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| Xpoint Technologies Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et al | August 21, 2009 | November 6, 2009 |
| Redbox Automated Retail LLC v. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC | August 11, 2009 | November 6, 2009 |
| Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. Careerbuilder, LLC et al | June 1, 2009 | November 6, 2009 |
| FPX, LLC v. Google, Inc. et al | May 11, 2009 | November 6, 2009 |
| PA Advisors, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | November 2, 2007 | November 6, 2009 |
| 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." |
| Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al | September 27, 2007 | November 6, 2009 |
| 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." |
| Polaris IP, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | August 27, 2007 | November 6, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Function Media, L.L.C. v. Google, Inc. et al | July 3, 2007 | November 6, 2009 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Google's AdSense and AdWords technologies, Google Print Ads, and Yahoo's Publisher and Content Match technologies infringe on its patents. |
| The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al | May 4, 2007 | November 6, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Google Inc et al | November 19, 2004 | November 6, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Red Bend Software, Inc. et al v. Google | October 26, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| Benjamin v. Google Inc. | October 5, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. Softlayer Technologies, Inc. et al | June 16, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| Soaring Helmet Corporation v. Bill Me Inc et al | June 9, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| Actus, LLC v. Bank of America Corp. et al | April 9, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| Fairey et al v. The Associated Press | February 9, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| Claim that iconic Obama poster infringes on AP photo copyright |
| Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corporation | July 3, 2008 | November 5, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendant Psystar Corporation sold in commerce a computer named the OpenMac--subsequently changed to Open Computer--which runs a modified version of the Leopard operating system without authorization from Plaintiff and in violation of the terms of the Software License Agreement governing the use of Mac OS X software and Plaintiff's intellectual property., Defendant also provided direct copies and/or modified versions of Plaintiff's software updates. |
| ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al | January 31, 2008 | November 5, 2009 |
| Plaintiff ESN, LLC alleged that Defendants Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,283,519 entitled "Distributed Edge Switching System for Voice-Over-Packet Multiservice Network." |
| Eric Dane et al v. Gawker Media LLC et al | September 23, 2009 | November 5, 2009 |
| EMG Technology, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | November 24, 2008 | November 4, 2009 |
| EMG Technology lawsuit accuses Apple of infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,441,196 in the way the iPhone navigates the Internet. |
| The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc. | September 20, 2005 | November 4, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al | October 6, 2009 | November 3, 2009 |
| Joltid Limited v. Skype Technologies S.A. et al | September 16, 2009 | November 3, 2009 |
| Luxo AS v. The Walt Disney Company et al | September 3, 2009 | November 3, 2009 |
| The Luxo Lamp company has sued Disney (particularly it's child company Pixar) for trademark infringement because they are selling a version of the iconic lamp under the name "Luxo, Jr." |
| Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc. | November 19, 2008 | November 3, 2009 |
| Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | November 21, 2007 | November 3, 2009 |
| 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." |
| Connectu, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. et al | March 28, 2007 | November 3, 2009 |
| ConnectU is suing Facebook for business torts and unfair business practices. |
| Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al | April 15, 2008 | November 2, 2009 |
| Publisher lawsuit against public university that makes electronic copies of course readings available to students without paying royalty fees. |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Mark Field, et al | March 13, 2008 | November 2, 2009 |
| House of Bryant Publications, L.L.C. v. A&E Television Networks | June 3, 2009 | October 30, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs claim A&E used short clip of "Rocky Top" synchronized in a television program, despite plaintiff's refusal to grant a license. Defense claims fair use, stating that the clip is only 12 seconds long and is background to a football game filled with ambient noise. |
| John Beck Amazing Profits, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | May 14, 2009 | October 30, 2009 |
| Northeastern University et al v. Google, Inc., | November 6, 2007 | October 30, 2009 |
| 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." |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Veoh Networks, Inc. et al | September 4, 2007 | October 30, 2009 |
| Redbox Automated Retail LLC v. Warner Home Video | August 18, 2009 | October 29, 2009 |
| Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc. et al | August 1, 2007 | October 29, 2009 |
| Web Host Faces Potential Contributory Trademark Liability--Louis Vuitton v. Akanoc. By Professor Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog |
| Personalized User Model LLP v. Google Inc. | July 16, 2009 | October 28, 2009 |
| St Clair Intellectual Property Consultants Inc. v. Apple Inc. | October 26, 2009 | October 27, 2009 |
| Realnetworks, Inc. et al v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. et al | September 30, 2008 | October 27, 2009 |
| jukebox to store dvds as DMCA violation |
| Eight Mile Style, LLC et al v. Apple Computer, Incorporated | July 30, 2007 | October 26, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. Miller | June 28, 2007 | October 26, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Doe 1 et al v. Ciolli et al | June 8, 2007 | October 26, 2009 |
| Two female Yale Law School students sued because defendants posted defamatory and threatening comments about them on an online forum at AutoAdmit.com. |
| Flowbee International, Inc. et al v. Google, Inc. | August 13, 2009 | October 23, 2009 |
| Google Inc. v. Traffic Information LLC | June 9, 2009 | October 23, 2009 |
| JURIN et al v. GOOGLE, INC. et al | October 22, 2009 | October 22, 2009 |
| Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC v. Forest River Inc | October 24, 2008 | October 22, 2009 |
| Guerrilla Marketing Under False Pretenses Might Be Passing Off--Heartland v. Forest River. By Professor Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. |
| Google Inc. et al v. Egger et al | July 1, 2008 | October 22, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs Google Inc., AOL LLC, Yahoo! Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc. and Lycos, Inc. seek a declaratory judgment that they have not infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 5,544,352, 5,832,494 and 6,233,571 (Method and Apparatus for Indexing, Searching and Displaying Data), that such patents are invalid, and that Defendants L. Daniel Egger, Software Rights Archive, LLC and Site Technologies, Inc. do not own the patents. |
| Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google, Inc. et al | February 12, 2008 | October 21, 2009 |
| 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." |
| PEERMUSIC, III, LTD. et al v. MOTIVE FORCE LLC et al | August 24, 2009 | October 20, 2009 |
| Rosetta Stone LTD v. Google Inc. | July 10, 2009 | October 20, 2009 |
| Elan Microelectronics Corporation v. Apple, Inc. | April 7, 2009 | October 20, 2009 |
| Mikhlyn et al v. Bove et al | August 18, 2008 | October 19, 2009 |
| Cautionary Tale of Website Co-Ownership--Mikhlyn v. Bove. By Professor Eric Goldman |
| TechRadium v. Twitter, Inc. | August 4, 2009 | October 16, 2009 |
| Texas company TechRadium sues Twitter for violating their patents: Nos. 7,130,389, 7,496,183, and 7,519,165. |
| Evenflow, Inc. v. Domains by Proxy, Inc. | August 20, 2009 | October 13, 2009 |
| API Technologies, LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al | May 12, 2009 | October 13, 2009 |
| Specht et al v. Google Inc et al | April 28, 2009 | October 13, 2009 |
| IP Innovation LLC et al v. Google, Inc. | November 16, 2007 | October 12, 2009 |
| 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." |
| Clark v. The Walt Disney Company et al | October 17, 2008 | October 9, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Aaron Clark alleged that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,548,272 entitled "Talking Poster" by manufacturing, distributing and licensing the Hannah Montana Talking Poster and Cheetah Girls Talking Poster. |
| Timebase Pty Ltd v. Thomson Corporation, The | March 28, 2007 | October 7, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Timebase Pty Ltd. sued defendant The Thomson Corporation for infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,233,592 entitled "System for electronic publishing." |
| Domino Recording Company, Inc. et al v. Interscope Geffen A & M Records et al | October 2, 2009 | October 5, 2009 |
| Scott v. Scribd, Inc | September 18, 2009 | October 5, 2009 |
| HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. GOOGLE INC. | April 12, 2006 | October 5, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs HyperPhrase Technologies LLC and HyperPhrase Inc. alleged that Defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,434,567 entitled "Method for Specifying Enterprise-wide Database Address Formats," No. 6,507,837 entitled "Tiered and Content Based Database Searching," No. 6,516,321 entitled "Method for Database Address Specification," and No. 5,903,889 entitled "System and Method for Translating, Collecting and Archiving Patient Records for Automated Data Storage and Retrieval." |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Copier Country New York LLC et al | December 29, 2008 | October 1, 2009 |
| Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas | April 19, 2006 | October 1, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Textscape, LLC v. Google, Inc. | September 25, 2009 | September 30, 2009 |
| Reed et al v. Freebird Film Productions, Inc. et al | July 22, 2008 | September 30, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs Craig Reed and Survivor Films, Inc. alleged that Defendants failed to pay him a portion of the profits from "FREEBIRD...THE MOVIE" which incorporated portions of Plaintiff's personal video recordings of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band. Plaintiff s also alleged that Defendants used excerpts from Plaintiff's recordings without permission in LYNYRD SKYNYRD - LYVE FROM STEEL TOWN, LYNYRD SKYNYRD LYVE - THE VICIOUS CYCLE TOUR, 2003 NASHVILLE LIVE, as well as in the music viodes for SIMPLE MAN, FREEBIRD and SWEET HOME ALABAMA. |
| Web Tracking Solutions, Inc. et al v. Google, Inc. | July 31, 2008 | September 29, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs Web Tracking Solutions, Inc. and Daniel Wexler alleged that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,960,409 entitled "Third-Party On-Line Accounting System and Method Therefor." |
| Association For Molecular Pathology et al v. United States Patent and Trademark Office et al | May 12, 2009 | September 23, 2009 |
| Aloft Media, LLC v. SAP AG et al | July 14, 2009 | September 22, 2009 |
| Aloft Media, LLC v. Oracle Corporation et al | July 14, 2009 | September 22, 2009 |
| Aloft Media, LLC v. Yahoo!, Inc. et al | July 8, 2009 | September 22, 2009 |
| Aloft Media, LLC v. Yahoo! Inc. et al | December 30, 2008 | September 18, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleged that Defendants Yahoo!, Inc., Google, Inc. and AOL LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,472,351 entitled "Mobile E-Mail Manager Interface with Integrated Instant Messaging and Phone Call Initiator Feature." |
| Google, Inc. v. EMSAT Advanced Geo-Location Technology, LLC et al | May 29, 2009 | September 16, 2009 |
| Brave New Films 501 (C)(4) v. Weiner et al | October 10, 2008 | September 15, 2009 |
| Talk radio host Michael Weiner (aka Michael Savage) and his syndication network, Original Talk Radio Network, filed a DMCA takedown request for YouTube to remove a video made by Brave New Films containing clips of Savage's commentary. Brave New Films is suing Savage and OTRN for a declaratory judgment that Savage's material in the video is a fair use. Plaintiff is also suing Savage and OTRN for damages and injunctive relief, based on alleged misrepresentations made via the takedown notice to YouTube. |
| Salinger et al v. John Doe et al | June 1, 2009 | September 14, 2009 |
| Joe Satriani v. Christopher Martin et al | December 4, 2008 | September 14, 2009 |
| Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al | March 13, 2007 | September 14, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs Viacom International Inc., Comedy Partners, Country Music Television, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Black Entertainment Television LLC alleged that Defendants YouTube, Inc., YouTube, LLC and Google Inc. infringed Plaintiffs' copyrights. |
| Aloft Media, LLC v. Google, Inc. | November 19, 2008 | September 10, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleged that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,194,691 entitled "Network Browser Window with Adjacent Identifier Selector Interface for Storing Web Content." |
| Williams v. Scribd, Inc. et al | August 25, 2009 | August 26, 2009 |
| Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. v. Donruss Playoff, L.P. et al | January 21, 2009 | August 17, 2009 |
| Minnesota, State of v. CMI of Kentucky, Inc. | March 3, 2008 | August 13, 2009 |
| Plaintiff State of Minnesota alleged that Defendant CMI of Kentucky, Inc. breached its contract for the sale and maintenance of a fleet of evidentiary breath test instruments by failing to provide the State with the computer source code used to program the computer-operated functions of the breath testing instrument. Plaintiff also stated that Defendant agreed to release information pertaining to the instrument when ordered to do so by courts handling cases in which an evidentiary breath test is part of the evidence and that any documentation and copyrighted material conceived or originated and arising out of the contract would become the sole property of the State. |
| Klausner Technologies Inc v. Verizon Wireless et al | August 26, 2008 | August 11, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Klausner Technologies, Inc. alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 5,572,576 and 5,283,818 entitled "Telephone Answering Device Linking Displayed Data with Recorded Audio Message." |
| Jackson Browne v. John McCain et al | August 14, 2008 | August 5, 2009 |
| Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using "Running on Empty" in his 2008 Presidential Campaign. |
| ASCENTIVE, LLC v. GOOGLE, INC. | June 25, 2009 | July 31, 2009 |
| Cygnus Systems, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, et al | December 23, 2008 | July 31, 2009 |
| MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. et al | October 25, 2006 | July 31, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Microsoft Corporation v. Lam et al | June 15, 2009 | July 29, 2009 |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Bill Jackson and Associates Appraisers | October 20, 2008 | July 21, 2009 |
| Picsel (Research) Ltd. et al v. Apple Inc. | February 13, 2009 | July 20, 2009 |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. ADS Construction et al | October 21, 2008 | June 30, 2009 |
| LaRussa v. Twitter Inc. | June 5, 2009 | June 26, 2009 |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. David Arffa, et al | October 20, 2008 | June 15, 2009 |
| Incorp Services, Inc., v. Legalzoom.com, Inc., | February 9, 2009 | June 5, 2009 |
| GraphOn Corporation v. Google Inc. | August 13, 2008 | June 5, 2009 |
| Plaintiff GraphOn Corporation alleged that Defendant Google Inc. infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 6,324,538 and 6,850,940 entitled "Automated On-Line Information Services and Directory, Particularly for the World Wide Web," and U.S. Patent Nos. 7,028,034 and 7,269,591 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Providing a Dynamically-Updating Pay-For-Service Web Site." |
| Saint Louis University v. Meyer | October 11, 2007 | June 4, 2009 |
| Certicom Corporation et al v. Sony Corporation et al | May 30, 2007 | May 27, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs Certicom Corp. and Certicom Patent Holding Corp. alleged that Defendants Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Electronics Inc. and Sony DADC US Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,563,928 entitled "Strengthened Public Key Protocol." |
| Weather Underground, Incorporated v. Navigation Catalyst Systems, Incorporated et al | February 27, 2009 | May 27, 2009 |
| Plaintiff The Weather Underground, Inc. alleges Defendants Navigation Catalyst Systems Inc., Basic Fusion Inc., Connexus Corporation, and Firstlook Inc. used an automated process to register and use domain names that are confusingly similar to famous or distinctive trademarks owned by the Plaintiff. |
| Fremantlemedia North America, Inc. v. International Intimates Inc. et al | October 14, 2008 | May 26, 2009 |
| Columbia Pictures Industries Inc v. Bunnell | February 23, 2006 | May 26, 2009 |
| 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. |
| BabyAge..com, Inc. v. Leachco, Inc. | August 30, 2007 | May 6, 2009 |
| Online Retailer's Link to House Brand from Manufacturer's Product Page Might Infringe--BabyAge v. Leachco. By Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog |
| Bourne Co. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al | October 3, 2007 | May 5, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire | July 2, 2007 | May 5, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Coupons, Inc. alleged that Defendant John Stottlemire intentionally circumvented technological measures used to limit the number of times a visitor to the coupons.com website may print a coupon. |
| Fremantlemedia North America, Inc. v. Benelux Corporation et al | December 16, 2008 | April 27, 2009 |
| Bid for Position, LLC v. AOL, LLC et al | December 13, 2007 | April 27, 2009 |
| 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." |
| Soilworks LLC v Midwest Industrial Supply Inc | September 7, 2006 | April 16, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Soilworks, LLC alleged that Defendant Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. violated the Lanham Act, the Arizona Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Arizona common law by disparaging Plaintiff and its products and falsely representing that Plaintiff is infringing patent rights of Defendant.
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| Priest et al v Google Inc. | December 11, 2008 | April 13, 2009 |
| Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. v. Soilworks, LLC | June 6, 2008 | April 10, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. alleged that Defendant Soilworks, LLC infringed its trademark, violated the Lanham Act and engaged in unfair competition. |
| 21 srl v. Apple Inc. et al | December 23, 2008 | April 3, 2009 |
| PACid Group, LLC v. Apple Inc. et al | March 30, 2009 | March 30, 2009 |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Klein & Heuchan, Inc. et al | June 17, 2008 | March 26, 2009 |
| Accolade Systems LLC v. Micron Technology Inc et al | March 24, 2009 | March 24, 2009 |
| Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | March 24, 2009 | March 24, 2009 |
| Video Professor, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. | March 23, 2009 | March 24, 2009 |
| Marketing Info v. Board of Trustees, et al | August 18, 2006 | March 19, 2009 |
| Read more at the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use, Fairly Used blog. |
| Yahoo! Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc. | November 21, 2008 | March 16, 2009 |
| NERDS ON CALL, INC. v. INTERNET BILLING SERVICES, INC. et al | April 27, 2007 | March 9, 2009 |
| Trafficschool.com.Inc v. Drivers Ed Direct LLC | November 28, 2006 | March 9, 2009 |
| Plaintiff TrafficSchool.com, Inc. and Drivers Ed Direct, LLC alleged that Defendants eDriver, Inc., Online Guru, Inc., Find My Specialist, Inc., Seriousnet, Inc., Ravi K. Lahoti and Raj Lahoti engaged in unfair competition and false advertising under the Lanham Act and the California Business and Professions Code by portraying themselves as an official government motor vehicles agency and then explicitly recommending particular traffic schools or driver's education course providers. |
| Clear With Computers, LLC v. Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. et al | February 27, 2009 | February 27, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Clear With Computers, LLC alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,615,342 entitled "Electronic Proposal Preparation System" by methods practiced on various websites, making and using supply chain methods, sales methods, sales systems, and inventory systems. |
| Jones Day v. BlockShopper.com et al | August 12, 2008 | February 24, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Jones Day alleged that Defendants BlockShopper.com, Brian Timpone and Edward Weinhaus used Jones Day marks, links to the Jones Day web site and used proprietary information from the Jones Day web site to create the false impression that Jones Day is affiliated and/or approved, sponsored or endorsed the business conducted by the Defendants. |
| The Financial Times Limited v. The Blackstone Group, L.P. et al | January 28, 2009 | February 20, 2009 |
| Plaintiff The Financial Times Limited alleges that Defendant The Blackstone Group, L.P. shared an individual, personal subscription to FT.com with its agents and employees. |
| Heartbrand Beef, Inc. v. Lobel's of New York, LLC et al | July 25, 2008 | February 12, 2009 |
| PARKER v. YAHOO!, INC. et al | July 13, 2007 | February 10, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Gordon Roy Parker alleged that Defendants Yahoo!, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation infringed on Plaintiff's registered works--Outfoxing the Foxes, 29 Reasons Not to Be a Nice Guy and Why Hotties Choose Losers--by copying, storing and displaying his works within its cache. |
| Silvers v. Google, Inc. | May 4, 2005 | February 10, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Limitnone LLC v. Google Inc. | July 23, 2008 | February 6, 2009 |
| Plaintiff LimitNone, LLC alleged that Defendant Google Inc. violated the Illinois Trade Secrets Act and Illinois Consumer Fraud & Deceptive Business Practices Act. Plaintiff charged that Defendant improperly accessed and copied Plaintiff's gMove email migration software and then created and released a competing software product called Google Email Uploader. |
| Virgin America, Inc. v. Adrants Publishing, LLC et al | January 26, 2009 | January 30, 2009 |
| STELOR PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. OOGLES N GOOGLES et al | March 11, 2005 | January 15, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Stelor Productions Inc. alleged that defendant Oogles N Googles infringed on plaintiff's registered trademarks to OOGLES, OOGLE, IGGLE and OOGGLE. |
| Motorola Inc v. Research In Motion Limited et al | January 13, 2009 | January 14, 2009 |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc., et al v. Wayne Mascia Associates | August 28, 2008 | January 14, 2009 |
| Amiga Inc v. Hyperion VOF | April 26, 2007 | January 6, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Dozier Internet Law, P.C. v. Riley et al | October 2, 2008 | December 5, 2008 |
| craigslist, Inc. v. Bertz | November 5, 2008 | November 24, 2008 |
| Plaintiff craigslist, Inc. alleged that Defendant George Berz d/b/a adbomber.com sold software and services that enabled users to repetitiously post duplicative ads on craigslist, in multiple categories on craigslist, and in multiple geographic areas on craigslist, and that purposefully circumvent craigslist security measures to do so. Plaintiff also alleged that Defendant had created copies of craiglist's copyrighted website and accessed craigslist's computer system without and in excess of authorization. |
| Burck v. Mars, Incorporated et al | February 11, 2008 | November 7, 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. |
| FreecycleSunnyvale v. The Freecycle Network | January 18, 2006 | November 7, 2008 |
| Plaintiff FreecycleSunnyvale sought a declaratory judgment that the use of freecycle, freecycling and its logo does not infringe the trademark rights of Defendant The Freecycle Network. |
| Verizon California Inc. et al v. Navigation Catalyst Systems, Inc. et al. | April 15, 2008 | November 4, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Verizon California Inc., Verizon Trademark Services LLC and Verizon Licensing Company alleged that Defendants Navigation Catalyst Systems Inc. and Basic Fusion Inc. have used an automated process to register and use over three million domain names, many of which are confusingly similar to famous or distinctive trademarks owned by others. |
| DVDPlay Inc. v. Redbox Automated Retail LLC | October 28, 2008 | October 28, 2008 |
| Media Queue, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et al | October 24, 2008 | October 27, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Media Queue, LLC alleged that Defendants Netflix, Inc., Blockbuster, Inc., GameFly, Inc., Greencine, LLC and Greencine Holdings, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,389,243 entitled "Notification System and Method for Media Queue." |
| i.think inc v. Minekey Inc et al | February 1, 2008 | October 21, 2008 |
| Plaintiff i.think inc. alleged that Defendants Minekey, Inc. and Delip Andra infringed on Plaintiff's service mark by using the iThink mark in connection with online opinion polls on Internet networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Hi5 and Friendster. |
| Realnetworks, Inc. et al v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. et al | September 30, 2008 | October 3, 2008 |
| Plaintiff RealNetworks, Inc. and RealNetworks Home Entertainment, Inc. filed an action for a declaratory judgment that the CSS License Agreement permits Plaintiffs to manufacture and offer for sale the RealDVD product and that the Plaintiffs do not violate the DMCA. |
| Universal City Studios Productions LLLP et al v. RealNetworks, Inc. et al | September 30, 2008 | October 3, 2008 |
| WIAV Solutions LLC v. Research In Motion, Ltd. et al | September 26, 2008 | September 26, 2008 |
| Vargas et al v. Pfizer Inc. et al | December 13, 2004 | September 19, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Ralph Vargas and Bland-Rickey Roberts d/b/a JBR Music Group alleged that Defendants Pfizer Inc., Publicis Inc., Fluid Music, East West Communications Inc. and Brian Transeau infringed on Plaintiffs' copyright to "Bust Dat Groove Without Ride." Defendants allegedly used key musical themes and/or jingles from the composition to promote the sales of Celebrex and misattributed the work to Defendant Transeau. |
| Stockwire Research Group, Inc. et al v. Lebed et al | October 10, 2007 | September 18, 2008 |
| IO Group, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc. | June 23, 2006 | September 10, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Io Group, Inc. alleged that Defendant Veoh Networks, Inc. infringed the copyrights in Plaintiff's works by reproducing, distributing and displaying the works on Defendant's website without Plaintiff's approval or authorization.
