc. and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 18, 2008
(July 17, 2008) - SANDLER v. CALCAGNI et al
Maine District Court
Assault Libel & Slander
Filed: February 27, 2007
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 18, 2008
(July 17, 2008) - Lennon et al v. Premise Media Corporation, L.P. et al
Copyright suit against Premise Media by Yoko Ono concerning use of Imagine in documentary "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed"
New York Southern District Court
Defendant
Filed: April 22, 2008
Plaintiff: Yoko Ono Lennon, Sean Ono Lennon, Julian Lennon, EMI Blackwood Music, Inc.; Defendant: Premise Media Corporation, L.P., C&S Production, L.P., Premise Media Distribution, L.P., Rocky Mountain Pictures, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 17, 2008
(July 16, 2008) - Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Gibson Guitar Corporation alleges that Defendants Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks and Electronic Arts, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405 entitled "System and Method for Generating and Controlling a Simulated Musical Concert Experience." The suit relates to the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series of products.
Tennessee Middle District Court
Patent
Filed: March 20, 2008
Plaintiff: Gibson Guitar Corporation; Defendant: Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks, Electronic Arts, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 17, 2008
(July 16, 2008) - 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: July 11, 2008
(July 16, 2008) - Reinhardt v. Wal-mart Stores, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Richard Reinhardt (p/k/a Richie Ramone) alleges that Defendants Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Apple, Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Taco Tunes, Inc., Ramones Productions, Inc., Estate of John Cummings, Herzog & Strauss and Ira Herzog infringed on Plaintiff's copyright to six songs he authored while a member of The Ramones. Plaintiff alleges that he never licensed or authorized the use of his compositions in any digital formats.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 21, 2007
Plaintiff: Richard Reinhardt Defendant: Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Apple, Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Taco Tunes, Inc., Ramones Productions, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 17, 2008
(July 16, 2008) - Aloft Media LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,305,625 entitled "Data Networking System and Method for Interfacing a User."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: February 22, 2008
Plaintiff: Aloft Media LLC; Defendant: Microsoft Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 17, 2008
(July 16, 2008) - F & G Research, Inc v. Google, Inc
Plaintiff F & G Research, Inc. alleges that Defendant Google Inc. infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,313,229 entitled "Mouse and Method for Concurrent Cursor Position and Scrolling Control."
North Carolina Western District Court
Patent
Filed: November 29, 2007
Plaintiff: F & G Research, Inc, F & G Research, Inc Defendant: Google, Inc
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 17, 2008
(July 16, 2008) - 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: July 17, 2008
(July 16, 2008) - Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corporation
Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendant Psystar Corporation sold in commerce a computer named the OpenMac--subsequently changed to Open Computer--which runs a modified version of the Leopard operating system without authorization from Plaintiff and in violation of the terms of the Software License Agreement governing the use of Mac OS X software and Plaintiff's intellectual property., Defendant also provided direct copies and/or modified versions of Plaintiff's software updates.
California Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: July 3, 2008
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 17, 2008
(July 16, 2008) - F & G Research, Inc. v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiff F & G Research, Inc. sued Google, Inc. for patent infringement over U.S. Patent No. 5,313,229 entitled "Mouse and Method for Concurrent Cursor Position and Scrolling Control."
Florida Southern District Court
Patent
Filed: June 22, 2006
Plaintiff: F & G Research, Inc., F & G Research, Inc. Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Claimant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Defendant: F & G Research, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 16, 2008
(July 15, 2008) - Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple, Inc.
Plaintiff Mirror Worlds LLC alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,006,227 and 6,638,313 B1 entitled "Document Stream Operating System" and 6,725,427 B2 entitled "Document Stream Operating System with Document Organizing and Display Facilities," 6,768,999 B2 entitled "Enterprise, Stream-Based Information Management System"
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: March 14, 2008
Plaintiff: Mirror Worlds, LLC; Defendant: Apple, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 16, 2008
(July 15, 2008) - Valueclick Inc v. Revenue Science Inc
California Central District Court
Patent
Filed: March 28, 2007
Plaintiff: Valueclick Inc, Valueclick Inc, Valueclick Inc, Valueclick Inc, Valueclick Inc Defendant: Revenue Science Inc, Revenue Science Inc, Revenue Science Inc, Revenue Science Inc, Revenue Science Inc and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 16, 2008
(July 15, 2008) - Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc et al v. Motion Computing, Inc et al
Plaintiff Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. and Nova Mobility Systems Inc. alleged that Defendants Dell, Inc., Xplore Technologies Corporation of America, San Dune Ventures, Inc., Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Lenovo (United States) Inc., Panasonic Corporation of North America, Apple Inc., HTC America, Inc., Palm, Inc., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Nokia Inc. and LG Electronics USA, Inc. for infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,379,057 and 5,675,362 entitled "Portable Computer with Touch Screen and Computer System Employing Same."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: December 5, 2007
Plaintiff: Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc, Nova Mobility Systems, Inc; Defendant: Motion Computing, Inc, Dell, Inc
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 16, 2008
(July 15, 2008) - International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium v. Degraphenreed et al
Plaintiff International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium sued Defendants Miko Degraphenreed, Degrapheinread Information Systems Security Corporation, Google, Incorporated and Yahoo!, Incorporated for trademark infringement, unfair competition, false designation of origin, dilution, and deceptive trade practice, misappropriation and unjust enrichment. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants infringed and violated (ISC2)'s rights to its long-standing and valuable registered mark CISSP®.
