| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel | April 9, 2007 | May 13, 2008 |
| Admiralty in rem action over a shipwrecked vessel lying at a depth of 1100 meters, beyond the territorial waters or contiguous zone of any sovereign nation, and 100 miles west of the Straits of Gibralter. |
| NetJumper Sofware L. L. C. v. Google, Incorporated | February 2, 2004 | May 13, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al | May 9, 2007 | May 12, 2008 |
| Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels | September 13, 2006 | May 12, 2008 |
| Admiralty in rem action over a shipwrecked vessel believed to be a merchant ship lying 100 meters deep, beyond the territorial waters or contiguous zone of any sovereign nation, and approximately 40 miles from Lands End near the English Channel. |
| MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. et al | October 25, 2006 | May 12, 2008 |
| MDY Industries, LLC seeks a declaratory judgment that its product—WOWGLIDER—does not infringe on the Defendant's copyrights to World of Warcraft, violate the DMCA or interfere with the contractual relationships between Defendants and their World of Warcraft customers. |
| Illinois Computer Research, LLC v. Google Inc. | September 10, 2007 | May 12, 2008 |
| 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." |
| "The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation" | January 3, 2005 | May 12, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleged that defendant Apple Computer, Inc. unlawfully bundled and tied digital music files sold through the Apple iTunes Music Store to its own iPod portable digital music player. |
| Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al | September 27, 2007 | May 12, 2008 |
| 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." |
| Doe 1 et al v. Ciolli et al | June 8, 2007 | May 11, 2008 |
| Two female Yale Law School students sued because defendants posted defamatory and threatening comments about them on an online forum at AutoAdmit.com. |
| The Facebook, Inc. v. Connectu, LLC et al | March 9, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Facebook, Inc. and Mark Zuckerberg alleges that Defendants ConnectU, Inc., Cameron WInklevoss, Tyler Vinklevoss, Divya Narendra, Pacific Northwest Software, Inc., Winston Wiliams, Wayne Change and David Gucwa circumvented the Terms of Use for the Facebook website by illicitly employing the user IDs and passwords of friends to mask Defendants' real identities, accessed the Facebook website to steal information and data for commercial purposes, and advertised to and solicited members to join www.connectu.com. |
| Apple Corps Limited et al v. Fuego Entertainment, Inc. et al | March 21, 2008 | May 9, 2008 |
| 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. |
| IN RE: PET FOOD PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION | June 20, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Eight Mile Style, LLC et al v. Apple Computer, Incorporated | July 30, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Eight Mile Style LLC and Martin Affiliated LLC alleges that they never authorized Universal to license Eminem's music to Apple for resale on the iTunes Music Store. |
| Netquote Inc. v. Byrd | March 29, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiff NetQuote Inc. alleges that defendants submitted false and misleading information to plaintiff through plaintiff's website at www.netquote.com concerning real or fictitious persons who allegedly wish to receive price quotations from NetQuote's insurance affiliates on various forms of insurance, but who in reality do not wish to receive any such contact from NetQuote or NetQuote's insurance affiliates. |
| Apple Computer, Inc. v. Podfitness, Inc. | September 21, 2006 | May 9, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Taylor et al v. Acxiom Corporation et al | January 2, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs bring a class action against defendants for unlawfully purchasing Texas' entire database of names, addresses and other personal information from the Texas Department of Public Safety. |
| Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et al | March 20, 2008 | May 9, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Reinhardt v. Wal-mart Stores, Inc. et al | September 21, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| 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. |
| EVANS et al v. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, CITY OF et al | October 5, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs David F. Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann were Duke lacrosse players. They alleged that defendants, individually and in concert, maliciously conspired to bring charges of rape, sexual assault, and kidnapping against them by suppressing and manufacturing evidence. |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. RDR Books et al | October 31, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc. |
| Aguiar v. Webb et al | September 7, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Copyright and trademark infringement claims against documentary maker's promotional website and film trailer. |
| Veterans for Common Sense et al v. Nicholson et al | July 23, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| Calcar Inc. et al v. The California Cars Initiative, Inc. et al | April 18, 2008 | May 9, 2008 |
| Internet Archive et al v. Mukasey et al | December 14, 2007 | May 9, 2008 |
| On November 26, 2007, an FBI agent served a National Security Letter on the Internet Archive seeking records pertaining to one of its patrons and, pursuant to 18 USC Section 2709(c), prohibiting the Internet Archive from disclosing that the FBI had sought information from it through the NSL. Plaintiffs filed a Complaint challenging the constitutionality of the NSL statute (18 USC Sections 2709 and 3511). Plaintiff Internet Archive also filed a Petition to Set Aside the NSL pursuant to 18 USC Section 3511(a). |
| Allen v. American Apparel, Inc. | March 31, 2008 | May 8, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Woody Allen alleged that Defendant American Apparel, Inc. used Plaintiff's image and likeness for advertising purposes without permission or consent. |
| STELOR PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. OOGLES N GOOGLES et al | March 11, 2005 | May 8, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Stelor Productions Inc. alleged that defendant Oogles N Googles infringed on plaintiff's registered trademarks to OOGLES, OOGLE, IGGLE and OOGGLE. |
| Trujillo v. Apple Computer, Inc. et al | August 31, 2007 | May 8, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleged that defendants Apple Computer, Inc. and AT&T, Inc. purposefully and fraudulently concealed that cost of replacing the iPhone battery, as well as the life span of the iPhone battery. |
