| Case | Case Filed | Last Document |
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| Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al | April 15, 2008 | May 16, 2008 |
| Publisher lawsuit against public university that makes electronic copies of course readings available to students without paying royalty fees. |
| Polaris IP, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | August 27, 2007 | May 16, 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. |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al | June 6, 2007 | May 16, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,681,120 entitled "Mobile Entertainment and Communication Device." |
| Silvers v. Google, Inc. | May 4, 2005 | May 16, 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. |
| Apple Inc. v. Atico International USA Inc. et al | May 14, 2008 | May 15, 2008 |
| Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | November 21, 2007 | May 15, 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." |
| IP Innovation LLC et al v. Google, Inc. | November 16, 2007 | May 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." |
| Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al | September 27, 2007 | May 15, 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." |
| Illinois Computer Research, LLC v. Google Inc. | September 10, 2007 | May 15, 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 Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al | May 4, 2007 | May 15, 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. |
| STELOR PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. OOGLES N GOOGLES et al | March 11, 2005 | May 15, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Stelor Productions Inc. alleged that defendant Oogles N Googles infringed on plaintiff's registered trademarks to OOGLES, OOGLE, IGGLE and OOGGLE. |
| Apple Corps Limited et al v. Fuego Entertainment, Inc. et al | March 21, 2008 | May 14, 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. |
| Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et al | March 20, 2008 | May 14, 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. |
| Northeastern University et al v. Google, Inc., | November 6, 2007 | May 14, 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." |
| Apple Computer, Inc. v. Podfitness, Inc. | September 21, 2006 | May 14, 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. |
| Eight Mile Style, LLC et al v. Apple Computer, Incorporated | July 30, 2007 | May 13, 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. |
| 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. |
| Reinhardt v. Wal-mart Stores, Inc. et al | September 21, 2007 | May 12, 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. |
| Aguiar v. Webb et al | September 7, 2007 | May 12, 2008 |
| Copyright and trademark infringement claims against documentary maker's promotional website and film trailer. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. RDR Books et al | October 31, 2007 | May 10, 2008 |
| Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc. |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| 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." |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| Vargas et al v. Pfizer Inc. et al | December 13, 2004 | May 5, 2008 |
| Datatreasury Corporation v. Citizens Bank of Rhode Island et al | May 2, 2008 | May 2, 2008 |
| Terraserver.com, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, a Washington corporation et al | May 2, 2008 | May 2, 2008 |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Project Playlist, Inc | April 28, 2008 | April 29, 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Connectu, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. et al | March 28, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| ConnectU is suing Facebook for business torts and unfair business practices. |
| Milan v. Apple Incorporated | April 24, 2008 | April 25, 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." |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| American Airlines Inc v. Google Inc | August 16, 2007 | April 21, 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. |
| 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" |
| WAKA LLC v. DCKICKBALL et al | May 30, 2006 | April 15, 2008 |
| HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. GOOGLE INC. | April 12, 2006 | April 15, 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." |
| 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. |
| Perfect 10, Inc v. Microsoft, Inc et al | August 8, 2007 | March 25, 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. |
| FreecycleSunnyvale v. The Freecycle Network | January 18, 2006 | March 25, 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®. |
| Tafas v. Dudas et al | August 22, 2007 | March 12, 2008 |
| Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al | March 13, 2007 | March 10, 2008 |
| 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." |
| 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." |
| Maplewood Software Inc v. Microsoft Corporation | February 15, 2008 | March 4, 2008 |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| Bid for Position, LLC v. AOL, LLC et al | December 13, 2007 | February 12, 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." |
| Valueclick Inc v. Revenue Science Inc | March 28, 2007 | February 12, 2008 |
| 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." |
| David Grisman et al v. UMG Recordings Inc et al | May 3, 2007 | February 8, 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." |
| 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." |
| Restricted Spending Solutions, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | February 6, 2008 | February 6, 2008 |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| Freeplay Music Corp v. X-Cast Entertainment LLC et al | July 25, 2007 | January 31, 2008 |
| The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc. | September 20, 2005 | January 30, 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. |