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| Google Inc. v. Netlist, Inc. | August 29, 2008 | September 4, 2008 |
| Pacific Law Center et al v. Saadat-Nejad | March 13, 2007 | September 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Pacific Law Center and Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP alleged that Defendant Shahrokh Saadat-Nejad, a former client, engaged in trademark infringement, cybersquatting and unfair competition by registering and using domain names confusingly similar to those of the Plaintiffs to disparage them. |
| Illinois Computer Research, LLC v. Google Inc. | September 10, 2007 | August 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." |
| Shloss v. Sweeney et al | June 12, 2006 | August 12, 2008 |
| 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... |
| Hysitron Incorporated v. MTS Systems Corporation | March 14, 2007 | August 11, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Hysitron Incorporated alleged that Defendant MTS Systems Corporation infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 6,026,677 and 5,553,486 entitled "Apparatus for Microindentation Hardness Testing and Surface Imaging Incorporating a Multi-Plate Capacitor System." |
| Tiffany (NJ) Inc. et al v. eBay Inc. | June 18, 2004 | August 11, 2008 |
| Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et al | March 20, 2008 | August 8, 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. |
| Digital Background Corporation v. Apple, Inc. | July 30, 2008 | August 5, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Digital Background Corporation alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,764,306 entitled "Real-Time Method of Digitally Altering a Video Data Stream to Remove Portions of the Original Image and Substitute Elements to Create a New Image." Defendant Apple Inc. counterclaimed and requested declaratory judgment that the '306 patent claims are invalid, unenforceable and not infringed. |
| Verne Troyer v. Ranae Shrider et al | July 31, 2008 | August 1, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Verne Troyer alleged that Defendant Ranae Shrider persuaded him to make a private sex tape, but later leaked a portion of the tape to a tabloid internet website in an attempt to sell the full version to the highest bidder. |
| Stragent, LLC v. Nokia Inc. et al | July 29, 2008 | July 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Stragent, LLC alleged that Defendants Nokia, Inc., Nokia Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Palm, Inc., Research in Motion, Ltd., Research in Motion Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Sony Ericcson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., American Online, Inc., AOL LLC, AT&T, Inc., Google, Inc., Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo!, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,665,722 entitled "Store-and-forward packet radio system and method." |
| Yahoo! Inc. v. Travelcomm Industries, Inc. et al | July 29, 2008 | July 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Yahoo! Inc. alleged that Defendants Travelcomm Industries, Inc. d/b/a Travelcomm, Inc., Travelcom, Inc., Telecom Industries, Inc. Cancunbestfares.com, Vacations Inc., I.R.R., Inc., Island Reef Resorts d/b/a Island Reefs Resort, Inc., Rigoberto Sotolongo, Peter Sotolongo a/k/a Pedro Sotolongo, Daniel Marshall and Joe Fontina had masqueraded as Yahoo! for the purpose of deceiving consumers by disseminating unsolicited facsimiles that imitate the YAHOO! Travel website for the advertisement of Defendants' travel packages when Defendants have no affiliation or connection with Yahoo!. |
| Anascape, Ltd v. Nintendo of America, Inc. | July 18, 2008 | July 29, 2008 |
| Hasbro, Inc. v. RJ Softwares et al | July 24, 2008 | July 28, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Hasbro, Inc. alleged that Defendants RJ Softwares, Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwalla infringed on Plaintiff's trademark and copyright by creating and publicly displaying an online game that copies the essential and original elements of the Scrabble board game and promoting and profiting from it in commerce in the United States under the confusingly similar Scrabulous name. |
| CafePress.com, Inc. v. Republican National Committee | July 16, 2008 | July 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiff CafePress.com, Inc. filed a complaint for declaratory relief against Defendant Republican National Committee. Plaintiff sought protection against a threat of trademark litigation by Defendant over the use of the acronym GOP and elephant symbol on t-shirts, stickers and other items. |
| MAULE v. COLBERT et al | July 17, 2008 | July 18, 2008 |
| Plaintiff R. Bradley Maule alleged that Defendants Stephen Colbert, Busboy Productions, Spartina Productions, Comedy Partners LLC, MTV Networks and Viacom International Inc. infringed on Plaintiff's copyright by using his photo of Philadelphia's Mayor Michael Nutter as an insert beside Defendant Colbert. |
| Mark Mishak v. Google, Inc. et al | December 20, 2007 | July 18, 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. |
| Aguiar v. Webb et al | September 7, 2007 | July 17, 2008 |
| Copyright and trademark infringement claims against documentary maker's promotional website and film trailer. |
| American Airlines Inc v. Google Inc | August 16, 2007 | July 17, 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. |
| Lennon et al v. Premise Media Corporation, L.P. et al | April 22, 2008 | July 16, 2008 |
| Copyright suit against Premise Media by Yoko Ono concerning use of John Lennon's song "Imagine" in documentary "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" |
| Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc et al v. Motion Computing, Inc et al | December 5, 2007 | July 16, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. and Nova Mobility Systems Inc. alleged that Defendants Dell, Inc., Xplore Technologies Corporation of America, San Dune Ventures, Inc., Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Lenovo (United States) Inc., Panasonic Corporation of North America, Apple Inc., HTC America, Inc., Palm, Inc., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Nokia Inc. and LG Electronics USA, Inc. for infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,379,057 and 5,675,362 entitled "Portable Computer with Touch Screen and Computer System Employing Same." |
| International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium v. Degraphenreed et al | November 16, 2007 | July 16, 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®. |
| CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. v. FACEBOOK, INC. et al | July 3, 2007 | July 16, 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." |
| Aloft Media LLC v. Microsoft Corporation | February 22, 2008 | July 15, 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." |
| NetJumper Sofware L. L. C. v. Google, Incorporated | February 2, 2004 | July 15, 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. |
| Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | March 14, 2008 | July 14, 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" |
| Reinhardt v. Wal-mart Stores, Inc. et al | September 21, 2007 | July 10, 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. |
| Everything Baseball Limited, LLC v. Wilson Sporting Goods Company et al | July 7, 2008 | July 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Everything Baseball Limited, LLC alleged that Defendants Wilson Sporting Goods Company, Hunt Wilson International Ltd., Schutt Sports, Inc., Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., Hillerich & Bradsby Co., Ampac Enterprises, Inc., Rawlings Sporting Goods, Inc., Adidas AG, Reebok International Ltd., Riddell Sports Inc., Diamond Sports Co. Inc. and Nocona Athletic Goods Company infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,161,226 entitled "Baseball Chest Protector". |
| Apple Corps Limited et al v. Fuego Entertainment, Inc. et al | March 21, 2008 | July 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. |
| Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Project Playlist, Inc | April 28, 2008 | July 1, 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. |
| Elsevier Inc. v. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | June 17, 2008 | June 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Elsevier Inc. alleges that Defendant Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. infringed the copyright in certain medical illustrations of the late Frank K. Netter, M.D. and/or breached a license agreement for the copyright on the medical illustrations. |
| Tracfone Wireless, Inc. | March 20, 2008 | June 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff TracFone Wireless, Inc. alleged that Defendants California Products International, Inc., Mohamad Ali Khalil and Kasem Mohamad Harkous willfully infringed on Plaintiff's trademarks, copyrights and other rights related to Plaintiff's prepaid wireless service and specially manufactured wireless telephones. Plaintiff alleged that Defendants engaged in unlawful business practices involving the unauthorized and unlawful bulk purchase and reale of TracFone/NET10 Prepaid Phones, unauthorized and unlawful computer unlocking or reflashing of TracFone/NET10 Prepaid Phones, alteration of TracFone's copyrighted and proprietary software computer code installed in the Phones and trafficking of the Phones for profit. |
| Restricted Spending Solutions, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | February 6, 2008 | June 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Restricted Spending Solutions LLC alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,143,064 entitled "Controlled Entertainment Spending Account." |
| Klausner Technologies Inc v. Apple Inc et al | March 19, 2008 | June 20, 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." |
| Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al | March 17, 2008 | June 18, 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. |
| Apple Computer, Inc. v. Podfitness, Inc. | September 21, 2006 | June 10, 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. |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al | June 6, 2007 | June 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,681,120 entitled "Mobile Entertainment and Communication Device." |
| Allen v. American Apparel, Inc. | March 31, 2008 | May 27, 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 20, 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." |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated v. Real Self, Incorporated | January 7, 2008 | May 19, 2008 |
| Lifestyle Lift Tries to Use TM Law to Shut Down User Discussions; Website Countersues for Shilling--Lifestyle Lift v. RealSelf. By Professor Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Inc. et al v. Payman Simoni et al | October 26, 2007 | May 16, 2008 |
| Apple Inc. v. Atico International USA Inc. et al | May 14, 2008 | May 15, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendants Atico International USA Inc. and New Atico International Limited Corporation manufactured and sold iPod accessories which were not licensed or otherwise sponsored by Apple. Defendants also allegedly infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,305,506 entitled "Method and System for Transferring Status Information Between a Media Player and an Accessory," Nos. D551,212, D551,213, and D552,085 entitled "Dock Insert," and No. D558,738 entitled "Docking Station." |
| Datatreasury Corporation v. Citizens Bank of Rhode Island et al | May 2, 2008 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff DataTreasury Corporation alleged that Defendants Citizens Bank of Rhode Island, RBS Citizens, National Association, UBS AG and Comerica Bank infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,910,988 and 6,032,137 entitled "Remote Image Capture With Centralized Processing and Storage," 5,265,007 entitled "Central Check Clearing System," and 5,717,868 entitled "Electronic Payment Interchange Concentrator." |
| Terraserver.com, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, a Washington corporation et al | May 2, 2008 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Terraserver.com Inc. alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation set up a competing website and satellite imagery service that infringes on Plaintiff's registered trademarks and trade dress. |
| Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AOL LLC et al | April 30, 2008 | April 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc. alleged that Defendants AOL LLC and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,987,606 entitled "Method and System for Content Filtering Information Retrieved from an Internet Computer Network." |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| Tafas v. Dudas et al | August 22, 2007 | March 12, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Triantafyllos Tafas sought to prevent Defendants Jon Dudas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office from implementing Section 1.75 and 1.78 of certain new federal regulations published by the USPTO at 72 Fed. Reg. No. 161 on August 21, 2007 entitled Changes To Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications; Final Rule. |
| 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 |
| Plaintiff Maplewood Software, Inc. alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation infringed on Plaintiff's copyright in the TUPLE database. |
| Cisco Sys Inc et al v. ESN LLC | October 16, 2007 | March 4, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys LLC sought a declaratory judgment that they do not infringe any valid and enforceable claim of U.S. Patent No. 7,283,519. |
| 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." |
| CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al v. Centers & Malls, LLC et al | May 8, 2007 | 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. |
| 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." |
| 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 Associated Press v. All Headline News Corp. et al | January 14, 2008 | January 15, 2008 |
| Plaintiff The Associated Press alleged that Defendants All Headline News Corp., AHN Media Corp., W. Jeffrey Brown and Danielle George hired writers to copy and rewrite AP news stories. |
| 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. |
| HAROLD C. " HAL" TURNER v. 4CHAN.ORG et al | January 19, 2007 | December 17, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Harold C. Turner d/b/a Turner Radio Network d/b/a Hal Turner Radio Show alleged that Defendants 4chan.org, 7chan.org, ebaumsworld.com, nexisonline.com and abjects.com posted unauthorized copies of his radio shows online, attacked Plaintiff's server so as to make it unavailable, and placed unauthorized orders for goods, services and merchandise from third parties in Plaintiff's name. |
| 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 |
| ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc et al | October 15, 2007 | November 20, 2007 |
| Plaintiff ESN, LLC alleged that Defendants Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,283,519 entitled "Distributed Edge Switching System for Voice-Over-Packet Multiservice Network." |
| 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." |
| 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." |
| 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". |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Solengo Capital Advisors ULC v. Dealbreaker et al | April 2, 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. |
| 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 |
| Reebok International Ltd. v. Nike, Inc. | April 3, 2007 | July 2, 2007 |
| 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. |
| Compression Labs Inc. v. Creo Inc. et al | April 19, 2005 | June 5, 2007 |
| Yahoo Inc. v. Compression Labs Inc. et al | March 25, 2005 | June 5, 2007 |
| Google Inc. v. Compression Labs Inc et al | September 17, 2004 | June 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Google Inc. filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 entitled "Coding system for reducing redundancy" owned by defendants Compression Labs, Inc., Forgent Networks, Inc. and General Instruments Corporation is invalid. Defendants have alleged that their patent covers the international standard adopted by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) for compression, decompression, transmission and storage of digital still images. |
| Universal City Studios Productions LLLP v. Mario Lavandeira et al | February 20, 2007 | June 4, 2007 |
| Internet Archive v. Shell | August 31, 2006 | May 29, 2007 |
| Copyright infringement claim |
| Grisman et al v. YouTube, Inc. et al | May 10, 2007 | May 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs, owners of Dawg Music, allege that Defendants infringed on plaintiff's protected works and refused to deter infringing activities. |
| NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY v. YOUTUBE, INC. et al | May 22, 2007 | May 24, 2007 |
| Plaintiff New Jersey Turnpike Authority captured a car accident on video that occurred at the Great Egg Harbor toll plaza in Somers Point, New Jersey. Plaintiff asserts that the video is the copyright property of the NJTA and has filed an application with the US Copyright Office to obtain federally registered copyrights for the accident video. This video was subsequently uploaded to YouTube.com, LiveLeak.com and Break.com. |
| Stainbrook v. Lions Gate Entertainment et al | December 1, 2006 | May 23, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Jon Stainbrook alleges that Defendants Lions Gate Entertainment and Palm Pictures used the song FLASHING REDS in the film STOKED without permission. |
| Adam Pick v. Fremantlemedia North America Inc et al | January 31, 2007 | May 17, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Adam Pick alleged that Defendants Fremantlemedia North America, Inc., American Idol Productions, Inc. and Fox Television Stations, Inc. incorporated his ideas on improving the American Idol website without paying him for it. |
| Site Pro-1, Inc. v. Better Metal, LLC | December 6, 2006 | May 14, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Site Pro-1, Inc. alleges that Defendant Better Metal, LLC placed SitePro1's SITE PRO 1 trademark in the metadata and/or meta tags of its www.bettermetal.com web site and/or improperly included SitePro1's SITE PRO 1 trademark in a search engine algorithm utilized by the Yahoo! search engine. |
| Helio LLC v. Palm, Inc. | December 19, 2006 | April 24, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Helio LLC alleged that Defendant Palm, Inc. use the slogan "Not Just a Cell Phone" that is confusingly similar to Plaintiff's "Don't Call It a Phone" trademark, slogan and brand. |
| MoveOn.org Civic Action et al v. Viacom International Inc. | March 21, 2007 | April 23, 2007 |
| MoveOn.org and Brave New Films sued Viacom for asking YouTube to remove a video containing some Viacom content. |
| Connor Sport Court International, Inc. v. Rhino Sports, Inc., et al | December 21, 2006 | April 18, 2007 |
| Verizon Services Corp. et al v. Vonage Holdings Corp. et al | June 12, 2006 | April 18, 2007 |
| The Cartoon Network LP. LLLP et al v. CSC Holdings, Inc. et al | May 26, 2006 | April 18, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs The Cartoon Network LP, LLLP and Cable News Network LP alleged that Defendants CSC Holdings, Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corporation infringed on its copyrights by copying and storing programming on its servers and transmitting that programming to its subscribers on demand. |
| Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. v. Earthlink Legal Department | April 12, 2007 | April 17, 2007 |
| Fulbright & Jaworski LLP issued a subpoena seeking the identity of the individual or individuals who posted copyrighted questions from the July 2006 Multistate Bar Examination on www.tabandbrandy.blogspot.com. |
| AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE v. GOOGLE INC. | March 17, 2005 | April 6, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Google's aggregation of AFP's photographs, headlines and story leads in Google News infringes on Plaintiff's copyrights. |
| Timebase Pty Ltd. v. The Thomson Corporation | January 24, 2007 | April 5, 2007 |
| Viewpointe Archive Services, LLC v. Datatreasury Corporation | September 29, 2005 | April 4, 2007 |
| Shloss v. Joyce | January 25, 2007 | March 29, 2007 |
| Case consolidated with Schloss v. Sweeney et al. |
| A.V. et al v. iParadigms, LLC | March 27, 2007 | March 28, 2007 |
| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION v. S.F. ADVISORS, LLC et al | November 28, 2006 | March 19, 2007 |
| NETALOG, INC. v. SANRIO CO., LTD., et al | June 1, 2006 | March 15, 2007 |
| Anthropologie, Inc. et al v. Forever 21, Inc. | March 30, 2006 | March 1, 2007 |
| MGA Entertainment Inc v. Mattel Inc et al | April 13, 2005 | February 22, 2007 |
| Rescuecom Corporation v. Google, Inc. | September 7, 2004 | February 13, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Rescuecom Corporation alleges that defendant Google, Inc. improperly infringes on plaintiff's name and trademark by selling the trademark to plaintiff's competitors as a keyword in defendant's search results. |
| Zazzle.com, Inc. v. Abbie Road Imprinting, LLC | December 5, 2006 | January 25, 2007 |
| Hawaii-Pacific Apparel Group, Inc. v. Cleveland Browns Football Company, LLC et al | October 4, 2004 | December 27, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Hawaii-Pacific Apparel Group, Inc. alleged that defendants Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC and National Football League Properties, Inc. infringed on plaintiff's trademarks LIL DAWG POUND and DAWG Pound. |
| Johnson v. Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. et al | August 3, 2006 | December 19, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Theodore Johnson alleged that Defendants Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Black Entertainment Television, Inc. infringed on Plaintiff's copyright to the artwork BLACK ANGEL by displaying and distributing it to the public in scenes of a motion picture entitled CAUGHT UP. |
| The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. et al v. Google Inc. | October 19, 2005 | November 22, 2006 |
| Plaintiffs allege that the Google Library Project infringes on plaintiffs' copyrights by copying copyright-protected works and allowing the public to search and access digital copies of plaintiffs' works. |
| Allball Athletics, LLC v. NBA Properties, Inc. et al | November 28, 2005 | September 18, 2006 |
| CollegeNET, Inc. v. A.C.N., Inc. | May 8, 2006 | September 1, 2006 |
| Freeplay Music Corp v. Vivid Entertainment Group et al | June 5, 2006 | August 17, 2006 |
| Jews for Jesus v. Google, Inc. | December 21, 2005 | July 27, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Jews for Jesus sued defendant Google, Inc. for creating a jewsforjesus third-level sub-domain within its blogspot.com domain. Plaintiff alleges the the Google-hosted Jews for Jesus blog authored by an anonymous third-party violated plaintiff's rights to the Jews for Jesus trademark. |
| AUSTRALIAN GOLD, INC. v. HALL | January 17, 2006 | July 26, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Australian Gold, Inc. alleged that defendant sells Australian Gold, Caribbean Gold and Swedish Beauty tanning lotions and other tanning related products on eBay using Australian Gold's intellectual property, including its copyrights and trademarks. Plaintiff also alleged that defendant's conduct has damaged plaintiff's distribution system and the reputation and goodwill of the products and the company. |
| SS&C Technologies, Inc. v. Reuters America L.L.C. et al | January 10, 2006 | July 26, 2006 |
| Immunocept, LLC, et al v. Fulbright & Jaworski | May 6, 2005 | July 26, 2006 |
| Square Enix Company Ltd v. Xanga.com Inc et al | January 18, 2006 | July 19, 2006 |
| AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY v. GOOGLE, INC. | December 9, 2004 | July 5, 2006 |
| Plaintiff American Chemical Society alleges that defendant Google, Inc.'s a new research tool directed to scientists under the trademark SCHOLAR infringes on plaintiff's federally registered trademark SCIFINDER SCHOLAR and its common-law SCHOLAR mark. |
| Internet Archive v. Shell | January 20, 2006 | May 17, 2006 |
| Texas A&M University v. Seattle Seahawks Inc et al | February 2, 2006 | May 8, 2006 |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Props for Today, Inc. et al | February 27, 2006 | April 27, 2006 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Valueclick, Inc. | November 22, 2005 | March 24, 2006 |
| NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS, INC. et al v. CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | November 15, 2005 | March 23, 2006 |
| Marcel Fashion Group v. Cafepress.Com, Inc. | January 17, 2006 | March 14, 2006 |
| Blake A. Field VS Google, Inc., | April 6, 2004 | February 22, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Blake A. Field sued defendant Google, Inc. for copyright infringement. Plaintiff posted his copyrighted works on his website and completed an online form to request that Google index his website. Plaintiff now asserts that allowing users to view Google's cache of his copyrighted works infringes on his copyrights. |
| Ideaflood Inc v. About Inc et al | May 13, 2005 | February 6, 2006 |
| Google, Inc. v. Affinity Engines, Inc. | February 9, 2005 | January 20, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Google Inc. alleges that defendant Affinity Engines Inc. infringed on plaintiff's copyrights by using software code owned by Google that implements social networking functionalities and was written by Orkut Buyukkokten, a Google employee. |
| Macellari v. Carroll et al | August 31, 2005 | January 12, 2006 |
| 1st Technology LLC VS Sportingbet PLC., etal | June 27, 2005 | January 11, 2006 |
| Acacia Media Technologies Corporation v. Club Jenna, Inc. et al | December 21, 2005 | January 10, 2006 |
| Scientific-Atlanta, Inc et al v. Forgent Networks, Inc. | September 19, 2005 | November 9, 2005 |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Arlo Gilbert | November 3, 2004 | October 17, 2005 |
| Plaintiff Perfect 10, Inc. alleges that Defendant Arlo Gilbert copied Plaintiff's copyrighted works and offered them for sale on his websites without authorization. |
| CitiGroup, Inc. et al v. Datatreasury Corporation | September 2, 2005 | September 29, 2005 |
| Five Navy Seals, et al v. Associated Press, et al | March 21, 2005 | September 1, 2005 |
| Plaintiffs allege that defendant Seth Hettena, a reporter for defendant Associated Press, took photographs from plaintiff's personal digital photo album at smugmug.com without permission. Plaintiffs further allege that defendants published some of these photos, which depicted five Navy SEALs, without concealing the identities of the servicemen. |
| Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa International Service Association et al | January 28, 2004 | August 12, 2005 |
| Government Employees, et al v. Google, Inc., et al | May 4, 2004 | August 8, 2005 |
| Plaintiff GEICO sued defendant Google, Inc. claiming that defendant violated the Lanham Act and engaged in unfair competition by using GEICO's trademarks to sell advertising on its Internet search engine. |
| Ideaflood, Inc v. America's Online, et al | January 23, 2004 | July 27, 2005 |
| EMI April Music, Inc. et al v. Electronic Arts, Inc. | April 21, 2004 | June 30, 2005 |
| Plaintiffs EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. alleged that defendant Electronic Arts Inc. infringed on plaintiffs' rights in numerous musical compositions by incorporating them in EA Madden 2004, EA NHL 2004, EA NASCAR Thunder 2004, EA Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004, EA NBA Live 2004, EA MVP Baseball 2004 and EA Fight Night 2004. |
| Compression Labs, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation | April 21, 2005 | June 29, 2005 |
| Ideaflood, Inc. v. Google, Inc. | October 4, 2004 | March 21, 2005 |
| Plaintiff Ideaflood, Inc. sued defendant Google, Inc. and alleged that Google's blogging service infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,687,746 B1 entitled "System apparatus and method for hosting and assigning domain names on a wide area network." Plaintiff alleged that the patent covers a service for hosting domains and assigning domain names to users, were the domain name is defined, in part, by the user. |
| Compression Labs Incorporated v. Dell, Inc et al | April 23, 2004 | February 28, 2005 |
| Plaintiff Compression Labs, Incorporated alleged that Dell Incorporated, International Business Machines Corporation and Toshiba America, Incorporated infringed on U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 entitled "Coding System for Reducing Redunancy." |
| Compression Labs Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al | April 22, 2004 | February 28, 2005 |
| Plaintiff Compression Labs, Incorporated alleged that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 entitled "Coding System for Reducing Redundancy." |
| Google Inc. v. Skyline Software Systems Inc. | November 18, 2004 | January 3, 2005 |
| Plaintiff Google Inc. filed a declaratory judgment action against defendant Skyline Software Systems, Inc. regarding defendant's U.S. Patent No. 6,496,189 entitled "Remote landscape display and pilot training." Defendant had previously sued Keyhole, Inc., a company acquired by plaintiff, for patent infringement regarding the same patent. |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Charlo Barbosa et al | April 13, 2004 | December 28, 2004 |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. George Dranichak et al | April 13, 2004 | December 14, 2004 |
| Kahle et al v. Ashcroft | March 22, 2004 | November 30, 2004 |
| Plaintiffs sought declaratory judgment that the Berne Convention Implementation Act is unconstitutional under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and that the BCIA and Copyright Term Extension Act together create an "effectively perpetual" term with respect to works first published after January 1, 1964 and before January 1, 1978, in violation of the Constitution's Progress Clause. Plaintiffs also sought preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against the criminal enforcement of § 2(b) of the No Electronic Theft Act of 1977. |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Theodore M Hasse et al | April 13, 2004 | September 23, 2004 |
| Perfect 10 Inc v. Bernard Rothschild et al | April 13, 2004 | August 25, 2004 |
| Overture Services, Inc. v. Google Inc. | April 23, 2002 | August 9, 2004 |
| Plaintiff Overture Services Inc. alleged that defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,269,361 entitled "System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine." |
| Marasciullo v. Cash Money Records et al | October 30, 2009 | |
| craigslist, Inc. v. Red Trumpet LLC et al | October 5, 2009 | |
| ONEOK, Inc. v. Twitter, Inc. | September 15, 2009 | |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. et al | August 25, 2009 | |
| A.E. Bean Backus Gallery & Museum v. Boyles | August 10, 2009 | |
| Google Inc. v. John Beck Amazing Profits LLC | July 28, 2009 | |
| Steve Madden, Ltd. v. eBay, Inc. | July 21, 2009 | |
| Parallel Networks, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al | April 6, 2009 | |
| Implicit Networks, Inc. v. Sybase, Inc. et al | April 3, 2009 | |
| Gibson v. Cafepress.com, Inc. | March 31, 2009 | |
| Backweb Technologies, Ltd v. Microsoft Corporation | March 20, 2009 | |
| YIP (Winnie) v. HALLMARK GIFT LAND et al | March 20, 2009 | |
| Ezzo v. Google, Inc. et al | March 17, 2009 | |
| The Tobin Family Education and Health Foundation et al v Amazon.Com, Inc. | March 17, 2009 | |
| Media Queue, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et al | March 10, 2009 | |
| Elsevier B.V. et al v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. et al | March 9, 2009 | |
| Good Sports Inc v. Cafepress.com Inc et al | March 3, 2009 | |
| Software Tree LLC v. Red Hat Inc. et al | March 3, 2009 | |
| Plaintiff Software Tree LLC alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,163,776 entited "System and method for exchanging data and commands between an object oriented system and relational system." |
| Microsoft Corporation v. Griffin IT Media, Inc. | February 27, 2009 | |
| Plaintiff Microsoft Corporation alleged that Defendant Griffin IT Media, Inc. infringed on Plaintiff's trade and service marks by registering Internet domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to Microsoft's trademarks and service marks, and by using those domain names in bad faith to profit from Microsoft's marks.
Defendant's allegedly infringing domain names: hotmailprofile.com; teamhalo.com; x360live.com; xboxclan.com; xboxemulation.com; xboxheaven.com; xboxinsider.com; xboxmodding.com; xboxsale.com; xboxserver.com; sboxservice.com |
| Microsoft Corporation v. Instaclick, Inc. et al | February 27, 2009 | |
| Plaintiff Microsoft Corporation alleged that Defendants Instaclick, Inc. and Dan Traina infringed Microsoft's trade and service marks by registering Internet domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to Microsoft's trademarks and services marks, and by using those domain names in bad faith to profit from Microsoft's marks. |
| Microsoft Corporation v. TomTom NV et al | February 25, 2009 | |
| Odom v. Microsoft Corporation | February 25, 2009 | |
| PartsRiver, Inc. v. Shopzilla, Inc. et al | February 25, 2009 | |
| Arendi Holding Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation et al | February 24, 2009 | |
| FREYBURGER LLC v. Microsoft Corporation | February 24, 2009 | |
| Capitol Records, L.L.C. et al v. Seeqpod, Inc. et al | February 20, 2009 | |
| Calabrese Stemer LLC et al v. Visa, Inc. | February 19, 2009 | |
| Shifferaw v. EMSON USA et al | February 19, 2009 | |
| Wireless v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al | February 13, 2009 | |
| Psycho Monkey, LLC v. Zynga Game Network, Inc. | February 10, 2009 | |
| Limitnone LLC v. Google Inc. | January 29, 2009 | |
| Curators of the University of Missouri v. Suppes et al | January 26, 2009 | |
| Global Innovation Technology Holdings, LLC et al v. Acer America Corp. et al | January 15, 2009 | |
| Motorola Inc v. Research In Motion Limited et al | January 14, 2009 | |
| IconFind v. Yahoo! | January 13, 2009 | |
| Xpoint Technologies Inc. v. Intel Corporaton et al | January 12, 2009 | |
| Information Protection and Authentication of Texas, LLC v. Symantec Corp. et al | December 30, 2008 | |
| MSTG, Inc. v. Research in Motion Limited | December 30, 2008 | |
| Prism Technologies v. Research in Motion, Ltd. et al | December 29, 2008 | |
| Quito Enterprises, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et al | December 26, 2008 | |
| Lavandeira v. Infuse, LLC et al | December 23, 2008 | |
| Gatehouse Media Massachusetts I, Inc. v. The New York Times Co. | December 22, 2008 | |
| Acer America Corp. et al v. WI-Lan, Inc., | December 17, 2008 | |
| Xcentric Ventures, L.L.C. v. Elizabeth Arden, et al | December 17, 2008 | |
| Stambler v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. et al | December 4, 2008 | |
| Blackwell Publishing, Inc. et al v. Continuing Education Unlimited, Inc. et al | November 26, 2008 | |
| The Scranton Times, L.P. et al v. Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company | November 24, 2008 | |
| Newspaper Obituaries Aren't Hot News--Scranton Times v. Wilkes-Barre Publishing. By Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog |
| Desenberg v. Google, Inc. | November 21, 2008 | |
| Research In Motion Limited v. Eastman Kodak Company | November 20, 2008 | |
| LML Patent Corporation v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al | November 19, 2008 | |
| Spansion LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al | November 17, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Spansion LLC alleged that Defendants Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,455,888 entitled "Memory Cell Structure for Elimination of Oxynitride (ONO) Etch Residue and Polysilicon Stringers," U.S. Patent No. 6,509,232 entitled "Formation of STI (Shallow Trench Isolation) Structures Within Core and Periphery Areas of Flash Memory Device," U.S. Patent No. 5,831,901 entitled "Method of Programming a Memory Cell to Contain Multiple Values," U.S. Patent No. 5,911,202 entitled "Method for Reducing Program Disturb During Self-Boosting in a NAND Flash Memory," U.S. Patent No. 6,433,383 entitled "Methods and Arrangements for Forming a Single Interpoly Dielectric Layer in a Semiconductor Device," and U.S. Patent No. 6,246,610 entitled "Symmetrical Program and Erase Scheme to Improve Erase Time Degradation in NAND Devices." |
| Barboza et al v. Fox-32 WFLD-TV et al | November 14, 2008 | |
| Alverson v. Microsoft Corporation et al | November 13, 2008 | |