| Abrams v. Facebook, Inc. | October 22, 2007 | May 8, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Facebook, Inc. transmits or permits to be transmitted unauthorized text messages to the wireless devices of consumers nationwide. |
| Tafas v. Dudas et al | August 22, 2007 | May 8, 2008 |
| City of Seattle v. Professional Basketball Club LLC | October 9, 2007 | May 8, 2008 |
| Plaintiff City of Seattle sued Defendant The Professional Basketball Club, LLC to seek a declaratory judgment that the lease with the Seattle Supersonics may be specifically enforced and that certain disputes related to the lease are exempt from arbitration. |
| Zapmedia Services, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. | March 12, 2008 | May 8, 2008 |
| Plaintiff ZapMedia Services Inc. alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,020,704 entitled "System and method for distributing media assets to user devices via a portal synchronized by said user devices " and 7,343,414 entitled "GUI driving media playback device." |
| Vanginderen v. Cornell University et al | April 28, 2008 | May 8, 2008 |
| Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | June 15, 2007 | May 7, 2008 |
| 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. |
| CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. v. FACEBOOK, INC. et al | July 3, 2007 | May 7, 2008 |
| 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." |
| BIG HAT BOOKS et al v. PROSECUTORS: | May 7, 2008 | May 7, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Big Hat Books, Boxcar Books and Community Center, Inc., American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana Foundation, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Association of American Publishers, Entertainment Merchants Association, Freedom to Read Foundation, National Association of Recording Merchandisers, Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association challenges the constitutionality of House Enrolled Act No. 1042, which requires that persons and entities that intend to offer for sale or to sell literature and other matters deemed harmful to minors under Indiana law register with the Secretary of State and pay a fee. |
| West Publishing Corporation v. Vogelgesang et al | May 7, 2008 | May 7, 2008 |
| In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation | March 10, 2000 | May 7, 2008 |
| Watkins v. Semel et al | May 7, 2008 | May 7, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Yahoo! insiders were boasting about the prospects of the Company and telling investors that the Company would be repurchasing the stock because it was undervalued while they were independently selling their own stock. |
| Brown-Booker et al v. Apple Inc. et al | August 24, 2007 | May 6, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Nicole Brown-Booker and Jana Overbo allege that the Apple store was not accessible to persons with disabilities. |
| Tajalle v. City of Seattle et al | September 27, 2007 | May 6, 2008 |
| First Amendment, Search and Seizure, Unlawful Ejectment claims against library by disabled person. |
| TimeBase Pty Ltd. v. Thomson Corporation, The et al | November 7, 2007 | May 6, 2008 |
| 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." |
| Cobb v. Google, Inc. et al | February 13, 2008 | May 6, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Jonathan Cobb sued Defendants Google, Inc. and WorkforceLogic USA. Plaintiff alleges that Google had misappropriated the Google Sky concept and idea, which Plaintiff had presented, advanced and refined through an internal e-mail discussion group. |
| Marketing Info v. Board of Trustees, et al | August 18, 2006 | May 5, 2008 |
| Read more at the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use, Fairly Used blog. |
| SNYDER v. MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY et al | April 25, 2007 | May 5, 2008 |
| Holman et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | October 5, 2007 | May 5, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs allege that defendant Apple, Inc. tied the iPhone product to other products an services offered by Apple and AT&T Mobility, LLC |
| Grisoft,s.r.o. v. Google, Inc. | December 13, 2007 | May 5, 2008 |
| Movant John Doe seeks an order quashing the subpoena directed to Google, Inc. at the request of Grisoft, S.R.O., which seeks the identity of Movant. Movant alleges that Grisoft is attempting to misuse the subpoena process pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
| Polaris IP, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | August 27, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Ticketmaster LLC v. RMG Technologies Inc et al | April 17, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Ticketmaster LLC alleges that Defendant RMG Technologies Inc. has developed and marketed automated devices (i.e. Ticket Broker Acquisition Tool) to access and navigate through Ticketmaster's website, thereby infringing Ticketmaster's copyrights and violating the website's Terms of Use and a number of federal and state statutes. Plaintiff contends that Defendant's applications circumvent Plaintiff's access control and copy protection systems, including CAPTCHA, inundate Plaintiff's computers with thousands of automated requests thereby preventing ordinary customers from accessing the website, and enable Defendant's clients to purchase large quantities of tickets. |
| PA Advisors, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | November 2, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| 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." |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al | June 6, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,681,120 entitled "Mobile Entertainment and Communication Device." |
| Vargas et al v. Pfizer Inc. et al | December 13, 2004 | May 2, 2008 |
| Somers v. Apple, Inc. | December 31, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Stacie Somers alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. illegally tied DRM-protected music and video files purchased from the iTunes Music Store to the iPod, as well as deliberately crippled the iPod from playing WMA files. |
| Mark Mishak v. Google, Inc. et al | December 20, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Mark Mishak d/b/a INEEDATV.com alleges that Defendants have sold keywords identical to Plaintiff's trademarks--"I Need a TV"--to various third parties and have deliberately manipulated the search engine results so that when consumers use these search engines to find Plaintiff's products and services, the consumers are unwittingly diverted to competitors' products and services. |
| Terraserver.com, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, a Washington corporation et al | May 2, 2008 | May 2, 2008 |