| AutoText Technologies, Inc. v. Apple, inc. et al | November 9, 2007 | January 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiff AutoText Technologies, Inc. alleges Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,305,205 entitled "Computer-Assisted Transcription Apparatus." |
| Louden v. Yahoo!, Inc. | October 1, 2007 | January 4, 2008 |
| Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) claim by artist who claims her artwork "Reflecting Tips, 2001" was desecrated when grounds crew used weed whackers on the lawn the art was situated on. |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Veoh Networks, Inc. et al | September 4, 2007 | December 20, 2007 |
| Shloss v. Sweeney et al | June 12, 2006 | December 5, 2007 |
| 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... |
| Recorded Books, LLC v. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. | May 31, 2007 | November 30, 2007 |
| Breach of contract, copyright, Lanham Act claims against OCLC/NetLibrary |
| LOTTOTRON, INC. v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION | October 22, 2007 | November 26, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Lottotron, Inc. alleged that defendant Microsoft Corporation's online poker and casino games infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,921,865, 5,910,047 and 5,415,416 all entitled "Computerized Lottery Wagering System" and U.S Patent No.,5,816,919 entitled "Computer Lottery Wagering System". |
| Freeplay Music Corp v. Exquisite Multimedia Inc et al | July 25, 2007 | November 26, 2007 |
| Eros, LLC v. Doe | July 3, 2007 | November 16, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Eros, LLC, a maker and seller of virtual adult-themed objects within the Second Life platform, sued defendants and alleged that they have made and sold unauthorized copies of plaintiff's virtual products within Second Life using plaintiff's trademark. |
| Microlinc, LLC v. Intel Corporatioh et al | November 7, 2007 | November 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Microlinc, LLC alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,009,488 entitled "Computer Having Packet-Based Interconnect Channel." |
| Veoh Networks, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc. et al | August 9, 2007 | November 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Veoh Networks, Inc. is a video hosting service that provides a mechanism for third parties to share video on the Internet. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that (1) it has no liability to defendants for the unsolicited posting of content on the Veoh website; (2) it is not liable for direct, contributory or vicarious infringement of defendants' copyrights; (3) it is not liable for inducing the infringement of any of defendants' copyrights; (4) defendants are not entitled to any injunctions against plaintiff; and (5) it is entitled to safe harbor pursuant to 17 USC § 512(c). |
| Spark Network Services, Inc. v. Match.Com, LP et al | January 30, 2007 | November 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Spark Network Services, Inc. alleged that defendants Match.com, LP, eHarmony.com, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,272,467 B1 entitled "System for Data Collection and Matching Compatible Profiles." |
| BidZirk LLC et al v. Smith | January 10, 2006 | November 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff BidZirk, LLC, Daniel G. Schmidt, III, and Jill Patterson sued Defendant Philip Russ Smith over a review of BidZirk's auction services that Defendant had posted on his blog at www.jackwhispers.blogspot.com. |
| Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation v. YouTube, Inc. | October 30, 2006 | November 9, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation operates a website at utube.com. Plaintiff alleges that as a result of confusion in the minds of consumers, the spillover of nuisance traffic to plaintiff's website has destroyed the value of plaintiff's trademark and internet property, repeatedly caused the shut down of plaintiff's website, increased plaintiff's internet costs and damaged the plaintiff's good reputation. |
| Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Yahoo! Inc. | September 13, 2007 | November 8, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC alleged that defendant Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,043,450 entitled "Paid Search Engine Bid Management." |
| Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas | April 19, 2006 | November 8, 2007 |
| Jury verdict in favor of RIAA - $222,000 judgment against Minnesota woman for making music files available via Kazaa, despite her denials of doing so. |
| Microsoft Corporation v. Kovyrin et al | September 10, 2007 | November 7, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Microsoft Corporation alleges that defendants have registered numerous Internet domain names that contain or consist of Microsoft's marks and/or intentional misspellings of Microsoft's marks. |
| IO Group, Inc. v. Gonzales | September 28, 2007 | November 6, 2007 |
| Plaintiff IO Group, Inc. d/b/a Titan Media alleged that defendant Gilbert Michael Gonzales reproduced, distributed and publicly displayed certain Titan Media-owned photographs and audiovisual works on various blogs. |
| Whitney Information, et al v. Xcentric Ventures, et al | January 27, 2004 | November 6, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs Whitney Information Network, Inc. and Russ Whitney alleged that defendants Xcentric Ventures, LLC, badbusinessbureau.org, and Ed Magedson (1) used plaintiffs' trademarks in commerce in a manner likely to cause consumer confusion and (2) published stories that are false about the plaintiffs with the intent to injure plaintiffs, their business reputation, and to illegally divert customers away from plaintiffs. |
| Antor Media Corporation v. Metacafe, Inc. | March 27, 2007 | November 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Antor Media Corporation alleged that MetaCafe, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,734,961 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Information Recorded on Information Storage Means from a Central Server to Subscribers via a High Data Rate Digital Telecommunications Network." |