Ohio Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: November 16, 2007
Plaintiff: International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium, International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium Defendant: Miko Degraphenreed, Degrapheinread Information Systems Security Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 16, 2008
(July 15, 2008) - CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. v. FACEBOOK, INC. et al
Plaintiff Cross Atlantic Capital Partners Inc. alleges that defendant Facebook, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,518,629 B2 entitled "System for creating a community for users with common interests to interact in."
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: July 3, 2007
Plaintiff: CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC., CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC., CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. Defendant: FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC. and others... Counter Claimant: FACEBOOK, INC., THEFACEBOOK, LLC, FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 16, 2008
(July 15, 2008) - Aloft Media LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
Plaintiff Aloft Media LLC alleges that Defendant Microsoft Corp. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,901,393 entitled "System, Method and Computer Program Product for a Customer-Centric Collaborative Protocol."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: February 22, 2008
Plaintiff: Aloft Media LLC; Defendant: Microsoft Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 16, 2008
(July 15, 2008) - NetJumper Sofware L. L. C. v. Google, Incorporated
Plaintiff NetJumper, L.L.C. sued defendant Google, Inc. for patent infringement and alleged that Google Toolbar and Google Viewer infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,890,172 and U.S. Patent No. 6,226,655, both entitled "Method and Apparatus for Retrieving Data from a Network Using Linked Location Identifiers." Defendant Google counterclaimed for trademark infringement.
Michigan Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: February 2, 2004
Plaintiff: NetJumper Software, L. L. C., NetJumper Software, L. L. C. Defendant: Google, Incorporated, Google, Incorporated, Google, Incorporated Counter Claimant: Google, Incorporated, Google, Incorporated Counter Defendant: NetJumper Software, L. L. C., NetJumper Software, L. L. C.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 16, 2008
(July 15, 2008) - YIP, et al V. BEARHANDS, LTD.
New Jersey District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: June 10, 2008
Plaintiff: PING YIP, CHEUNG FUNG TSANG; Defendant: BEARHANDS, LTD., HALLMARK GIFT LAND, BECOME, INC., T.A.B. TECHNOLOGICAL INITIATIVES, INC., SUPER SMARTY PANTS and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 15, 2008
(July 14, 2008) - Doe v. Geller et al
Plaintiff uploaded to YouTube a portion of "Secrets of the Psychics," a NOVA video showing the magician James Randi challenging the performance techniques of Uri Geller. Subsequently, the defendants demanded that YouTube take down the video pursuant to the DMCA. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and damages for misrepresentation of copyright claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 8, 2007
Plaintiff: John Doe, John Doe, John Doe Defendant: Uri Geller, Uri Geller, Explorologist Ltd., Explorologist Ltd.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 15, 2008
(July 14, 2008) - Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff sued Google and several "parked domain" companies for trademark infringement over the use of AdSense for Domains on websites with allegedly infringing domain names.
Illinois Northern District Court
Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Filed: June 15, 2007
Plaintiff: Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 11, 2008
(July 13, 2008) - Shloss v. Joyce
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: January 25, 2007
Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss and others... Defendant: Stephen James Joyce
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 14, 2008
(July 13, 2008) - Allen v. American Apparel, Inc.
Plaintiff Woody Allen alleged that Defendant American Apparel, Inc. used Plaintiff's image and likeness for advertising purposes without permission or consent.
New York Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: March 31, 2008
Plaintiff: Woody Allen; Defendant: American Apparel, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 14, 2008
(July 13, 2008) - Perfect 10, Inc v. Microsoft, Inc et al
Adult publisher alleges that Microsoft's MSN search engine makes thumbnail images available in search results that infringe publisher's copyrights. Related suits against Google and Amazon for similar claims.
California Central District Court
Copyright
Filed: August 8, 2007
Plaintiff: Perfect 10, Inc, Perfect 10, Inc Defendant: Microsoft, Inc, Microsoft, Inc
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 13, 2008
(July 12, 2008) - Marketing Info v. Board of Trustees, et al
Read more at the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use, Fairly Used blog.
California Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: August 18, 2006
Plaintiff: Marketing Information Masters, Inc. Defendant: - Board of Trustees of the California State University System., Robert A Rauch
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 11, 2008
(July 10, 2008) - STELOR PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. OOGLES N GOOGLES et al
Plaintiff Stelor Productions Inc. alleged that defendant Oogles N Googles infringed on plaintiff's registered trademarks to OOGLES, OOGLE, IGGLE and OOGGLE.
Indiana Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: March 11, 2005
Plaintiff: STELOR PRODUCTIONS, LLC., STELOR PRODUCTIONS, LLC., STELOR PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Defendant: OOGLES N GOOGLES, KEVIN MENDELL, DANYA MENDELL, XYZ CORPORATIONS
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 11, 2008
(July 10, 2008) - NBC Universal, Inc. v. Guthy-Renker Corporation et al
California Central District Court
Copyright
Filed: August 3, 2007
Plaintiff: NBC Universal, Inc., NBC Universal, Inc. Defendant: Guthy-Renker Corporation, Guthy-Renker Corporation, Guthy-Renker Corporation, Greg Garrison Productions, Inc., Greg Garrison Productions, Inc. and others... ThirdParty Defendant: Howard West, Shapiro/West Productions ThirdParty Plaintiff: Greg Garrison Productions, Inc., Greg Garrison Productions, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 11, 2008
(July 10, 2008) - Burck v. Mars, Incorporated et al
Plaintiff Robert Burck d/b/a The Naked Cowboy alleges that Defendants Mars, Inc. and Chute Gerdeman, Inc. infringed his trademark in his get-up, featuring a white cowboy hat, white boots, white underpants and an acoustic guitar.
New York Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: February 11, 2008
Plaintiff: Robert Burck; Defendant: Mars, Incorporated, Chute Gerdeman, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 11, 2008
(July 10, 2008) - Apple Corps Limited et al v. Fuego Entertainment, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Apple Corps Limited and Apple Records, Inc. alleges that defendants have attempted to release unauthorized bootleg recordings of musical performances of The Beatles from Hamburg Germany's Star-Club in 1962.
Florida Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: March 21, 2008
Plaintiff: Apple Corps Limited, Apple Corps Limited, Apple Corps Limited, Apple Records, Inc., Apple Records, Inc. and others... Defendant: Fuego Entertainment, Inc., Echo-Fuego Music Group LLC, Echo-Vista Inc., Hugo M. Cancio, Jeffery Collins
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 9, 2008
(July 8, 2008) - Recorded Books, LLC v. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Breach of contract, copyright, Lanham Act claims against OCLC/NetLibrary
Maryland District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 31, 2007
Plaintiff: Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC Defendant: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Counter Claimant: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: July 8, 2008
(July 7, 2008) - 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: June 23, 2008
(June 22, 2008) - Yahoo! Inc. v. XYZ Companies et al
Plaintiff Yahoo! alleges that defendants disseminated mass electronic mail messages claiming that the recipient had won a lottery, prize or other award from Yahoo! Defendants then allegedly lured recipients into sending personal information to them, which was used to access bank accounts and credit cards, apply for credit cards or loans, and create fraudulent identification documents. Defendants also duped the recipients into sending them money for processing and mailing charges.
New York Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: May 16, 2008
Plaintiff: Yahoo! Inc. Defendant: XYZ Companies, John Doe, Jane Doe
Last Docket Report Change Found: June 12, 2008
(June 11, 2008) - Apple Computer, Inc. v. Podfitness, Inc.
Plaintiff Apple Computer, Inc. alleged that defendant Podfitness, Inc.uses trade names and marks (PODFITNESS.COM and PODFITNESS) that are highly similar to and confusingly similar to Apple's famous trademarks (IPOD), and that defendant intentionally sought to imply an association with Apple in its marketing and advertising.
California Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: September 21, 2006
Plaintiff: Apple Computer, Inc., Apple Computer, Inc., Apple Computer, Inc., Apple Computer, Inc., Apple Computer, Inc. Defendant: Podfitness, Inc., Podfitness, Inc., Podfitness, Inc., Podfitness, Inc., Podfitness, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: June 8, 2008
(June 9, 2008) - Microsoft Corporation v. Trellian LLC et al
Washington Western District Court
None
Filed: May 19, 2008
Plaintiff: Microsoft Corporation; Defendant: Trellian LLC, Trellian Pty.Ltd, Domain Park Ltd
Last Docket Report Change Found: June 9, 2008
(June 8, 2008) - Man & Machine, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al
Maryland District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: May 20, 2008
Plaintiff: Man & Machine, Inc.; Defendant: Apple, Inc., CBS Corporation, CBS Operations Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 20, 2008
(May 19, 2008) - EchoStar Satellite, L.L.C. v. Madden et al
Colorado District Court
Trademark
Filed: February 14, 2008
Plaintiff: EchoStar Satellite, L.L.C.; Defendant: John Madden, Charles Barkley
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 15, 2008
(May 14, 2008)