| Datatreasury Corporation v. Citizens Bank of Rhode Island et al | May 2, 2008 | May 2, 2008 |
| Function Media, L.L.C. v. Google, Inc. et al | July 3, 2007 | May 1, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Google's AdSense and AdWords technologies, Google Print Ads, and Yahoo's Publisher and Content Match technologies infringe on its patents. |
| Northeastern University et al v. Google, Inc., | November 6, 2007 | May 1, 2008 |
| 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." |
| Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | November 21, 2007 | May 1, 2008 |
| 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." |
| PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, LLC et al v. OWENS et al | April 28, 2008 | May 1, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Philadelphia Eagles, LLC and the National Football League Management Council seeks to confirm an arbitration award against Defendants Terrell Owens and the National Football League Players Association. On December 6, 2005, Defendants filed a non-injury grievance against the Eagles, demanding that the Eagles repay Owens amounts withheld from his pay following his suspension from the Eagles. On December 13, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a counter-grievance demanding that Owens return $1,725,000 paid to him as a signing bonus. On January 24, 2008, an arbitrator ordered Owens to repay the Philadelphia Eagles $769,117.65. Owens has not paid the amount in accordance with the award. |
| Corbis Corporation vs. Arnold Moving Company, LLC | August 1, 2007 | April 30, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Facebook, Inc. v. John Does 1-10 | June 28, 2007 | April 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Facebook, Inc. alleged that someone using Internet Protocol address 216.127.50.20 accessed Facebook's website with an automated script in an attempt gain unauthorized access to Facebook's friend-finder functionality. |
| Prism Technologies v. PayPal | April 30, 2008 | April 30, 2008 |
| Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AOL LLC et al | April 30, 2008 | April 30, 2008 |
| Amiga Inc v. Hyperion VOF | April 26, 2007 | April 29, 2008 |
| 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. |
| American Airlines, Inc. et al v. Federal Bureau of Investigations, et al | August 7, 2007 | April 29, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Aviation Parties seek to depose a limited number of former and current FBI employees who participated in FBI investigations of al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda operatives and have first-hand knowledge of facts that are directly relevant to Plaintiffs' defense in the personal injury, wrongful death, and property damage litigations arising out of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. |
| Stiener et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | August 29, 2007 | April 29, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs allege that defendans Apple, Inc. and AT&T Mobility, LLC failed to inform initial purchasers of the iPhone that fees of over $100 would be required to replace the iPhone battery and maintain service while the battery was being replaced. |
| Fullview, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation | April 29, 2008 | April 29, 2008 |
| Hunt v. Hillsborough County et al | July 3, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| Claim that library patrons should be able to bring their own scanners instead of paying to use photocopy machine. |
| Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel | April 9, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| Admiralty in rem action over an Italian-registered passenger ship which sank in 1915 during World War I and is lying at a depth of 500 meters in international waters approximately 65 miles southeast of Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Wareham Free Library et al v. Wareham, Town of et al | September 25, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| Claim that public library and its trustees improperly transferred public monies to a private library foundation. |
| Vanginderen v. Cornell University | October 29, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| Libel claim - claims university's digitization of campus newspaper constituted "re-publication" thus reviving claim that would ordinarily be extinguished over twenty years ago. Disclosure of private facts claim. |
| Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google, Inc. et al | February 12, 2008 | April 28, 2008 |
| 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." |
| Burck v. Mars, Incorporated et al | February 11, 2008 | April 28, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Project Playlist, Inc | April 28, 2008 | April 28, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Atlantic Recording Corporation, Capitol Records, LLC, Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., Interscope Records, Motown Record Company, L.P., Priority Records LLC, UMG Recordings, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., and Warner Bros. Records Inc. allege that Defendant Project Playlist, Inc. performs and reproduces Plaintiffs' valuable works without any authorization and without paying any compensation to Plaintiffs. |
| Connectu, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. et al | March 28, 2007 | April 25, 2008 |
| ConnectU is suing Facebook for business torts and unfair business practices. |
| Milan v. Apple Incorporated | April 24, 2008 | April 24, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Henry Milan alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,991,483 B1 entitled "Flash Memory Drive with Quick Connector." |
| Bradburn et al v. North Central Regional Library District | November 16, 2006 | April 23, 2008 |
| First Amendment claim against library for overblocking websites with its filters, and not disabling the filters on request |
| Doe v. MySpace, Inc. | April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Jane Doe IX and Julie Doe IX allege that Defendant MySpace, Inc. provided an unprotected social networking site absent any legitimate means of preventing contact between sexual predators and minors, resulting in a sexual predator utilizing the site to contact, seduce, meet, assault and then harass and torment Julie Doe IX. |
| Hacker v. Yahoo! Inc. et al | April 23, 2008 | April 23, 2008 |
| CLRB Hanson Industries, LLC et al v. Google Inc. | September 12, 2005 | April 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs claim that defendant Google Inc. misled AdWords advertisers by allowing advertising charges to exceed daily budgets that advertisers set for their ad campaigns. |
| Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al | March 17, 2008 | April 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Gibson Guitar Corporation alleges that Defendants Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corporation, Kmart Corporation, Amazon.com Inc., GameStope Corporation and Toys-R-Us Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405 entitled "System and Method for Generating and Controlling a Simulated Musical Concert Experience" by selling Guitar Hero series of video games. |
| Almeida v. Google, Inc. | April 22, 2008 | April 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiff David Almeida alleges that Defendant Google Inc. failed to disclose that leaving the content ad CPC input blank would subject Plaintiff to charges for content ads on third party websites. |
| Basketball Club of Seattle LLC et al v. Professional Basketball Club LLC | April 22, 2008 | April 22, 2008 |
| Plater v. Google, Inc. | April 22, 2008 | April 22, 2008 |
| Datatern, Inc. v. Bank of America Corporation et al | April 21, 2008 | April 21, 2008 |
| Plaintiff DataTern Inc. alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,937,402 entitled "System for Enabling Access to a Relational Database from an Object Oriented Program." |
| X17 Inc v. Lavandeira | November 30, 2006 | April 21, 2008 |
| Aloft Media LLC v. Microsoft Corporation | February 22, 2008 | April 21, 2008 |
| 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." |
| Hernandez v. Internet Gaming Entertainment, Ltd et al | June 1, 2007 | April 18, 2008 |
| Plaintiff suing Internet Gaming Entertainment (IGE) for selling World of Warcraft® virtual property generated by cheap labor in third world countries (i.e., gold farming). Plaintiff alleges that gold farming diminishes the enjoyment and satisfaction of consumers and violates the World of Warcraft® TOS. |
| American Airlines Inc v. Google Inc | August 16, 2007 | April 18, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Silvers v. Google, Inc. | May 4, 2005 | April 18, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Martinez v. Ferguson Library et al | August 8, 2007 | April 18, 2008 |
| Americans with Disabilities lawsuit - claim that library has architectural barriers e.g. only stairs to third floor. |
| Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | March 14, 2008 | April 18, 2008 |
| 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" |
| BLACKWATER SECURITY CONSULTING, LLC et al v. WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY et al | November 16, 2005 | April 16, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Blackwater Security Consulting, LLC and Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc. alleged that defendants Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Evanston Insurance Company, Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, and Liberty Insurance Underwriters breached their insurance contracts with plaintiffs by failing to indemnify plaintiff for defense costs and expenses in Nordan v. Blackwater Security Consulting LLC, et al.. |
| The National Football League Players Association et al v. The National Football League Management Council et al | April 16, 2008 | April 16, 2008 |
| The National Football League Players Association petitioned to confirm an award issued by a National Football League arbitrator regarding the practice of certain clubs claiming a dollar-fo-dollar offset against workers' compensation awards paid to players. |
| Clecak v. Apple Computer, Inc's Short and Long Term Disability Plan | April 16, 2008 | April 16, 2008 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION | May 18, 1998 | April 15, 2008 |
| INTERACTIVE MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT AND GAMING ASSOCIATION, INC. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES et al | June 5, 2007 | April 15, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, Inc. allege that The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 interferes with constitutionally protected expressive association, interferes with the constitutional right of privacy, interferes with plaintiff's members' protected commercial speech, is an ultra vires act, violates a World Trade Organization order, constitutes Ex Post Facto criminalization of plaintiff's members' activities, violates the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
| IP Innovation LLC et al v. Google, Inc. | November 16, 2007 | April 15, 2008 |
| 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." |
| HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. GOOGLE INC. | April 12, 2006 | April 15, 2008 |
| WAKA LLC v. DCKICKBALL et al | May 30, 2006 | April 15, 2008 |
| Manfredonia v. YAHOO!, Inc. | April 14, 2008 | April 14, 2008 |
| Ryan Rodriguez et al v. West Publishing Corporation et al | April 29, 2005 | April 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs brought a federal antitrust class action against Defendants West Publishing Corporation (d/b/a BAR/BRI) and Kaplan, Inc. on behalf of class members nationwide who took a full-service bar review course from BAR/BRI between August 1, 1997 and July 31, 2006. Plaintiffs alleged that BAR/BRI illegally acquired the assets of its direct competitor West Bar in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, Defendant West unlawfully conspired with Defendant Kaplan to retrain trade in the full-service bar review course in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, and Defendant West wrongfully monopolized the full-service bar review course market in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. |
| Alston v. Microsoft Corporation et al | April 11, 2008 | April 11, 2008 |
| Klausner Technologies Inc v. Apple Inc et al | March 19, 2008 | April 10, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Klausner Technologies, Inc. alleges that Defendants Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,283,818 entitled "Telephone Answering Device Linking Displayed Data with Recorded Audio Message." |
| Joanne Siegel et al v. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc et al | October 8, 2004 | April 10, 2008 |
| Li v. Apple Inc. et al | September 24, 2007 | April 10, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that (1) Apple discriminated in price between early purchasers and later purchasers of the 8 GB iPhone in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 13, (2) Apple discriminated in rebates between people who purchased iPhones before August 22, 2007 and people who purchased iPhones from August 22 - September 4, 2007 in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 13a, and (3) Apple is selling its iPhone for an unreasonably low price to hurt competition between early and late purchasers of its iPhone in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 13a, (4) Apple and AT&T forced early purchasers to enter into a 2-year service agreement with unfair terms, which later purchasers could avoid by unlocking their iPhones in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 14, (5) AT&T's early termination fee is unfair and deceptive. |
