"Trademark" tagged Cases and Lawsuits

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Apple Corps Limited et al v. Fuego Entertainment, Inc. et alMarch 21, 2008May 16, 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.
Silvers v. Google, Inc.May 4, 2005May 16, 2008
Plaintiff Steven A. Silvers alleged that defendant Google, Inc. infringed on plaintiff's GOOGLES mark, and sought to enjoin Google from using the GOOGLE mark in connection with the advertising, promoting, marketing and sale of children's goods and services.
STELOR PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. OOGLES N GOOGLES et alMarch 11, 2005May 15, 2008
Plaintiff Stelor Productions Inc. alleged that defendant Oogles N Googles infringed on plaintiff's registered trademarks to OOGLES, OOGLE, IGGLE and OOGGLE.
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Podfitness, Inc.September 21, 2006May 14, 2008
Plaintiff Apple Computer, Inc. alleged that defendant Podfitness, Inc.uses trade names and marks (PODFITNESS.COM and PODFITNESS) that are highly similar to and confusingly similar to Apple's famous trademarks (IPOD), and that defendant intentionally sought to imply an association with Apple in its marketing and advertising.
Aguiar v. Webb et alSeptember 7, 2007May 12, 2008
Copyright and trademark infringement claims against documentary maker's promotional website and film trailer.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. RDR Books et alOctober 31, 2007May 10, 2008
Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc.
Allen v. American Apparel, Inc.March 31, 2008May 8, 2008
Plaintiff Woody Allen alleged that Defendant American Apparel, Inc. used Plaintiff's image and likeness for advertising purposes without permission or consent.
Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc. et alJune 15, 2007May 7, 2008
Plaintiff sued Google and several "parked domain" companies for trademark infringement over the use of AdSense for Domains on websites with allegedly infringing domain names.
Terraserver.com, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, a Washington corporation et alMay 2, 2008May 2, 2008
Amiga Inc v. Hyperion VOFApril 26, 2007April 29, 2008
Plaintiff Amiga Inc. alleges that it entered into an (OEM) License and Software Development Agreement with defendant Hyperion VOF for the development of Amiga's next generation operating system software, Amiga OS 4. Plaintiff further alleges defendant breached the agreement by marketing OS 4 outside the scope of the license, granting third parties the right to distribute OS 4 and use Amiga trademarks, refusing to turn over the source code and object code for OS 4, and failing to deliver OS 4 within the timeline specified in the contract.
Burck v. Mars, Incorporated et alFebruary 11, 2008April 28, 2008
Plaintiff Robert Burck d/b/a The Naked Cowboy alleges that Defendants Mars, Inc. and Chute Gerdeman, Inc. infringed his trademark in his get-up, featuring a white cowboy hat, white boots, white underpants and an acoustic guitar.
American Airlines Inc v. Google IncAugust 16, 2007April 21, 2008
American Airlines is suing Google for allowing companies to show ads when its trademarks, including (but not limited to) "AMERICAN AIRLINES" "AMERICAN EAGLE" "AA" "A A" "AA.COM" "AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER" "AADVANTAGE" "AMERICAN CONNECTION" "AMERICANAIRLINES" are searched on.
Microsoft Corporation v. Dauben IncJanuary 22, 2008April 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.
FreecycleSunnyvale v. The Freecycle NetworkJanuary 18, 2006March 25, 2008
International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium v. Degraphenreed et alNovember 16, 2007March 19, 2008
Plaintiff International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium sued Defendants Miko Degraphenreed, Degrapheinread Information Systems Security Corporation, Google, Incorporated and Yahoo!, Incorporated for trademark infringement, unfair competition, false designation of origin, dilution, and deceptive trade practice, misappropriation and unjust enrichment. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants infringed and violated (ISC2)'s rights to its long-standing and valuable registered mark CISSP®.