| Global Law, LLP v. Google, Inc. | November 12, 2008 | |
| Motiva LLC v. Nintendo Co Ltd et al | November 10, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Motiva LLC alleged that Defendants Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,292,151 entitled "Human Movement Measurement System." |
| craigslist, Inc. v. Szczodroski | November 5, 2008 | |
| Balthaser Online, Inc. v. Network Solutions LLC et al | November 4, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Balthaser Online Inc. alleged that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,000,180 entitled "Methods, Systems and Processes for the Design and Creation of Rich-Media Applications via the Internet." |
| Fidler et al v. Eberhart et al | November 4, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs Jeffrey Fidler and James Fidler alleged that Defendants distributed DVDs that infringed on Plaintiffs' unpublished audiovisual works on bow hunting deers. |
| Hendricks v. Spangler et al | October 29, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff David S. Hendricks d/b/a Clipart deSIGN USA alleged that Defendants Dan Spangler and Cathy Davis willfully infringed Plaintiff's copyrights, by copying, displaying, selling, and distributing copies of Plaintiff's vector images through Defendants Yahoo! Inc. and eBay Inc. |
| ADC Technology Inc v. Microsoft Corporation et al | October 27, 2008 | |
| Hershey Company et al v. Art Van Furniture, Inc | October 21, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs The Hershey Company and Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation alleged that Defendant Art Van Furniture, Inc. utilitized the Hershey's trade dress to advertise, sell and distribute its products. Specifically, Defendant allegedly used an image of chocolate-colored sofa partially wrapped like a Hershey bar in its advertisements. |
| Monster Cable Products, Inc. v. Avalanche Corporation | October 20, 2008 | |
| California Institute of Technology v. Canon U.S.A., Inc. et al | October 15, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff California Institute of Technology alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,990,506 entitled "Active Pixel Sensors with Substantially Planarized Color Filtering Elements." |
| Habersham Plantation Corporation v. G&J Styles Inc et al | October 15, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Habersham Plantation Corporation alleged that Defendants G & J Styles, Inc. and Halo Styles, LLC misappropriated Plaintiff's copyrighted furniture designs. |
| Nike, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | October 13, 2008 | |
| Dependable Staffing Services, L.L.C. v. Dependable Staffing Services, Inc. et al | October 10, 2008 | |
| Redbox Automated Retail LLC v. Universal Studios Home Entertainment LLC et al | October 10, 2008 | |
| Steele v. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. et al | October 9, 2008 | |
| Xcentric Ventures, L.L.C. v. Opinion Corp. et al | October 7, 2008 | |
| Riley v. Dozier Internet Law, PC | October 2, 2008 | |
| Earthcomber, LLC v. Loopt, Inc., et al, | October 1, 2008 | |
| Saratoga Films Inc. v. Navarre Corp. et al | October 1, 2008 | |
| MedioStream Inc v. Microsoft Corporation | September 30, 2008 | |
| Willis v. Electronic Arts, Inc. et al | September 29, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Gerald Willis alleged that Defendants Electronic Arts, Inc. and EA Sports used Plaintiff's composition "UNLV fight song: Win With the Rebels" in various sports games without permission, license or authority. |
| TRF Music Inc. v. Alan Ett Music Group, LLC. et al | September 26, 2008 | |
| Procter & Gamble Company v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc. | September 23, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff The Proctor & Gamble Company alleged that Defendant Kraft Foods Global, Inc. infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,169,418 and 7,169,419, both entitled "Packaging System to Provide Fresh Packed Coffee." |
| Sipco, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al | September 19, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff SIPCO, LLC alleged that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,891,838 entitled "System and Method for Monitoring and Controlling Residential Devices" and U.S. Patent No. 7,103,511 entitled "Wireless Communication Networks for Providing Remote Monitoring of Devices." |
| Man & Machine, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | September 18, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Man & Machine, Inc. alleged that Defendants Apple, Inc.'s use and proposed continued use of the trademark MIGHTY MOUSE violates Plaintiff's rights in its own MIGHTY MOUSE trademark. Plaintiff also alleged that any license to use the MIGHTY MOUSE trademark Apple purports to have received from Defendants CBS Corporation and CBS Operations, Inc. is invalid due to Plaintiff's preexisting, superior rights to use of the MIGHTY MOUSE trademark in connection with computer mouses. |
| Mazick v. Daughtry et al | September 17, 2008 | |
| Stragent LLC v. Microsoft Corporation et al | September 9, 2008 | |
| Motorola Inc v. Research In Motion Limited et al | September 3, 2008 | |
| Ipex, LLC v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al | August 25, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Ipex, LLC alleged that Defendants Adobe Systems Incorporated, Xythos Software, Inc., Active Software, Inc., Open Text, Inc. Docscorp LLC and West Publishing Corporation infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,918,082 entitled "Electronic Document Proofing System." |
| Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al | August 20, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. alleged that Defendant Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 7,139,983 entitled "Interactive Content Guide for Television Programming," and 7,158,118, 7,262,760 and 7,414,611 entitled "3D Pointing Devices with Orientation Compensation and Improved Usability." |
| OLA llc v. Builder Homesite Inc et al | August 20, 2008 | |
| Prive Las Vegas LLC et al v. Politz | August 20, 2008 | |
| Odom v. Microsoft Corporation | August 18, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Gary Odom alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,363,592 entitled "Tool Group Manipulations." |
| Cellco Partnership et al v. Klausner Technologies, Inc. | August 13, 2008 | |
| Digital Security Systems Corporation, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al | August 11, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Digital Security Systems Corporation, LLC alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,052,780 entitled "Computer System and Process for Accessing an Encrypted and Self-Decrypting Digital Information Product While Restricting Access to Decrypted Digital Information." |
| Microsoft Corporation v. Primax Electronics LTD. | July 31, 2008 | |
| Union Square Partnership, Inc. v. Durkee | July 30, 2008 | |
| WIAV Solutions, L.L.C. v. Research In Motion, Ltd. et al | July 30, 2008 | |
| Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Fomdb.com et al | July 28, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation alleged that Defendants FOMDB.com and Raymond Williams unlawfully distributed movies and other works in violation of Plaintiffs' copyrights. |
| SimpleAir Holdings, Inc. v. clearTXT, Inc. et al | July 28, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff SimpleAir Holdings, Inc. alleged that Defendants clearTXT, Inc., Mobile MEdia Technologies, LLC and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,035,914 entitled "System and Method for Transmission of Data." |
| Universal City Studios Productions LLLP et al v. Movierumor.com et al | July 28, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Universal City Studios Products LLLP, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and New Line Productions, Inc. alleged that Defendant Movierumor.com posted, organized, searched for, identified, collected and indexed links to infringing audiovisual works available on third-party websites. |
| Robert Morris College v. Robert Morris University | July 24, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Robert Morris College seeks a judgment that Plaintiff's use and adoption of the name Robert Morris University for its services do no infringe or violate any rights of Defendant Robert Morris University under the federal Lanham Act, or the laws of trademark and unfair competition under any other laws of the United States of any State in the United States. Defendant has obtained several federal service mark registrations incorporating the name Robert Morris University, including one for educational services in the nature of courses at the university level. |
| Jackson v. Taco Bell Corp. | July 23, 2008 | |
| NBC Universal, Inc. et al v. Redlasso, Inc. | July 23, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs NBC Universal, Inc. Fox News Network, LLC and Fox Television Stations, Inc. alleged that Defendant Redlasso, Inc. copied Plaintiffs' programming and made it available on Defendant's website. Plaintiffs also alleged that Defendant permitted users to make clips of Plaintiff's programming for posting on third-party websites. |
| United States Olympic Committee, et al. v Does | July 22, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff The United States Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee alleged that Defendants used Plaintiffs' intellectual property on seven websites to advertise the sale of tickets to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Plaintiffs further alleged that the tickets offered by Defendants do not exist, will not be delivered and cannot be used--in the case of Opening and Closing Ceremony tickets--even if they do exist and are delivered. |
| Pagemelding, Inc. v. Feeva Technology, Inc. et al | July 21, 2008 | |
| WARREN PUBLISHING COMPANY et al v. J. DAVID SPURLOCK D/B/A VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS, INC. | July 21, 2008 | |
| Use of monster images on magazine covers in book are Fair Use. See http://ipspotlight.com/2009/08/07/reproductions-of-famous-monsters-art-work-ruled-fair-use-when-used-in-biography-of-artist/ |
| Foster-Miller, Inc. et al v. Shotspotter, Inc. | July 18, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs Foster-Miller, Inc., Planning Systems, Inc. and the Johns Hopkins University d/b/a the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory alleged that Defendant Shotspotter, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,965,541 entitled "Gun Shot Digital Imaging System." |
| Implicit Networks Inc. v. International Business Machines Corporation et al | July 15, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Implicit Networks Inc. alleged that Defendants International Business Machines Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP America Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,324,685 entitled "Applet Server that Provides Applets in Various Forms" and U.S. Patent No. 6,976,248 entitled "Application Server Facilitating with Client's Computer for Applets along with Various Formats". |
| Kabbalah Centre International, Inc. v. Osnat Youdkevitch et al | July 14, 2008 | |
| Tailgate Nation, Inc. et al v. Top Marketing USA et al | July 11, 2008 | |
| Konami Digital Entertainment Co, Ltd. et al v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et al | July 9, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. alleged that Defendants Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks, Co. and Viacom, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,390,923 entitled "Music Playing Game Apparatus, Performance Guiding Image Display Method, and Readable Storage Medium Storing Performance Guiding Image Forming Program," No. 6,425,822 entitled "Music Game with Selectable Controller Inputs" and No. 6,645,067 entitled "Music Staging Device Apparatus, Music Staging Game Method, and Readable Storage Medium." |
| Pearson Education, Inc. et al v. Allen Air Conditioning Co. et al | July 3, 2008 | |
Plaintiffs, Pearson Education, Inc. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., seek to prevent the importation and resale of copies of their works that have been lawfully manufactured and purchased outside the United States.