| Nota Music Publishing, Inc. et al v. Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. | July 13, 2007 | October 29, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs alleged that defendant Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. unlawfully distributed or reproduced plaintiffs' copyrighted works when it sold special devices marketed as Sirius Satellite Radio players (i.e., Sirius S50, Stiletto SL100 and Stiletto S10) which allowed subscribers to record and retain perfect digital copies of plaintiffs' protected works, as well as store them for unlimited replay as long as they remained active Sirius subscribers. |
| Lulu Enterprises, Inc. v. N-F Newsite, LLC et al | September 5, 2007 | October 24, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Lulu Enterprises, Inc. complains that defendants' HULU mark and domain name unfairly trade upon the goodwill that Lulu has established in its LULU name and marks. |
| George Edward McCain v. Associated Press The | August 31, 2007 | October 23, 2007 |
| FragranceNet.com, Inc. v. FragranceX.com Inc. | May 12, 2006 | October 23, 2007 |
| Plaintiff FragranceNet.com, Inc. alleges that defendant FragranceX.com Inc. took, misappropriated and copied more than 800 photographs from plaintiff's website without permission or compensation for use on a competing online retail store. |
| REFINED RECOMMENDATION CORPORATION v. NETFLIX, INC. | October 16, 2007 | October 22, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Refined Recommendation Corporation alleges that Netflix, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,606,102 entitled "Optimizing Interest Potential." |
| Bourne Co. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al | October 3, 2007 | October 19, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Bourne Co. alleged that defendants infringed plaintiff's copyright interests in the song "When You Wish Upon a Star." Defendants allegedly created an episode of "The Family Guy" titled "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" that included a song "I Need a Jew." The song coupled anti-Semitic lyrics with plaintiff's song. |
| RICHES v. COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. et al | October 15, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| SmithKline Beecham Corporation et al v. Dudas et al | October 9, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Hustler.com et al | October 5, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Digital Reg of Texas, LLC alleged that defendants Hustler.com (a/k/a LFP Internet Group, LLC), LFP, Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Audible, Inc., Sony Corp. of America, Sony Connect, Inc., Macrovision Corp. and Blockbuster Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,389,541 entitled "Regulating Access to Digital Content." |
| Leaper Footwear v. Nike et al | October 1, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Leaper Footwear, LLC alleged that defendants Nike, Inc. and Apple, Inc. developed and marketed a "Nike + iPod Sport Kit" that infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,720,200 entitled "Performance Measuring Footwear." |
| Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. Blockdot, Inc. et al | June 20, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleges that defendants have infringed US Patent No. 6,712,702 covering a method and system for playing games on a network. |
| Web Telephony, LLC. v. Verizon Communications, Inc. et al | March 14, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Web Telephony, LLC alleges that defendants have infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,445,694 and 6,785,266, both entitled "Internet controlled telephone system." |
| Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffmann-LaRoche LTD et al | November 8, 2005 | October 15, 2007 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. et al | October 14, 2005 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Stanford University alleged that defendants Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. and Roche Diagnostic Systems, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,968,730 entitled "Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Monitoring Antiviral Therapy and Making Therapeutic Decisions in the Treatment of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome" and 6,503,705 entitled "Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Monitoring Antiviral Therapy and Making Therapeutic Decisions in the Treatment of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome." |
| PartsRiver, Inc. v. Shopzilla, Inc. et al | October 3, 2007 | October 12, 2007 |
| Plaintiff PartsRiver, Inc. alleged that defendants Shopzilla, Inc., ValueClick, Inc., Pricerunner Limited, Yahoo! Inc., PriceGrabber.com, Inc., eBay, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,275,821 entitled "Method and System for Executing a Guided Parametric Search." |
| NTP, Inc. v. Sprint Nextel Corp. | September 7, 2007 | October 12, 2007 |
| Plaintiff NTP, Inc. alleged that Sprint Nextel Corp. infringed on U.S Patent Nos. 5,438,611 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors Originating from Outside of the Electronic Mail System and Method of Operation thereof," 5,479,472 entitled "System for Interconnecting Electronic Mail Systems by RF Communications and Method of Operation thereof," 5,436,960 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors and Method of Operation thereof," 5,625,670 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 5,819,172 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Radios," 6,317,582 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," and 6,317,592 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processor," and 5,631,946 entitled "System for Transferring Information from a RF Receiver to a Processor Under Control of a Program Store by the Processor and Method of Operation thereof". |
| EXPLOROLOGIST LIMITED v. SAPIENT | May 7, 2007 | October 12, 2007 |