| Microsoft Corporation v. Dauben Inc | January 22, 2008 | April 10, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Microsoft Corporation alleges that Defendant Dauben, Inc. d/b/a Texas International Property Associates infringed on Microsoft's trade and service marks by registering Internet domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to Microsoft's trademarks and service marks. |
| Chang et al v. Virgin Mobile USA LLC et al | October 19, 2007 | April 10, 2008 |
| Uzamere v. Bush, et al | February 22, 2008 | April 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Cheryl D. Uzamere alleges that Defendants government officials failed to act on her report that her husband Ehigie Edobor a/k/a Godwin Uzamere entered into a sham marriage with her and committed bigamy by marrying another woman at the same time. |
| Jones v. Wackenhut % Google Inc. | March 12, 2007 | April 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Donald Jones alleges that defendant Wackenhut employed him as a security guard and assigned him to defendant Google Inc.'s facilities. He further alleges that his employer retaliated against him because he had previously filed a charge of discrimination with the EEOC. He charges that defendant Wackenhut had deducted from his payroll check and had suspended him because a Google representative allegedly observed him sleeping on the job. |
| Visto Corporation v. Research in Motion Limited | March 10, 2008 | April 8, 2008 |
| Pitchware, Inc. v. Monster Worldwide, Inc. et al | April 7, 2008 | April 7, 2008 |
| Mou v. City of San Jose et al | November 13, 2007 | April 7, 2008 |
| Ultra Products, Inc. v. Antec, Inc. et al | April 4, 2008 | April 4, 2008 |
| CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON v. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION | January 10, 2007 | April 3, 2008 |
| Freedom of Information Act claim |
| The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al | May 4, 2007 | April 2, 2008 |
| 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. |
| GORDON v. NCO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INC. et al | April 2, 2008 | April 2, 2008 |
| Bigreds.com Inc. et al v. Goto Inc. Overture Services Ltd. et al | April 2, 2008 | April 2, 2008 |
| Securities And Exchange Commission v. Heinen et al | April 24, 2007 | April 1, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that defendant Nancy R. Heinen caused Apple to issue stock options that were backdated and altered company records to conceal the fraud, and that defendant Fred D. Anderson should have noticed Heinen's efforts but failed to take steps to ensure that Apple's financial statements were correct. The SEC further alleged that defendants personally benefited from the backdating and received several million dollars in unreported compensation as a result of the backdated options. |
| Flow Productions, Inc. v. Reed Elsevier, Inc. et al | April 1, 2008 | April 1, 2008 |
| Joanne Siegel et al v. Time Warner Inc et al | October 22, 2004 | March 31, 2008 |
| Sanders | March 31, 2008 | March 31, 2008 |
| Federal Trade Commission v. Nextclick Media LLC et al | March 31, 2008 | March 31, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission alleges that Defendants NextClick Media, LLC, Next Internet LLC, Kenneth Chan and Albert Chen operate several websites advertising for sale over the Internet free trials of various products. Although Defendants claim that the trial of the product is free or that there is no cost to try the product other than a small shipping and handling charge, consumers who elect to keep the product (including the trial product) are charged the same price that is charged for a month's supply. Although Defendants claim that consumers will receive a full refund upon returning unused product from the initial shipment, consumer who elect to return unused product must pay the postage for returning the product and are assessed a restocking fee as well. |
| Riches v. Pancho's Mexican Buffet Inc. | March 17, 2008 | March 27, 2008 |
| American Civil Liberties Union et al v. Department of Defense et al | June 28, 2007 | March 26, 2008 |
| ACLU filed a FOIA action seeking the expedited processing and release of records from the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency concerning their use of National Security Letters (NSLs) to demand sensitive records about people in the US without court approval. |
| Broquet et al v. Microsoft Corporation et al | March 26, 2008 | March 26, 2008 |
| FreecycleSunnyvale v. The Freecycle Network | January 18, 2006 | March 25, 2008 |
| John and Jane Does v. Thacker et al | September 28, 2007 | March 25, 2008 |
| Pro se complaint that public library is setting unnecessarily short time limits on users of Internet terminals. |
| C.P. Motion,Inc. v. Major League Baseball Welfare Plan | March 25, 2008 | March 25, 2008 |
| Perfect 10, Inc v. Microsoft, Inc et al | August 8, 2007 | March 24, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Kahari v. Amazon.com et al | March 24, 2008 | March 24, 2008 |
| Phenomenon Licensing v. MySpace Inc. | March 20, 2008 | March 20, 2008 |
| International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium v. Degraphenreed et al | November 16, 2007 | March 19, 2008 |
| 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®. |
| Crisswell v. MySpace, Inc. | March 18, 2008 | March 18, 2008 |
| Nemet Chevrolet LTD. et al v. Consumeraffairs.Com, Inc. | March 17, 2008 | March 17, 2008 |
| BAKER v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PROPERTIES INC et al | March 17, 2008 | March 17, 2008 |
| Laskey v. Microsoft Corporation | March 17, 2008 | March 17, 2008 |
| eBay Inc. v. Telebay LLC | March 14, 2008 | March 14, 2008 |
| Plaintiff eBay Inc. alleges that Defendant's Telebay Mark is highly similar to the registered eBay Marks in appearance, sound, meaning and commercial impression. |
| Antonelli v. Harmonix Music Systems Inc. et al | March 13, 2008 | March 13, 2008 |
| Riches v. Reed Elsevier Inc. | March 13, 2008 | March 13, 2008 |
| Gary et al v. New England Patriots et al | February 15, 2008 | March 13, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs sued Defendants New England Patriots, New England Patriots LP and Bill Belichick on behalf of all those who purchased tickets and/or attended the 2002 Super Bowl, all St. Louis Ram employees on the 2002 Super Bowl team, and owners of the St. Louis Rams seat licenses for the 2001-2002 season. Plaintiffs allege that the taping of the St. Louis Rams' walk-through for the Superbowl was a tortious interference with contractual relations, common law fraud, RICO Act violation, violation of rights as third party beneficiaries, breach of contract, and violation of the Louisiana unfair trade practices and consumer protection act. |
