Judge Says EOS Lip Balm Case Should Go to Jury A federal judge in Colorado refused to grant summary judgement for a competitor in a design patent infringement case involving the popular eos Smooth Sphere lip balm. The question is whether or not OraLabs’ Lip Revo product infringes the design patent for eos Smooth Sphere. → Read More
Can You Be Sued by Graffiti Artists for Painting Over Their Work? A group of New York graffiti artists are suing a building owner for painting over their work. The artists allege that the property owner and his company whitewashed their work without giving them a fair opportunity to remove and preserve their work, or even the minimum notice required by law. → Read More
What Do the Washington Redskins Have in Common with an Asian-American Rock Band? A Federal Circuit court is going to take a second look at a case involving the Asian-American rock band The Slants. At issue in the next round is whether the band’s trademark for the name was properly rejected by the Patent and Trademark Office as “disparaging” to people of Asian descent, or was it an improper restriction on Free Speech. → Read More
Learning About Intellectual Property Law from HBOs Silicon Valley In addition to being extremely funny (for those who enjoy geek humor), HBO’s Silicon Valley also provides a useful education in intellectual property law. → Read More
Seth MacFarlane Prevails in Copyright Infringement Suit over Ted Movie Writer/performer Seth MacFarlane and Universal Pictures have prevailed in a lawsuit charging that they engaged in copyright infringement in connection with the 2012 hit movie Ted. In July 2014, Bengal Mangle Productions LLC filed a federal lawsuit claiming that MacFarlane and Universal had stolen the basis for the movie from their 2009 web series entitled “Charlie the Abusive Teddy Bear.” → Read More
Court Dismisses $3 Billion Claim by Heirs of Aunt Jemima A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit seeking $3 billion in royalties filed by the great-grandchildren of an actress who played Aunt Jemima.rn → Read More
Is Your Business Using Pirated Software? Recently, the retail chain Forever 21 was sued by Adobe Systems, Autodesk, and Corel for alleged copyright infringement. → Read More
Using Copyright Law to Fight Revenge Porn Lawyers are using an unexpected weapon to fight revenge porn: copyright law. A big California law firm has filed suit on behalf of a law student who had sexually explicit pictures of herself posted on pornography sites by a former boyfriend. → Read More
Judge Rejects Joke Defense in Don Henley Trademark Case A California federal judge refused to dismiss a trademark infringement lawsuit based on a play on words referring to musician Don Henley of the Eagles. Duluth Trading Co. ran ads for Henley shirts using the slogan “Don a henley, take it easy.” → Read More
“Call of Duty’s” Trademark Use Protected by First Amendment A California federal judge has ruled that the use of a trademarked military patch in the video game “Call of Duty” was protected speech under the First Amendment. → Read More
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