| Anascape, Ltd v. Microsoft Corp. et al | July 31, 2006 | October 12, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Anascape, Ltd. sued defendants Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo of America, Inc., and alleged that defendants infringed on various patents related to video game consoles and video game controllers. |
| Apple Computer Inc. v. Burst.com, Inc. | January 4, 2006 | October 12, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Apple Computer, Inc. sued defendant Burst.com, Inc. and sought a declaratory judgment that U.S. Patent Nos. 4,963,995 entitled "Audio/Video Transceiver Apparatus Including Compression Means," 5,164,839 entitled "Method for handling audio/video source information", 5,995,705 entitled "Burst transmission apparatus and method for audio/video information" are invalid and are not infringed by Apple. |
| IP Innovation, LLC. et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al | October 9, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff IP Innovation LLC and Technology Licensing Corporation alleged that defendants Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,072,412 entitled "User Interface With Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects," 5,533,183 entitled "User Interface With Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects," and 5,394,521 entitled "User Interface With Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects." |
| NTP, Inc. v. Cellco Partnership | September 7, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff NTP, Inc. alleged that defendant Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,436,960 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors and Method of Operation thereof," 5,438,611 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors Originating from Outside of the Electronic Mail System and Method of Operation thereof," 5,625,670 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 5,819,172 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Radios," 6,067,451 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 6,317,592 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processor," 5,479,472 entitled "System for Interconnecting Electronic Mail Systems by RF Communications and Method of Operation thereof," and 5,631,946 entitled "System for Transferring Information from a RF Receiver to a Processor Under Control of a Program Store by the Processor and Method of Operation thereof". |
| Mediostream, Inc. v. Acer America Corporation et al | August 28, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff MedioStream, Inc. alleges that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,009,655 B2 entitled "Method and System for Direct Recording of Video Information onto a Disk Medium." |
| The Procter & Gamble Company v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc. | August 27, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Procter & Gamble Company sued defendant Kraft Foods Global, Inc. for infringing US Patent No. 7,169,418 entitled "Packaging system to provide fresh packed cofee." |
| Deborah Novak et al v. Warner Bros Pictures LLC et al | June 20, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Word Music, LLC et al v. Priddis Music, Inc. et al | May 8, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs own or administer copyrights to original musical compositions. They alleged that defendants have infringed on plaintiffs' copyrights by producing, distributing, advertising and placing upon the market karaoke products which contain unauthorized recordings of the songs and graphic display of the lyrics. |
| William Reber, L.L.C. v. Helio L.L.C. | April 30, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff William Reber L.L.C alleges that Defendant Helio L.L.C. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,701,258 entitled "Wireless Pager with Prestored Images and Methods and Systems for Use thereof." |
| Bell Helicopter Textron Inc et al v. Electronic Arts Inc | December 1, 2006 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Textron Innovations Inc. and Textron Inc. alleged that defendant Electronic Arts, Inc. engaged in trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, dilution, unfair competition and misappropriation by manufacturing software and video games (including Battlefield Vietnam, Battlefield Vietnam: Redux, and Battlefield 2) that prominently feature, utilize and depict plaintiffs' trademarks, and trade dress without plaintiffs' permission or approval. |
| 1st Technology LLC v. Rational Enterprises Ltda. et al | September 7, 2006 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff 1st Technology LLC alleged that defendants Rational Enterprises Ltda., Rational Poker School Limited, Bodog Entertainment Group S.A., Bodog.net, Bodog.com and FutureBet Systems Ltd. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,564,001 entitled "Method and System for Interactively Transmitting Multimedia Information Over a Network Which Requires Reduced Bandwidth." |
| Sprint Communications Company LP v. Vonage Holdings Corp., et al | October 4, 2005 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Sprint Communications Company L.P. alleged that theglobe.com, Inc., Voiceglo Holdings, Inc. and Vonage Holdings Corp. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,304,572 entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Telecommunications Control," 6,663,561 entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Telecommunications Control," 6,463,052 entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Telecommunications Control," 6,452,932 entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Telecommunications Control," 6,473,429 entitled "Broadband Telecommunications System," 6,298,064 entitled "Broadband Telecommunications System," and 6,665,294 entitled "Broadband Telecommunications System." |