| Savage v. Council on American-Islamic Relations, Inc. | December 3, 2007 | March 13, 2008 |
| One Laptop Per Child Association Inc. v. Lagos Analysis Corporation | March 12, 2008 | March 12, 2008 |
| Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al | March 13, 2007 | March 7, 2008 |
| Citizens For Community Values, Inc v. Upper Arlington Public Library Board of Trustees | March 7, 2008 | March 7, 2008 |
| F & G Research, Inc. v. Google, Inc. | June 22, 2006 | March 6, 2008 |
| 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." |
| F & G Research, Inc v. Google, Inc | November 29, 2007 | March 6, 2008 |
| 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." |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. et al v. Wikileaks et al | February 6, 2008 | March 5, 2008 |
| Maplewood Software Inc v. Microsoft Corporation | February 15, 2008 | March 4, 2008 |
| Riches v. Simpson et al | March 4, 2008 | March 4, 2008 |
| Riches v. Atta et al | March 4, 2008 | March 4, 2008 |
| Kamburowski et al v. Kidd et al | February 18, 2005 | March 4, 2008 |
| Alicea v. Circuit City Stores, Inc. | June 29, 2007 | March 3, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Ada Alicea alleges that Defendant Circuit City Stores Inc. engages in deceptive and improper business practices with respect to its return policy and imposition of a 15% restocking fee for certain returned items because the fee is grossly disproportionate to the costs incurred by Defendant when restocking returned items. |
| Riches v. Doppstadt et al | February 29, 2008 | February 29, 2008 |
| Riches v. DeLong et al | February 29, 2008 | February 29, 2008 |
| Riches v. Melendrez | February 29, 2008 | February 29, 2008 |
| Riches et al v. McNeil | February 29, 2008 | February 29, 2008 |
| Riches v. Pavilonis et al | February 29, 2008 | February 29, 2008 |
| Feldman v. Google, Inc. | May 3, 2007 | February 28, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Lawrence Feldman purchased advertising from Defendant Google, Inc. based on keywords such as Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex. Plaintiff alleged that he was a victim of click fraud and that 20–30% of all clicks for which he was charged was fraudulent. |
| Riches v. Pittarelli et al | February 28, 2008 | February 28, 2008 |
| PFM Air, Inc. et al v. Dr.Ing.hc.F.Porsche A.G. et al | February 27, 2008 | February 27, 2008 |
| Kelley v. Microsoft Corporation | March 29, 2007 | February 27, 2008 |
| Worthy v. Library of Congress Copyright Office | November 13, 2007 | February 22, 2008 |
| Figa v. Apple Inc. | February 22, 2008 | February 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Romek Figa d/b/a Abraham & Son alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 4,924,496 entitled "Automatic Incoming Telephone Call Originating Number and Party Display System." |
| Aloft Media LLC v. Microsoft Corporation | February 22, 2008 | February 22, 2008 |
| 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." |
| Cunzhu et al v. Yahoo Inc. et al | February 22, 2008 | February 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Cunzhu Zheng and Guo Quan allege that Defendants Yahoo! Inc. and Yahoo! Hong Kong, Ltd. provided Chinese officials with access to plaintiffs' email account, thereby exposing Plaintiffs to persecution and torture by the Chinese government because Plaintiffs have advocated for democracy and multi-party government in China. |
| Refined Recommendation Corporation v. Netflix, Inc. | February 22, 2008 | February 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Refined Recommendation Corporation alleges that Defendant Netflix Inc. has infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,606,102 entitled "Optimizing Interest Potential." |
| CARRINGTON et al v. DUKE UNIVERSITY et al | February 21, 2008 | February 21, 2008 |
| Riches v. Sherwin-Williams Co. et al | February 20, 2008 | February 21, 2008 |
| Riches v. Duke Energy Corporation et al | February 20, 2008 | February 21, 2008 |
| Riches v. Chiquita Brands International Inc et al | February 20, 2008 | February 21, 2008 |
| Riches v. Ovechkin et al | February 20, 2008 | February 21, 2008 |
| Riches v. Keyes et al | February 20, 2008 | February 21, 2008 |
| Riches v. Kolber et al | February 20, 2008 | February 21, 2008 |
| Riches v. Kornblum et al | February 20, 2008 | February 21, 2008 |
| Board of Law Examiners v. West Publishing Corporation et al | June 8, 2007 | February 20, 2008 |
| North Carolina Board of Law Examiners alleges that BAR/BRI, owned by West Publishing Corp. and The Thomson Corp., engaged in wholesale copying and distribution of copyrighted questions that have appeared on North Carolina bar examinations. |
| RICHES v. NERI et al | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| RICHES v. BAHREE et al | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| RICHES v. EBELING et al | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| RICHES v. BIRINYI et al | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| Riches v. Spruill | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| Riches v. Terry et al | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| Riches v. Boone et al | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| Riches v. Cristobal et al | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| Riches v. Barnette | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| Riches v. Alvesterwood et al | February 20, 2008 | February 20, 2008 |
| Driessen et al v. Starbucks et al | February 19, 2008 | February 19, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs James L. and Marguerite A. Driessen alleged that Defendants Starbucks Corporation and Apple Computer, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,003,500 entitled "Retail Point of Sale (RPOS) Apparatus for Internet Merchandising." |
| LANE v. CBS BROADCASTING, INC. | February 19, 2008 | February 19, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Alycia Lane sued Defendant CBS Broadcasting t/a KYW TV-3 for breach of an employment agreement and defamation. |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. et al v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al | February 19, 2008 | February 19, 2008 |
| Martin v. Apple Inc. | February 15, 2008 | February 15, 2008 |
| Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens Limited Partnership et al | February 14, 2008 | February 14, 2008 |
| Kliegerman v. Apple, Inc. | February 12, 2008 | February 12, 2008 |
| University of Tennessee v. Action Sports Media, Inc et al | February 12, 2008 | February 12, 2008 |
| Plaintiff University of Tennessee sued Defendants Action Sports Media, Inc., Unified Armies of America, Inc., Gordon Whitener, Jerry Felix, and David Jamison, collectively d/b/a "Big Orange Army" for using the university's marks and the Big Orange Army marks in connection with the promotion of the University's athletic teams. |
| Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund V, L.P. et al v. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw L.L.P. | July 26, 2007 | February 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Thomas H. Lee Funds alleges that defendant Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP repeatedly misled plaintiff in connection with plaintiff's purchase of a majority interest in Refco, by both hiding and denying the existence of a series of virtually identical sham related-party transactions, which Mayer, Brown negotiated, documented and provided material assistance. |
| Curran v. Amazon.Com, Inc., et al | June 1, 2007 | February 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Erik Curran alleges that (1) defendant Amazon.com, Inc. sold a novel titled "Killer Elite" that was published by defendant St. Martin's Press, LLC and ha a photograph of plaintiff on the cover; (2) defendant Getty Images, Inc. provided the photograph of plaintiff to St. Martin's Press; (3) defendant Hot Toys, Ltd. was using plaintiff's photograph as a model for an action figure, and (4) defendant Cafepress.com Inc. sold t-shirts bearing plaintiff's photograph. |
| Valueclick Inc v. Revenue Science Inc | March 28, 2007 | February 11, 2008 |
| Hofer et al v. Old Navy Inc. et al | September 27, 2005 | February 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Stephanie Hofer's friend had used Expedia.com to reserve hotel accommodations at the Turtle Beach Towers resort in Jamaica. At the resort, Plaintiff allegedly fell into an ornamental turtle pond because of a defective Old Navy sandal. She was seriously injured by the protruding coral and slate in the pond. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant Expedia breached its duty to warn of the dangerous conditions at the Turtle Beach Towers. Expedia asserted that it expressly disclaimed any liability for the negligence of any carriers, hotels and other suppliers providing travel or other services for Expedia, Inc. via a click through disclaimer. |
| Bid for Position, LLC v. AOL, LLC et al | December 13, 2007 | February 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Bid for Position, LLC alleges that Defendants AOL, LLC, Google, Inc., Microsoft Corporation and MIVA, INc. infringed on Patent No. 7,225,151 entitled "Online Auction Bid Management System and Method." |
| Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. AOL, LLC. et al | December 20, 2007 | February 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Beneficial Innovations, Inc. alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,712,702 entitled "Method and System for Playing Games on a Network" and 6,183,336 entitled "Network Gaming System." |
| West Virginia University Board of Governors v. Rodriguez | January 16, 2008 | February 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiff West Virginia University Board of Governors for an on behalf of West Virginia University sued Defendant Richard Rodriguez, who had previously served as Head Coach of the West Virginia University football team. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment regarding Defendant's obligations under their Employment Agreement. |
| Clemens v. McNamee | February 11, 2008 | February 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiff William Roger Clemens alleges that Defendant Brian McNamee had published to the Mitchell Commission and the world untrue and defamatory statements about the use of steroids, WInstrol, Anadrol-50, Sustanon 250, Deca-Durabolin and HGH by Roger Clemens. |
| Sinclair v. Obama et al | February 11, 2008 | February 11, 2008 |
| iLOR, LLC v. Google, Inc. | April 17, 2007 | February 7, 2008 |
| Plaintiff iLOR, LLC alleges that Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,206,839 entitled "Method for Adding a User Selected Function to a Hyperlink." |
| Blackberry Fund, LLC et al v. United States of America, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service | February 7, 2008 | February 7, 2008 |
| National Federation of the Blind et al v. Target Corporation | March 8, 2006 | February 6, 2008 |
| Plaintiff National Federation of the Blind, the National Federation of the Blind of California, and Bruce Sexton alleged that defendant Target Corporation violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, California's Unruh Civil Rights Act, and California's Blind and Other Physically Disabled Persons Act because its website contains thousands of access barriers, such as the lack of alt-text on graphics, inaccessible image maps, and mouse-only driven transactions that make it difficult if not impossible for blind customers to use. |
| WI-Lan, Inc. v. Acer, Inc. et al | October 31, 2007 | February 6, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Wi-LAN Inc. sued Defendants Suppliers, Broadcom Corporation, Intel Corporation, Atheros Communications, Inc., Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc. and Circuit City Stores, Inc. for infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 5,282,222 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Multiple Access Between Transceivers in Wireless Communications Using OFDM Spread Spectrum" and RE37,802 entitled "Multicode Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum." |
| Restricted Spending Solutions, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | February 6, 2008 | February 6, 2008 |
| Apache Tribe of Oklahoma et al v. Chalepah et al | February 6, 2008 | February 6, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Apache Tribe of Oklahoma and Louis Maynahonah seek a declaration that Plaintiff Maynahonah is the Chairman of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, a forensic accounting of the Tribe's assets, and an order requiring Defendant Chalepah to surrender all checkbooks and financial records. |
| David Grisman et al v. UMG Recordings Inc et al | May 3, 2007 | February 5, 2008 |
| Plaintiff David Grisman d/b/a Dawg Music and Rodney Franklin d/b/a Maicaboom Music allege that Defendant Warner Music Group Corp., Rhino Entertainment Company, Ryko Corporation, Instinct Records, Apple Computer, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, AOL Music Now, LLC, Yahoo!, Inc., RealNetworks Digital Music of California, Inc. infringed on Plaintiff's copyrighted work "The Groove." |
| WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. Intel Corporation | February 5, 2008 | February 5, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation alleges that Defendant Intel Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,781,752 entitled "Table Based Data Speculation Circuit for Parallel Processing Computer." |
| AT&T Mobility LLC et al v. Wireless Exclusive USA LLC et al | February 5, 2008 | February 5, 2008 |