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| Verne Troyer v. TMZ, Productions Inc. et al | June 26, 2008 | |
| Aloft Media LLC v. Yahoo!, Inc. et al | June 25, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleges that Defendants Yahoo!, Inc., AT&T, Inc. and AOL LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,117,443 entitled "Network Browser Graphical User Interface for Managing Web Content," U.S. Patent No. 7,194,691 entitled "Network Browser Window with Adjacent Identifier Selector Interface for Storing Web Content." The allegedly infringing products include the AT&T Yahoo! Browser and the AOL Explorer Version 1.5. |
| Hearts on Fire Company, LLC v. Blue Nile, Inc. | June 20, 2008 | |
| Clear With Computers, LLC v. Apple, Inc., et al | June 18, 2008 | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science et al v. Periodicals Publicacoes Tecnicas et al | June 13, 2008 | |
| Nintendo of America Inc v. Nyko Technologies Inc | June 10, 2008 | |
| YIP, et al V. BEARHANDS, LTD. | June 10, 2008 | |
| Benjey v. Amazon.Com, Inc. et al | June 3, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Thomas Ray Benjey sued Defendants Amazon.com, Inc. and On-Demand Publishing, LLC d/b/a BookSurge for copyright infringement. Plaintiff alleges that Amazon fulfilled some of its online orders for Plaintiff's book -- "Keep A-goin: The Life of Lone Star Dietz" -- by obtaining copies of the advance reading copies from BookSurge, who knew they were not authorized to print final copies. |
| Loopt, Inc. v. Sponsorhouse, Inc. | June 3, 2008 | |
| Girafa.Com,Inc. v. Alexa Internet, Inc. et al | June 2, 2008 | |
| Kuklachev et al v. Gelfman et al | June 2, 2008 | |
| Elsevier, Inc. et al v. Sagar et al | May 29, 2008 | |
| Man & Machine, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | May 20, 2008 | |
| Elsevier, Inc. v. Does 1-10 | May 16, 2008 | |
| Yahoo! Inc. v. XYZ Companies et al | May 16, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Yahoo! alleges that defendants disseminated mass electronic mail messages claiming that the recipient had won a lottery, prize or other award from Yahoo! Defendants then allegedly lured recipients into sending personal information to them, which was used to access bank accounts and credit cards, apply for credit cards or loans, and create fraudulent identification documents. Defendants also duped the recipients into sending them money for processing and mailing charges. |
| Clear With Computers, LLC v. Belkin International, Inc. et al | May 13, 2008 | |
| Thomson Canada Limited et al v. Thomson-Reuters.Com | May 13, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs Thomson Canada Limited and Reuters Limited filed an in rem action against the Internet domain name thomson-reuters.com under the federal Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, federal trademark infringment law, federal anti-dilution law and federal unfair competition law. |
| DSW, Inc. et al v. Zappos.com, Inc. et al | May 12, 2008 | |
| Monster Cable Products v. Monster Mini Golf, et al. | May 12, 2008 | |
| Prism Technologies v. PayPal | April 30, 2008 | |
| Fullview, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation | April 29, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff FullView, Inc. alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,700,711 entitled "Panoramic Viewing System with a Composite Field of View." |
| Dupre et al v. Koewing et al | April 28, 2008 | |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Stanford Rehab Medical Group | April 23, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University alleged that Defendant Stanford Rehab Medical Group infringed on Plaintiff's federally registered trademarks and service marks |
| Datatern, Inc. v. Bank of America Corporation et al | 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." |
| Pitchware, Inc. v. Monster Worldwide, Inc. et al | April 7, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Pitchware, Inc. alleges that Defendants have infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,043,454 entitled "Method and Apparatus for a Cryptographically Assisted Commercial Network System Designed to Facilitate Idea Submission, Purchase and Licensing and Innovation Transfer." |
| Ultra Products, Inc. v. Antec, Inc. et al | April 4, 2008 | |
| IHOP CORP. et al v. LANGLEY | April 3, 2008 | |
| Phenomenon Licensing v. MySpace Inc. | March 20, 2008 | |
| Taylor v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al | March 17, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Lou Maxell Taylor alleged that Defendants Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Digital Services Inc. had offered for sale MP3 files of the Cheshire Tree Suite, a musical work authored and composed by the Plaintiff and marketed by QuiXote Music. Plaintiff asserted that he had never given permission to Defendants to sell MP3 files of the work, and that Defendants misattributed the copyright of the work to QuiXote instead of himself. |
| eBay Inc. v. Telebay LLC | 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. |
| Martin v. Nintendo of America Inc. | March 7, 2008 | |
| Aloft Media LLC v. Nokia Inc. et al | March 6, 2008 | |
| GraphOn Corporation v. Classified Ventures, LLC et al | March 6, 2008 | |
| Bissoon-Dath et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. et al | February 29, 2008 | |
| United States Olympic Committee v. Olympic Supply, Inc., et al | February 25, 2008 | |
| Figa v. Apple Inc. | 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." |
| Refined Recommendation Corporation v. Netflix, Inc. | 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." |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. et al v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al | February 19, 2008 | |
| Driessen et al v. Starbucks et al | 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." |
| Martin v. Apple Inc. | February 15, 2008 | |
| Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens Limited Partnership et al | February 14, 2008 | |
| EchoStar Satellite, L.L.C. v. Madden et al | February 14, 2008 | |
| Gary Friedrich Enterprises, LLC. et al v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc. et al | February 14, 2008 | |
| University of Tennessee v. Action Sports Media, Inc et al | 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. |
| Sprinkles Cupcakes, Inc. v. Halpenny et al | February 8, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Sprinkles Cupcakes, Inc. alleged that Defendants Elizabeth Halpenny and Ali Loewenstein d/b/a SprinkleSprinkle infringed on Plaintiff's Sprinkles Marks. |
| Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. et al | February 8, 2008 | |
| AT&T Mobility LLC et al v. Wireless Exclusive USA LLC et al | February 5, 2008 | |
| WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. Intel Corporation | 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." |
| Implicit Networks Inc v. Advanced Micro Devices Inc et al | February 4, 2008 | |
| Jenkins v. Motylzka et al | 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." |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. New Dream Network, LLC et al | January 28, 2008 | |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Apple Inc. et al | 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 | |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al | January 22, 2008 | |
| BlueAir Inc. v. Apple, Inc. | 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. |
| TracFone Wireless Inc et al v. Shazia & Noushad Corporation et al | January 15, 2008 | |
| National Numismatic Certification, LLC et al v. Ebay, Inc. et al | January 10, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs National Numismatic Certification, LLC, ASA Accugrade, Inc., PCI Coin Grading, inc., Sovereign Entities Grading Service, Inc., Treasure Gallery, Inc. and Centsles, Inc. alleges that Defendants eBay Inc., American Numismatic Association and Professional Numismatists Guild defamed them by developing a "certified" coins policy that only permits the listing of coins on eBay as certified if they were graded by approved grading services. Plaintiff alleges that this policy implies that coins graded by non-approved grading services are counterfeit. |
| 1-800 Contacts v. Lensworld.com | January 8, 2008 | |
| Global Patent Holdings, LLC v. Panthers BRHC LLC | January 8, 2008 | |
| Parallel Networks, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et al | December 28, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Parallel Networks, LLC alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,894,554 (System for Managing Dynamic Web Page Generation Requests by Intercepting Request At Web Server and Routing to Page Server Thereby Releasing Web Server to Process Other Requests) and 6,415,335 B1 (System and method for managing dynamic web page generation requests). |
| 1-800 Contacts v. Premier Holdings et al | December 6, 2007 | |
| RealNetworks Inc v. QSA ToolWorks LLC | December 6, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff RealNetworks, Inc. seeks a declaratory judgment that Defendant QSA Toolworks, LLC has no rights to the TCM HELIX marks, that any rights QSA has in the HELIX marks are junior to RealNetworks' rights in the HELIX marks, QSA is bound by the terms of the Consent Agreement as an assign and/or successor of TCM, and there is no likelihood of confusion with respect to each parties' use of HELIX for their respective goods and services. |
| Girafa.com Inc. v. Amazon Web Services LLC et al | December 5, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Girafa.com, Inc. alleges that Defendants Amazon Web Services LLC, Amazon.com, Inc., Alexa Internet, Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Snap Technologies, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Smartdevil Inc., Exalead, Inc. and Exalead S.A. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,864,904 entitled "Framework for Providing Visual Context to WWW Hyperlinks." The patent covers a method and system for displaying an image of a website when hovering over a hyperlink. |
| Global Patent Holdings, LLC v. ADT Security Services, Inc. et al | December 5, 2007 | |
| Klausner Technologies, Inc. v. Apple Inc. et al | December 3, 2007 | |
| Autobytel Inc v. Insweb Corporation et al | November 30, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Autobytel Inc. alleges that Defendants Insweb Corporation, LeadPoint Inc., Internet Brands Inc. and Auto Internet Marketing Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,282,517 entitled "Real Time Communication of Purchase Requests." |
| Ron Goldman v. The Pirate Bay et al | November 29, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Ron Goldman LLC sued Defendant The Pirate Bay for illegally distributing unauthorized electronic copies of O.J. Simpson's IF I DID IT manuscript. |
| z4 Technologies, Inc v. Microsoft Corporation | November 29, 2007 | |
| NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC. v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES et al | November 27, 2007 | |
| Chopra v. Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP et al | November 21, 2007 | |
| Barry Rosen v. eBay, Inc. et al | November 16, 2007 | |
| Cambridge Technology Development, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation | November 16, 2007 | |
| Digital Background Corporation v. Apple, Inc. | November 14, 2007 | |
| Capitol Records, Inc. et al v. MP3TUNES, LLC et al | November 9, 2007 | |
| Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. v. Carter's Inc. et al | November 9, 2007 | |
| MARKET AMERICA, INC. v. OPTIHEALTH PRODUCTS, INC. et al | November 8, 2007 | |
| TimeBase Pty Ltd. v. Thomson Corporation, The et al | November 7, 2007 | |
| 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." |
| O'Brien & Gere Limited v. Business Software Alliance | November 5, 2007 | |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. RDR Books et al | October 31, 2007 | |
| Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc. |
| The Kilimanjaro Corporation v. Scribd.com et al | October 26, 2007 | |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford Hospital and Clinics et al v. Advanced Biological Laboratories, S.A. | October 24, 2007 | |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated v. Leonard Fitness, Incorporated et al | October 19, 2007 | |