| Andersen et al v. Monsoon Multimedia, Inc. | September 19, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| NTP, Inc. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. | September 7, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff NTP, Inc. alleged that T-Mobile USA, Inc. infringed on U.S Patent Nos. 5,438,611 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors Originating from Outside of the Electronic Mail System and Method of Operation thereof," 5,479,472 entitled "System for Interconnecting Electronic Mail Systems by RF Communications and Method of Operation thereof," 5,436,960 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors and Method of Operation thereof," 5,625,670 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 5,819,172 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Radios," 6,317,582 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," and 6,317,592 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processor," and 5,631,946 entitled "System for Transferring Information from a RF Receiver to a Processor Under Control of a Program Store by the Processor and Method of Operation thereof". |
| Pravda Studios, LLC v. Corbis Corporation et al | September 6, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Pravda Studios, LLC alleged that defendants Corbis Corporation and Corbis Motion engaged in copyright infringement by copying , displaying and distributing plaintiff's live action, motion picture, film footage entitled PRAVDA B-STOCK: SPAIN. Plaintiff also alleged that defendant negligently lost, misplaced, destroyed or improperly converted plaintiff's work. |
| Mattel, Inc. v. Global China Networks, LLC. et al | August 21, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Defendants operate a pornographic web site at www.chinabarbie.com. Plaintiff owns the BARBIE trademark and alleges that chinabarbie infringes and is confusingly similar and dilutive of the BARBIE trademark. |
| Vonage Holdings Corp. v. Nortel Networks Inc. et al | August 17, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Vonage Holdings Corp. sought a declaratory judgment that defendant's patents are invalid, void and/or unenforceable. The case involved U.S. Patent Nos. 6,091,808 entitled "Methods of an Apparatus for Providing Telephone Call Control and Information," 6,445,695 entitled "System and Method for Supporting Communications Services on Behalf of a Communications Device Which Cannot Provide Those Services Itself," and 7,050,861 entitled "Controlling a Destination Terminal from an Originating Terminal." |
| Pape v. Electronic Arts, Inc. et al | June 18, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Christopher Pape alleged that defendants Electronic Arts, Inc. and Inetvideo.com infringed on plaintiff's copyright in a painting entitled "Freedom" by including it in the electronic video game called Freedom Fighters. |
| Wolf v. Brightroom, Inc. et al | June 8, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleged that defendants Brightroom, Inc., Island Photography, Inc., Elizabeth M. Kreutz, Bird's Eye View, Inc., Digilabs, Inc., Printroom, INc., Smugmug, Inc. and Hour Photos, Inc. d/b/a Master Photos U.S.A. infringed on U.S Patent No. 7,047,214 entitled "Process for Providing Event Photographs for Inspection, Selection and Distribution Via a Computer Network." |
| Sweet People Apparel Inc v. Forever 21 Inc | February 23, 2007 | October 10, 2007 |
| AdvanceMe Inc v. RapidPay LLC | November 9, 2005 | October 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff AdvanceMe Inc. alleges that defendant RapidPay LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,941,281 entitled "Automated Payment." The patent covers systems and methods of automated loan repayment. |
| NTP, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility, LLC | September 7, 2007 | October 9, 2007 |
| Plaintiff NTP, Inc. alleged that AT&T Mobility, LLC infringed on U.S Patent Nos. 5,438,611 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors Originating from Outside of the Electronic Mail System and Method of Operation thereof," 5,479,472 entitled "System for Interconnecting Electronic Mail Systems by RF Communications and Method of Operation thereof," 5,436,960 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors and Method of Operation thereof," 5,625,670 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 5,819,172 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Radios," 6,317,582 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," and 6,317,592 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processor," and 5,631,946 entitled "System for Transferring Information from a RF Receiver to a Processor Under Control of a Program Store by the Processor and Method of Operation thereof". |
| FotoMedia Technologies, LLC v. AOL, LLC. et al | June 18, 2007 | October 9, 2007 |
| Plaintiff FotoMedia Technologies, LLC alleged that AOL LLC, American Online, Inc., PhotoBucket.com, Inc., Shutterfly, Inc., CNET Networks, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,018,774 entitled "Method and System for Creating Messages Including Image Information," 6,542,936 B1 entitled "System for Creating Messages Including Image Information," and 6,871,231 B2 entitled "Role-Based Access to Image Metadata." |
| segOne, Inc. v. Fox Broadcasting Company | June 12, 2007 | October 9, 2007 |
| Plaintiff segOne, Inc. seeks a declaration that use of the segOne device, in conjunction with Fox programming, does not infringe Defendant Fox Broadcasting Company's copyrights. |
| MARS, INC. v. NATRACEUTICAL, S.A. et al | April 3, 2007 | October 9, 2007 |
| Mars, Inc. alleges that Natraceutical, S.A. and Natra U.S., Inc. infringed certain patents held by Mars concerning the production of cocoa with enriched polyphenol content, which purportedly conveys vascular health benefits to consumers of chocolate. |
| Diane Von Furstenberg Studio, LP v. Forever 21, Inc. et al | March 23, 2007 | October 9, 2007 |
| Diane Von Furstenburg Studio alleges that forever 21 produced, marketed, advertised, distributed, offered for sale and sold dresses nearly identical to Diane Von Furstenburg's Cerisier and Aubrey dresses that bear designs identical to Diane Von Furstenburg copyrights. |
| Tavory v. NTP, Inc. | September 20, 2006 | October 9, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Oren Tavory sued defendant NTP, Inc., seeking to be joined as an inventor to six patents owned by NTP, as well as damages for copyright infringement and unjust enrichment. |
| 1st Technology LLC v. IQ-Ludorum, PLC, et al | March 15, 2006 | October 9, 2007 |
