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Tim McGraw Wins Summary Judgment On Copyright Claims
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal judge in Tennessee on March 13 rejected on summary judgment allegations that country superstar Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw committed copyright infringement (James Martinez...
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Dismissal Sought In Copyright Dispute Over Instructors' Manuals
NEW YORK - A copyright infringement defendant on March 14 moved for dismissal in a New York federal court, on grounds that his contacts there are insufficient to confer jurisdiction (Pearson Education...
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Adult Filmmaker Dismisses Copyright Suit After Discovery Motion Is Mostly Denied
NEWARK, N.J. - Two days after a New Jersey federal judge denied most of its motion to conduct discovery related to 11 John Does in a file-sharing lawsuit, an adult entertainment firm on Feb. 28...
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Alabama Judge Tosses Copyright Dispute Over Home Designs
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Allegations of copyright infringement levied in connection with competing home designs must fail, an Alabama federal judge ruled March 11 (Jeff Benton Homes Inc. v. Alabama Heritage...
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9th Circuit Affirms: Use Of 'Ed Sullivan Show' Clip Was Fair Use
SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge properly granted summary judgment to a copyright infringement defendant, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 11 in a case it deemed "a good...
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Blog Criticisms Are Fair Use, North Carolina Federal Judge Rules In Copyright...
RALEIGH, N.C. - The use of copyrighted images on two blogs established primarily to criticize a private psychiatric hospital is not actionable because the use is fair, a North Carolina federal judge...
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Mississippi Judge Grants Partial Summary Judgment In Copyright Dispute
JACKSON, Miss. - A copyright dispute over the depiction of a wahoo fish extracted from a painting will proceed without the artist's request for attribution and integrity under the Visual Artists Rights...
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4th Circuit: Jury Award Improperly Vacated In Trademark Case
RICHMOND, Va. - A North Carolina federal judge erred in vacating a verdict and siding with a trademark infringement defendant because the defendant failed to raise the affirmative defense of claim...
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Juicy Couture Granted Injunction Over Domestic, Not Foreign, Cybersquatters
NEW YORK - A New York federal judge on March 12 found that Juicy Couture Inc. "demonstrated the need for a preliminary injunction" against several accused cybersquatting and trademark infringement...
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Judge Finds 'Domainer' Guilty Of Cybersquatting With 'Trump' Domains
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A New York federal judge granted summary judgment to Donald Trump on Feb. 28 related to the real estate and reality television mogul's counterclaims against a purported cybersquatter,...
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Maryland Judge Tosses Cybersquatting Claims
BALTIMORE - Allegations of trademark infringement and violations of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) were dismissed March 11 by a Maryland federal judge (Holly and Christian...
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Internet DVR Firm Denied TRO To Stop Competitor From Using 'Aereo' Mark
LOS ANGELES - A California federal judge in a March 12 in chambers order denied a petition by Aereo Inc. to temporarily restrain a competitor from using the name "Aero" for its business and website...
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Florida Federal Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction In Trademark Dispute
TAMPA, Fla. - Efforts by two trademark infringement plaintiffs to enjoin a competitor from using the "Smart Move" trademark fail, a Florida federal judge ruled March 14 (AWGI LLC, et al. v. Team Smart...
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Declaratory Judgment Action Over 'J. Geils Band' Mark Won't Be Dismissed
BOSTON - A dispute over the true ownership of the "J. Geils Band" trademark will proceed, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled March 12 (Francesca Records, et al. v. Geils Unlimited LLC, et al., No....
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2nd Circuit Won't Modify Mandate In Trademark Case
NEW YORK - Efforts by Christian Louboutin S.A. to modify a recent mandate directed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office were denied March 8 by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Christian...
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6th Circuit Reverses In Dispute Over 'Sound Choice' Trademark
CINCINNATI - An Ohio federal judge erred in finding that a trademark infringement plaintiff failed to demonstrate that two defendants used the disputed mark without permission, the Sixth Circuit U.S....
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California Federal Judge Reduces Apple's Award In Patent Dispute With Samsung
SAN FRANCISCO - Saying that a jury "failed to follow the Court's instructions on the law and awarded damages based on a legally impermissible theory," a California federal judge on March 1 slashed...
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Federal Circuit Upholds Verdict, Damages In Power Converter Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Texas federal judge properly found infringement by nine power converter manufacturers, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 13 (SynQor Inc. v. Artesyn Technologies...
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Federal Circuit Reverses Indirect Infringement Holding In Patent Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing its recent en banc ruling in Akamai Technologies Inc. v. Limelight Networks (692 F.3d 1301 $(Fed. Cir. 2012$)), the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 13 vacated...
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Google Denied Transfer To California In Street View Patent Case
ALBANY, N.Y. - Allegations that Google Inc. infringed, directly and indirectly, eight patents relating to a popular mapping feature will proceed in a New York federal court, a federal magistrate judge...
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