| Vallavista Corporation v. Amazon.Com, Inc. et al | October 19, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Vallavista Corporation alleges that Defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Target Corporation, eBags, INc. Emporium Leather Company, Inc., Royce Leather and Fashion Handbags, Inc. d/b/a Bo Bo Bags infringed on U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,008,495 for TAXI WALLET®. |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Fourth Quarter, Inc. et al | October 12, 2007 | |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. Bowler | October 12, 2007 | |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. Kotler et al | October 12, 2007 | |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. Maryland Plastic Surgery Associates, LLC et al | October 12, 2007 | |
| Zomba Recording LLC v. Mario Aramando Lavandeira et al | October 11, 2007 | |
| The Associated Press v. Moreover Technologies, Inc. et al | October 9, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff The Associated Press alleged that Defendants Moreover Technologies, Inc. and VeriSign, Inc. have reproduced AP's articles on Defendants' services without permission, altered or removed Plaintiff's copyright management information, promoted AP as a source for Defendant's services without authorization and trespassed on Plaintiff's chattels by using search robots or crawlers to retrieve information from AP's computer servers. |
| Broadcast Music Inc. et al v. Highway One Limited Partnership et al | October 5, 2007 | |
| The Cartoon Network, Inc. v. Adult Cartoon Network Inc. | October 1, 2007 | |
| Polaris Industries Inc. et al v. Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc. | September 19, 2007 | |
| Shady Ladies, LLC v. GGW Marketing, LLC et al | September 18, 2007 | |
| American Science and Engineering, Inc. v. Autoclear, LLC et al | September 13, 2007 | |
| Reiber et al v. Western Digital Corp. et al | September 10, 2007 | |
| GraphOn Corporation v. Juniper Networks, Inc. | August 28, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff GraphOn Corporation alleged that Defendant Juniper Networks, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,826,014, 6,061,798, 7,028,336 entitled "Firewall System for Protecting Network Elements Connected to a Public Network." |
| Fremantlemedia North America, Inc. v. Goss et al | August 24, 2007 | |
| GraphOn Corporation v. AutoTrader.com, Inc. | August 24, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff GraphOn Corporation alleged that Defendant AutoTrader.com, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,324,538 and 6,850,940 entitled "Automated On-Line Information Service and Directory, Particularly for the World Wide Web." |
| Instabook Corporation v. Amazon.com et al | August 24, 2007 | |
| Paramount Pictures Corporation et al v. Movie Clean LLC | August 24, 2007 | |
| Constellation IP, LLC v. Allstate Corporation et al | August 23, 2007 | |
| IN RE: DESLORATADINE PATENT LITIGATION - MDL1851 | August 17, 2007 | |
| 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com Inc. et al | August 13, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff 1-800 Contacts, Inc. alleges that Defendant Lens.com, Inc. d/b/a Lens.com, JustLens.com and JustLenses.com had purchased sponsored advertisements from Google and other search engines for Plaintiff's marks. |
| Jackson v. Grupo Industrial Hotelero,S.A. et al | August 9, 2007 | |
| Global Patent Holdings, LLC v. CDW Corporation et al | August 8, 2007 | |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment et al v. Tenenbaum | August 7, 2007 | |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment et al v. Tenenbaum | August 7, 2007 | |
| Blackboard, Inc. v. iParadigms, LLC | August 3, 2007 | |
| NBC Universal, Inc. v. Guthy-Renker Corporation et al | August 3, 2007 | |
| Lenz v. Universal Music Group Inc. et al | July 24, 2007 | |
| Red Bull GMBH et al v. Axent Corporation | July 24, 2007 | |
| Plaintiffs Red Bull GmbH and Red Bull North America, Inc. alleged that Defendant Axent Corporation manufactured, advertised, promoted, marketed, distributed and sold a Unicorn Energy Drink featuring a trade dress confusingly similar to and dilutive of the Red Bull marks and trade dress. Plaintiff also alleged that Defendant's website, which promoted the Unicorn Energy Drink, closely mimics the content and style of the Red Bull website. |
| Red Bull North America, Inc. v. Dicey's 2nd Street,Inc | July 18, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Red Bull North America, Inc. and Red Bull GmbH LLC alleged that Defendants Dicey's 2nd Street, Inc. d/b/a Dicey Riley's, Michael Brennan and Aileen Comer passed off Red Fuel and Red Light as Red Bull. |
| Boston Duck Tours v. Super Duck Tours, LLC | July 3, 2007 | |
| In re: Rembrandt Technologies LP Patent Litigation | June 21, 2007 | |
| Deborah Novak et al v. Warner Bros Pictures LLC et al | June 20, 2007 | |
| Callaway Golf Company v. Acushnet Company | June 8, 2007 | |
| GraphOn Corporation v. Juniper Networks, Inc. | May 31, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff GraphOn Corporation alleged that Defendant Juniper Networks, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,826,014 and 6,061,798 entitled "Firewall System for Protecting Network Elements Connected to a Public Network," and 7,028,336 entitled "Firewall Providing Enhanced Network Security and User Transparency." |
| WizKids Inc v. Wizards of the Coast Inc | May 25, 2007 | |
| West v. Perry et al | May 21, 2007 | |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Stillwater Restaurants, Inc. et al | May 8, 2007 | |
| EXPLOROLOGIST LIMITED v. SAPIENT | May 7, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Explorologist Ltd. alleged that Defendant Brian Sapient a/k/a Brian J. Cutler d/b/a Rational Response Squad for infringing British copyright law. Defendant allegedly uploaded to YouTube a sequence of images entitled "James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff," which included portions of the film "Dr Hughes." |
| Electric Ladyland II, LLC v. Experience Hendrix, LLC et al | April 18, 2007 | |
| Gary Friedrich Enterprises, LLC. et al v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc. et al | March 30, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff Gary Friedrich alleges that the Marvel companies and a group of major entertainment industry players have joined together to take the plaintiff's Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider characters and origin story from him without authorization or compensation. |
| In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation | March 30, 2007 | |
| Sprinkles Cupcakes Inc v. Four Unlikely Friends LLC | March 13, 2007 | |
| i4i Limited Partnership v. Microsoft Corporation | March 8, 2007 | |
| Experience Hendrix LLC et al v. Electric Hendrix LLC et al | March 6, 2007 | |
| GovDeals, Inc. v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee | February 9, 2007 | |
| Red Bull North America, Inc. et al v. Orlando Nightclub Enterprises, Inc. et al | February 6, 2007 | |
| 1-800 Contacts Inc v. Manila Industries Inc et al | January 26, 2007 | |
| Shloss v. Joyce | January 25, 2007 | |
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| Lions Gate Entertainment Inc v. Zazzle.Com | December 14, 2006 | |
| Lions Gate Entertainment Inc v. CafePress.com Inc | December 13, 2006 | |
| Mophonics Inc v. Mantra Films Inc | January 12, 2006 | |
| iParadigms, LLC. v. McLean Committee for Student Rights | December 6, 2006 | |
| MCNEIL NUTRITIONALS, LLC v. HEARTLAND SWEETENERS LLC et al | December 5, 2006 | |
| GGW Marketing LLC v. Dolce and Gabbana USA Inc | December 1, 2006 | |
| X17 Inc v. Lavandeira | November 30, 2006 | |
| DC Comics v. Fed Promotion Company | November 22, 2006 | |
| UMG Recordings Inc v. MySpace Inc | November 17, 2006 | |
| Tokidoki LLC v. Forever 21 Retail Inc | November 16, 2006 | |
| RMC Publications, Inc. v. CNET Networks, Inc | November 13, 2006 | |
| NTP, Inc. v. Palm, Inc. | November 6, 2006 | |
| STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. v. LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. | October 30, 2006 | |
| Samsung America Inc v. Forever 21 Retail Inc | October 18, 2006 | |
| Cavs USA Inc v. ACE Karaoke Corporation | October 13, 2006 | |
| Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc. et al | October 11, 2006 | |
| JTH Tax Inc. v. Bonaventura | September 29, 2006 | |
| Chamberlain Group, Inc., The v. Skylink Group, The et al | September 25, 2006 | |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. et al v. Limelight Networks, Inc. | September 5, 2006 | |
| Tur v. YouTube Inc | July 14, 2006 | |
| Tur v. YouTube SJ Motions Denied. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. |
| Klausner Technologies, Inc. v. Vonage Holdings Corp. et al | July 11, 2006 | |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. Cozmedic Surgery Associates, L. L. C. et al | June 30, 2006 | |
| Douglas v. Talk America Inc | June 16, 2006 | |
| WAKA LLC v. DCKICKBALL et al | May 30, 2006 | |
| Hasbro, Inc. v. MGA Entertainment, Inc | May 26, 2006 | |
| Plaintiff Hasbro, Inc. alleged that Defendant MGA Entertainment, Inc. engaged in trademark infringement and unfair competition by selling MEMORY MATCH-UP, a matching game similar to Plaintiff's own card matching game named MEMORY. |
| Jones Day v. Maverick LLC | May 11, 2006 | |
| HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC vs. GOOGLE INC. | April 12, 2006 | |
| Winternals Software v. Best Buy Co., Inc., et al | April 11, 2006 | |
| Lucky Break Wishbone Corporation v. Sears Roebuck and Co et al | March 7, 2006 | |
| Eight Mile Style, L. L. C. et al v. Phattones Media Productions, Incorporated | February 24, 2006 | |
| Plaintiff Eight Mile Style, LLC and Martin Affiliated, LLC alleged that defendant Phattones Media Productions, Inc. sold ring tones through their website www.phattone.com that exploited musical compositions by Eminem and D12 without their permission. |
| Waka, LLC v. DCKickball et al | February 15, 2006 | |
| Muvico Theaters v. Business Software, et al | January 19, 2006 | |
| Wizards of the Coast Inc v. Rutter et al | January 19, 2006 | |
| Cover Design Inc v. Forever 21 Inc | January 13, 2006 | |
| Revah Holdings Inc v. Forever 21 Inc | January 5, 2006 | |
| Lucky Break Wishbone Corporation v. Hot Ideas International Inc | December 21, 2005 | |
| Mediaport Entertainment v. Business Software Alliance | December 5, 2005 | |
| Graphon Corp v. Autotrader.com, LLC, et al | November 22, 2005 | |
| Plaintiff GraphOn Corp. alleged that Defendants AutoTrader.com, Inc. and AutoTrader.com, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,324,538 and 6,850,940 entitled "Automated On-Line Information Service and Directory, Particularly for the World Wide Web." |
| Fehoko v. Electronic Arts, Inc | August 18, 2005 | |
| Marvel Enterprises Inc et al v. Revolution Studios Development Company LLC et al | June 20, 2005 | |
| Klausner Technologies, Inc. v. America Online, Inc. et al | June 15, 2005 | |
| Lucasfilm Ltd v. Shepperton Design Studios Limited et al | May 6, 2005 | |
| E S S Entertainment 2000 Inc v. Rock Star Videos Inc et al | April 22, 2005 | |
| JTH Tax, Inc. v. Google, Inc., et al | April 4, 2005 | |
| In re: ACACIA MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CORP., | March 17, 2005 | |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Lindor | February 28, 2005 | |
| In Re: Rivastigmine Patent Litigation | February 18, 2005 | |
| Testmasters Trademark Litigation | December 16, 2004 | |
| BARTLETT v. GOOGLE, INC, et al | December 7, 2004 | |
| Joanne Siegel et al v. Time Warner Inc et al | October 22, 2004 | |
| Joanne Siegel et al v. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc et al | October 8, 2004 | |
| 1800 Contacts v. Coastal Contacts | March 18, 2004 | |
| Static Control Components, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. | February 24, 2004 | |
| DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. v. 321 Studios | February 13, 2004 | |
| American Blind and Wallpaper Factory, Inc. v. Google, Inc. et al | January 27, 2004 | |
| TIVO Inc v. Echostar Comm, et al | January 5, 2004 | |
| NTP Inc. v. Research In Motion | November 13, 2001 | |
| Adidas America, Inc et al v. Payless Shoesource, Inc. | November 8, 2001 | |
| Re/Max International v. Google Inc., et al | July 27, 2001 | |
| Xtraplus Corporation v. Google, Inc. | May 18, 2001 | |
| Xtraplus Corporation v. Google Inc | May 15, 2001 | |
| Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated v. Lift Site | December 19, 2007 | |
| Overture Services v. Google Inc | April 4, 2002 | |
| Jennifer Lopez et al v. Silver Cross (UK) Ltd. et al | February 25, 2009 | |
| Jamison Law Group LTD v. DisputeSuite.com LLC et al | February 17, 2009 | |
| Hochstein et al v. Microsoft Corporation et al | 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." |
| Guardian Media Technologies, Ltd. v. Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. | January 6, 2009 | |