| JTH Tax, Inc. v. Whitaker | April 12, 2007 | October 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff JTH Tax, Inc. alleges that the defendant breached a franchise agreement by failing to follow operating procedures, refused to allow the franchisor to inspect the business and refused to follow certain post-termination obligations. |
| DOW JONES REUTERS BUSINESS INTERACTIVE, LLC v. ABLAISE LTD. et al | June 1, 2006 | October 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive, LLC d/b/a Factiva seeks a declaratory judgment against defendants Ablaise Ltd. and General Investions Institute A, Inc. that plaintiff has not infringed any claim of U.S. Patent No. 6,961,737 patent entitled "Serving Signals" and that the 6,961,737 patent is invalid. |
| S & L Vitamins, Inc. v. Australian Gold, Inc. | March 4, 2005 | October 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff S & L Vitamins, Inc. seeks a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of trademark rights and non-interference with contract and for unfair competition. Plaintiff sells tanning products on its website SuppleNet.com that are manufactured by defendant Australian Gold, Inc. |
| HANESBRANDS, INC. et al v. AMERICAN APPAREL, INC. et al | September 4, 2007 | October 3, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs Hanesbrands, Inc., HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC and HBI Branded Apparel Limited, Inc. alleged that defendants American Apparel, Inc. and American Apparel Retail, Inc. infringed on the BARELY THERE marks used by plaintiff on women's hosiery, lingerie and apparel products. |
| Selex Communications, Inc. v. Jajah, Inc. | April 12, 2007 | October 3, 2007 |
| Alfenas v. Pantera Partnership et al | August 2, 2007 | October 2, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Leif Alfenas alleges that defendant Pantera Partnership acquiesced to his publication of a non-commercial fan appreciation website at Pantera.com and that defendant had abandoned its rights to the trademark PANTERA. |
| United Fabrics International Inc v. Forever 21 Inc et al | February 2, 2007 | October 2, 2007 |
| Riches v. Gates et al | September 21, 2007 | October 1, 2007 |
| Video Professor, Inc. v. John Does 1-100 | August 16, 2007 | September 28, 2007 |
| Datatreasury Corporation v. Wells Fargo & Company et al | February 24, 2006 | September 28, 2007 |
| Pearson Education, Inc. et al v. Knyane et al | September 21, 2007 | September 27, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs Pearson Education, Inc., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Cengage Learning, Inc. and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. alleged that defendants infringed on plaintiffs' copyrights and trademarks through their sales of electronic copies of instructors' solutions manuals. |
| Riches v. Underwood | September 14, 2007 | September 27, 2007 |
| Riches v. Underwood | September 21, 2007 | September 26, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Jonathan Lee Riches© d/b/a CEO of "Identity Theft Row Records" sued defendant Carrie Underwood d/b/a "Country Music Singer." Plaintiff alleged that defendant bribed American Idol judges Simon and Paula, and got plaintiff's co-defendant to hack into phone lines to rig votes. He also alleges that defendant's current hit songs—"I Sued Vick, Got on the News Quick," "All Truth in My Lawsuits," and "Jonathan Lee Riches, He Delicious"—are plaintiff's copyrighted material. He also alleged that two Milli Vanilli lookalikes jumped him in the prison rec yard and stole his larynx on defendant's direct orders. (Plaintiff also affixed two stamps on the complaint—which did not reproduce clearly—and labeled them stamps of approval). |
| Mediostream Inc. v. Priddis Music Inc. et al | April 17, 2007 | September 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Mediostream, Inc. alleged that it had entered into an agreement with defendant Priddis Music, Inc. under which defendant purported to grant plaintiff a non-exclusive right to encode, host, integrate and make available tracks for plaintiff's online karaoke business. Plaintiff further alleged that defendant Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. subsequently contacted plaintiff, asserted that plaintiff had infringed upon its copyrights, and indicated that defendant Priddis Music had no rights to transfer to plaintiff. |
| Nike, Inc. v. Geox USA, Inc. et al | July 19, 2007 | September 24, 2007 |
| Harajuku Lovers LLC v. Forever 21 Inc et al | June 14, 2007 | September 24, 2007 |
| MCS Music America, Inc. et al v. Farner et al | April 6, 2007 | September 21, 2007 |
| Ritchie v. Gano | August 15, 2007 | September 20, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Brian Ritchie d/b/a Violent Femmes seeks a declaratory judgment that plaintiff is a joint-author of the certain Violent Femmes musical compositions and recordings, and is the sole and exclusive owner of the VIOLENT FEMMES trademark. |
| LA Printex Industries, Inc. v. Forever 21, Inc. et al | May 15, 2007 | September 20, 2007 |
| Splash News & Picture Agency Inc et al v. Lavandeira et al | April 23, 2007 | September 20, 2007 |
| Omega, S.A. et al v. Susan Eisen, Inc. | August 1, 2007 | September 18, 2007 |
| St. Louis Cardinals, LLC v. Lewis | March 9, 2007 | September 18, 2007 |
| Plaintiff St. Louis Cardinals, LLC complains that defendant Douglas J. Lewis d/b/a STL Products operates a retail business that sells and offers for sale a wide variety of merchandise bearing trademarks, designations, logos and designs identical and/or confusingly similar to plaintiff's CARDINALS marks. |
| IO Group, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc. | June 23, 2006 | September 18, 2007 |
| THE SCO GROUP, INC. v. AUTOZONE, INC. | March 3, 2004 | September 17, 2007 |
| SCO Grp v. Novell Inc | February 6, 2004 | September 14, 2007 |
| Video Professor, Inc. v. McGrath | July 13, 2007 | September 13, 2007 |
| High Maintenance Bitch LLC v. B A Barker Inc | June 8, 2007 | September 13, 2007 |
| Siddharth Kara v. Lions Gate Entertainment Inc et al | February 5, 2007 | September 13, 2007 |
| Paris Hilton v. Hallmark Cards et al | September 6, 2007 | September 12, 2007 |