| Doe v. Geller et al | May 8, 2007 | February 4, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Omni Innovations LLC v. Ascentive LLC et al | September 7, 2006 | February 4, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that defendants e-mails that misrepresented or obscured information in identifying the point of origin or the transmission path thereof, and contained header information that was materially false or materially misleading. |
| Implicit Networks Inc v. Advanced Micro Devices Inc et al | February 4, 2008 | February 4, 2008 |
| ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION v. HIRST et al | February 1, 2008 | February 1, 2008 |
| Freeplay Music Corp v. X-Cast Entertainment LLC et al | July 25, 2007 | January 31, 2008 |
| Jenkins v. Motylzka et al | January 30, 2008 | January 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff John A. Jenkins d/b/a Jenkz Innovative Designs, LLC seeks an order that Defendants Gary Motylyka and eBay Inc. cease and desist from selling products protected by US Design Patent No. D548,660 S, entitled "Chrome Sleeve that Covers the Top and Sides of the Grille in Front of the Radiator of an Automobile." |
| The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc. | September 20, 2005 | January 29, 2008 |
| 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. |
| Perlmutter v. Reed Elsevier Inc | January 29, 2008 | January 29, 2008 |
| Xerox Corporation v. Otoe Missouria Tribe of Indians | January 29, 2008 | January 29, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Xerox Corporation alleges that Defendant Otoe Missouria Tribe of Indians d/b/a 7-Clans Paradise Casino breached lease agreements regarding photocopying equipment. |
| Thornton v. City of Kirkwood | January 18, 2007 | January 28, 2008 |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. New Dream Network, LLC et al | January 28, 2008 | January 28, 2008 |
| Riches v. Bush et al | July 25, 2007 | January 24, 2008 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. PEARSON plc et al | January 24, 2008 | January 24, 2008 |
| Plaintiff United States of America seeks to enjoin the proposed acquisition by Pearson plc and Pearson Education Inc. of Harcourt Assessment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. |
| Bickel & Brewer v. United States Internal Revenue Service | January 24, 2008 | January 24, 2008 |
| Riches v. Countrywide Home Loans Inc. et al | October 24, 2007 | January 23, 2008 |
| Zhang v. Boeing Company et al | November 5, 2007 | January 23, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Liaosheng Zhang alleges that Defendants Boeing Company, Amazon Global Resources, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation never hired him. Plaintiff contends that Defendants prefers to hire H1B foreign workers who are much younger and present less medical liabilities to the companies, even though Plaintiff is a qualified U.S. worker. |
| Hochstein et al v. Microsoft Corporation et al | January 23, 2008 | January 23, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Peter A. Hochstein, Jeffrey Tenenbaum and Harold W. Milton, Jr. allege that Defendants Microsoft Corp. and Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,292,125 entitled "Apparatus and Method for Electronically Connecting Remotely Located Video Games." |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Apple Inc. et al | January 22, 2008 | January 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Minerva Industries, Inc. alleges that Apple, Inc. and AtlanticRT, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,321,783 entitled "Mobile Entertainment and Communication Device." |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Research In Motion Corporation et al | January 22, 2008 | January 22, 2008 |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al | January 22, 2008 | January 22, 2008 |
| California Valley Miwok Tribe v. California Gambling Control Commission et al | January 22, 2008 | January 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiff California Valley Miwok Tribe sued the California Gambling Control Commission for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage. Plaintiff alleges that the Commission has wrongfully withheld Indian Gambling Revenue Sharing Trust Fund money from the Plaintiff. |
| Faith Center Church Evengelist Ministries et al v. Glover et al | July 30, 2004 | January 18, 2008 |
| First Amendment claim by religious group who claims that a public library is not allowing it to hold services in the meeting room. 6/07 Plaintiff has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn 9th Circuit decision. |
| BlueAir Inc. v. Apple, Inc. | January 18, 2008 | January 18, 2008 |
| Plaintiff BlueAir Inc. seeks a declaratory judgment that its AIRPOD mark for desktop air purifiers does not infringe Apple's rights in its registered trademarks iPOD for portable personal music players. |
| E360Insight, LLC et al v. Ferguson et al | January 18, 2008 | January 18, 2008 |
| In Re: Bextra and Celebex Marketing Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation | January 17, 2008 | January 17, 2008 |
| Wilson et al v. McConnell et al | May 31, 2007 | January 16, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Valerie Plame Wlson and Simon & Schuster, Inc. sued defendants J. Michael McConnell, Central Intelligence Agency, and Gen. Michael V. Hayden seeking a declaratory judgment that the Executive Branch of government cannot restrain publication of previously unclassified or currently unclassifiable information documenting Ms. Wilson's dates of federal service disclosed in 2006 by the Central Intelligence Agency in an official, authorized, and unclassified letter now in the Congressional Record and available world-wide on the Library of Congress website. |
| American Airlines, Inc. et al v. Central Intelligence Agency et al | August 7, 2007 | January 16, 2008 |
| Plainiffs Aviation Parties seeks to set aside the final agency action of the Central Intelligence Agency refusing to permit Plaintiffs to depose two witnesses--the former Deputy Chief of the CIA's Usama Bin Laden Unit and the FBI Special Agent detailed to the Usama Bin Laden Unit--who have first-hand knowledge of facts that are directly relevant to the Plaintiffs' defense in the personal injury, wrongful death, and property damage litigations arising out of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. |
| Riches v. Stewart et al | October 15, 2007 | January 16, 2008 |
| Riches v. Simpson | October 17, 2007 | January 16, 2008 |
| Diaz et al v. NBC Universal, Inc. | January 16, 2008 | January 16, 2008 |
| TracFone Wireless Inc et al v. Shazia & Noushad Corporation et al | January 15, 2008 | January 15, 2008 |
| E360Insight, LLC v. Comcast Corporation | January 15, 2008 | January |