| CKE Restaurants Inc et al v. Jack in the Box Inc | May 25, 2007 | September 12, 2007 |
| Carl's Jr. sued Jack in the Box over TV ads that Jack in the Box ran that suggested Angus beef came from the butt of a cow. |
| 1st Media LLC v. Napster, Inc. et al | January 16, 2007 | September 12, 2007 |
| Plaintiff 1st Media LLC alleges that Defendants Napster, Inc., RealNetworks,Inc., kSolo, Inc., and Slep-Tone Entertainment Corporation d/b/a Sound Choice Accompaniment Tracks infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,464,946 entitled "System and Apparatus for Interactive Multimedia Entertainment." |
| Reiber et al v. Western Digital Corp. et al | September 10, 2007 | September 11, 2007 |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Chocolate Perfection, Inc. et al | July 31, 2007 | September 11, 2007 |
| Knight v. LaVandeira | May 11, 2007 | September 11, 2007 |
| Photographer Ken Knight alleges that Mario Lavandeira posted a photo of Jason Allen Alexander on the website www.perezhilton.com. Plaintiff asserts that he holds the copyright to the photo and that it was published on the website without permission. |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Associazione Italiana Sommelier Roma et al | November 4, 2005 | September 11, 2007 |
| Riches v. 50 Cent | September 10, 2007 | September 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Jonathan Lee Riches alleges that defendant Curtis Jackson a/k/a 50 cent will be releasing a new album entitled "Curtis," which contains numerous Jonathan Lee Riches copyrighted lyrics and material. Plaintiff alleges that a lot of the lyrics deal with cybercrime, and that defendant stole the following copyrighted material from him. |
| Lycos, Inc. v. Tivo, Inc. et al | August 9, 2007 | September 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Lycos, Inc. alleges that defendants Tivo, Inc., Netflix, Inc. and Blockbuster, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,867,799 entitled "Information system and method for filtering a massive flow of information entities to meet user information classification needs: and 5,983,214 entitled "System and method employing individual user content-based data and user collaborative feedback data to evaluate the content of an information entity in a large information communication network." |
| Datatreasury Corporation v. Small Value Payments Company | March 2, 2004 | September 10, 2007 |
| CNG Financial Corporation v. Google Inc | January 24, 2006 | September 7, 2007 |
| Plaintiff CNG Financial Corporation sued Defendant Google, Inc. over Google's practice of allowing third parties to purchase online advertisements that appear when a user searches for "Check 'N Go" on Google's website. Plaintiff owns the service mark "Check 'N Go." |
| CafePress.com, Inc. v. ArtsCafe.com et al | August 29, 2007 | September 6, 2007 |
| High Maintenance Bitch LLC v. Innovative Spotlight Inc | June 8, 2007 | September 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff High Maintenance Bitch, LLC alleged that defendant Innovative Spotlight, Inc. infringed on U.S Patent Nos. D475,163, D468,491 and D475,162, entitled "Dog collar." |
| Sanrio, Inc et al v. Elia Oleta et al | May 24, 2007 | September 5, 2007 |
| Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences v. Ampas.com | April 13, 2007 | September 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences seeks an order transferring the domain name ampas.com to the plaintiff or deleting the registration of the domain name ampas.com |
| Google Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, Inc. | November 26, 2003 | September 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Google Inc. seeks declaratory judgment that its policy regarding the sale of keyword-triggering advertising does not constitute trademark infringement. |
| Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. Miller | June 28, 2007 | August 31, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs allege that defendant Norman Miller d/b/a Excel Test Preparation operates a copy shop near the University of Michigan that allows students to reproduce their own coursepack, which includes journals articles and excerpts from books. Plaintiffs further allege that defendant does not arrange for permission to copy the materials in the coursepacks from the Copyright Clearance Center, INc. |
| AdvanceMe Inc v. AMERIMERCHANT LLC | February 27, 2006 | August 31, 2007 |
| Plaintiff AdvanceMe Inc. alleges that defendant AmeriMerchant, LLC infringed on US Patent No. 6,941,281 entitled "Automatic payment." |
| Yellowone Investments v. Verizon Communications, Inc et al | November 15, 2006 | August 30, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Verizon's city pages and superpages websites violated its patent covering location-based search. |
| Powerful Katinka, Inc. v. McFarland et al | June 26, 2007 | August 29, 2007 |
| Chef Rebecca Charles of the Pearl Oyster Bar alleges that her former employee Chef Edward McFarland opened Ed's Lobster Bar, a restaurant that pirated Pearl's entire menu, copied all aspects of Pearl's presentation of its dishes and duplicated Pearl's readily identifiable decor. |
| Sanrio Inc et al v. El Sol Trading et al | June 4, 2007 | August 29, 2007 |
| Levi Strauss & Co v. Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation | July 12, 2007 | August 28, 2007 |
| North American Karaoke-Works Trade Association, Inc. v. Entral Group International, LLC | July 6, 2006 | August 27, 2007 |
| Coast To Coast Fabrics, Inc. v. Forever 21, Inc. | April 26, 2007 | August 24, 2007 |
| High Maintenance Bitch LLC v. Uptown Dog Club Inc | June 8, 2007 | August 22, 2007 |
| Plaintiff High Maintenance Bitch, LLC alleged that defendant Uptown Dog Club, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. D475,163 and D468,491 and D475,162. |
| L. F. P. Inc et al v. Cafepress.com, Inc et al | July 6, 2007 | August 21, 2007 |
| M M P Inc v. Forever 21 Inc et al | January 30, 2007 | August 20, 2007 |
| MCCLATCHEY v. ASSOCIATED PRESS | February 24, 2005 | August 17, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Valencia McClatchey alleged that defendant the Associated Press (AP) over the AP's unauthorized use of her copyright End of Serenity photograph. |
| Dunbar et al v. Gottwald et al | May 25, 2007 | August 15, 2007 |
| Datatreasury Corporation v. City National Corporation et al | April 18, 2006 | August 14, 2007 |
| bebe stores, inc. et al v. forever 21 Inc et al | January 4, 2007 | August 13, 2007 |
| bebe alleges that forever 21 sold garments bearing designs that were identical or virtually identical to bebe's copyrighted designs. |
| Anna Sui Corp. v. Forever 21, Inc. et al | April 23, 2007 | August 7, 2007 |
| Anna Sui Corp. alleges that Forever 21 sold and offered for sale numerous women's clothing items bearing a striking similarity to Sui Products featured at the most recent New York Fashion Week shows. |
| Pantera Partnership v. Alfenas | August 3, 2007 | August 3, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Pantera Partnership alleged that defendant Leif Alfenas operated, maintained and registered the pantera.com website with plaintiff's consent as an independent contractor. Plaintiff further alleged that it subsequently determined that it was in its best interest to regain control of its official website and demanded that defendant deliver pantera.com to plaintiff. |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Google Inc et al | November 19, 2004 | July 31, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Perfect 10 sued defendant Google Inc. for displaying thumbnails of photographs copyrighted by the plaintiff. Consolidated with Perfect 10 Inc. v. Amazon.com Inc. et al. Additional Resources Ninth Circuit Opinion in Perfect 10 v. Google and Amazon. |
| Counter Terrorist Group US et al v. Associated Press et al | July 9, 2007 | July 30, 2007 |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Amazon.com Inc et al | June 29, 2005 | July 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Perfect 10 sued defendant Amazon.com Inc. for displaying thumbnails of photographs copyrighted by the plaintiff. Consolidated with Perfect 10 Inc. v. Google Inc. et al. |
| MY FIRST BIKE PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. MYSPACE, INC. et al | April 13, 2007 | July 23, 2007 |
| Exact-Science Productions, LLC v. Femme Knits Inc. et al | April 27, 2007 | July 20, 2007 |
| Exact-Science Products alleges that Femme Knits manufactured, imported, offered for sale and sold garments being a copyrighted design of visual art entitled "Heart Shaped Cassette Tape / I Love Music." |
| Revenue Science, Inc. v. Valueclick, Inc. et al | May 23, 2007 | July 18, 2007 |
| TiVo, Inc. v. Forgent Networks, Inc. | May 17, 2007 | July 18, 2007 |
| Cal IV Entertainment, LLC v. Youtube, Inc. et al | June 7, 2007 | July 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff, a music publishing company, alleges that Defendants infringed its copyrights by allowing users to upload videos containing plaintiff's copyrighted works and providing access to certain content filtering technologies only to existing business partners. |
| The Freecycle Network, Inc. v. Oey et al | April 4, 2006 | July 10, 2007 |
| Plaintiff The Freecycle Network, Inc. alleges that defendants Tim Oey and Jane Doe Oey have been knowingly inducing third parties to infringe The Freecycle Networks's marks by encouraging others to use the term freecycle as a generic term. |
| Google Inc. v. Wolfe | April 8, 2005 | July 9, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Google, Inc. alleges that defendant Richard Wolfe infringed on its trademark by registering the domain name froogles.com and hosting a internet shopping guide at that site, which competes with Google's web search services. |
| JTH Tax, Inc. v. Van | March 28, 2007 | July 5, 2007 |
| Columbia Pictures Industries Inc v. Bunnell | February 23, 2006 | July 3, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs allege that defendants knowingly enable, encourage, induce and profit from massive online piracy of plaintiffs\' copyright works through the operation of their TorrentSpy website. |
| Reebok International Ltd. v. Nike, Inc. | April 3, 2007 | July 2, 2007 |
| Timebase Pty Ltd v. Thomson Corporation, The | March 28, 2007 | June 29, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Timebase Pty Ltd. sued defendant The Thomson Corporation for infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,233,592 entitled "System for electronic publishing." |
| Entral Group International, LLC v. Legend Cafe & Karaoke, Inc. et al | May 11, 2005 | June 27, 2007 |
| Netflix, Inc. v. Blockbuster, Inc. | April 4, 2006 | June 26, 2007 |
| Freeplay Music Corp. v. Haas Outdoors, Inc. et al | September 21, 2006 | June 22, 2007 |
| Unicolors Inc v. Forever 21 Inc et al | June 1, 2007 | June 14, 2007 |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Sasha Stone et al | May 1, 2007 | June 13, 2007 |
| IP Innovation LLC. et al v. Apple, Inc. | April 18, 2007 | June 13, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs IP Innovation LLC and Technology Licensing Corporation allege that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,072,412 entitled "User Interface with Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects." |
| 1st Technology LLC v. Riptown.Com Media | December 28, 2006 | June 13, 2007 |
| DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. v. DEREK & JAMAR PRODUCTION, LLC | November 21, 2006 | June 13, 2007 |
| Skyline Software Systems, Inc. v. Keyhole, Inc et al | June 5, 2006 | June 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Skyline Software Systems, Inc. sued defendant Keyhole, Inc. for patent infringement. Plaintiff alleges that Google Earth and other products provided by defendants infringe on U.S. Patent No. 6,496,189 entitled "Remote landscape display and pilot training." |
| CafePress.com Inc v. Alexa Internet Inc et al | April 16, 2007 | June 8, 2007 |
| Video Professor, Inc. v. Malaker | April 4, 2007 | June 7, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Video Professor, Inc. alleged that defendant registered videoprofessor.ca, which is confusingly similar to the VIDEO PROFESSOR trademark. |
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