Recorded Books, LLC v. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.May 31, 2007November 30, 2007
Breach of contract, copyright, Lanham Act claims against OCLC/NetLibrary
Romantics et al v. Activision Publishing, Incorporated et alNovember 20, 2007November 21, 2007
Plaintiffs The Romantics a/k/a Master Beat, Inc., Wally Palmar, Mike Skill and Coz Canler allege that Defendants Activision Publishing, Inc., Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., RedOctane, Inc. and WaveGroup Sound have violated Plaintiffs' rights by imitating Plaintiffs' identity, persona, and distinctive sound in order to sell their video game "Guitar hero Encore, Rocks the 80's" without permission from or compensation to Plaintiffs.
Eros, LLC v. DoeJuly 3, 2007November 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.
BidZirk LLC et al v. SmithJanuary 10, 2006November 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, 2006November 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.
Microsoft Corporation v. Kovyrin et alSeptember 10, 2007November 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.
Whitney Information, et al v. Xcentric Ventures, et alJanuary 27, 2004November 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.
Lulu Enterprises, Inc. v. N-F Newsite, LLC et alSeptember 5, 2007October 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.
Energy Automation Systems, Inc. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alNovember 6, 2006October 15, 2007
Plaintiff Energy Automation Systems, Inc. sued defendants Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Edward Magedson. Plaintiff alleged that defendant's websites badbusinessbureau.com and ripofferport.com published false and deceptively misleading statements of fact concerning EASI, its dealerships, and its employees by a few disgruntled former EASI dealers.
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc et al v. Electronic Arts IncDecember 1, 2006October 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.
Mattel, Inc. v. Global China Networks, LLC. et alAugust 21, 2007October 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.
JTH Tax, Inc. v. WhitakerApril 12, 2007October 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.
S & L Vitamins, Inc. v. Australian Gold, Inc.March 4, 2005October 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 alSeptember 4, 2007October 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.
Alfenas v. Pantera Partnership et alAugust 2, 2007October 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.
Pearson Education, Inc. et al v. Knyane et alSeptember 21, 2007September 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.
Gogo Tribe v. Google Corp Clerk shall not accept complaints or petitions from Denis Maringo until sanction is paid and he presents written permission from a judicial officer in SDTX Houston, per order #4.September 18, 2007September 26, 2007
Plaintiff Denis Marengo is an immigration detainee at the CCA Houston Processing Center who states that he is being detained for political reasons and is barred from proceeding pro se. Nevertheless, he proceeds in a representative capacity on behalf of the Gogo and Yao tribes of Tanzania and alleges that Google and Yahoo misappropriated their names, respectively, without acknowledgment or compensation. Plaintiff asserts that he has standing to sue on the tribes' behalf because the mother of his paternal grandfather (a/k/a great-grandmother) was Gogo and the grandmother of his maternal grandmother (a/k/a great-great-grandmother) was Yao.
Cambridge Who's Who Publishing, Inc. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alDecember 11, 2006September 25, 2007
Plaintiff Cambridge Who's Who Publishing, Inc. alleges that defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC publishes materially false, deceptive and defamatory reports on its websites, ripoffreport.com and badbusinessbureau.com, and is engaged in a scheme to extort money from legitimate businesses by forcing them to seek relief from the bad publicity they received.
Ritchie v. GanoAugust 15, 2007September 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.
St. Louis Cardinals, LLC v. LewisMarch 9, 2007September 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.
Video Professor, Inc. v. McGrathJuly 13, 2007September 13, 2007
Paris Hilton v. Hallmark Cards et alSeptember 6, 2007September 12, 2007
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Associazione Italiana Sommelier Roma et alNovember 4, 2005September 11, 2007
CNG Financial Corporation v. Google IncJanuary 24, 2006September 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."
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences v. Ampas.comApril 13, 2007September 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, 2003September 5, 2007
Plaintiff Google Inc. seeks declaratory judgment that its policy regarding the sale of keyword-triggering advertising does not constitute trademark infringement.
L. F. P. Inc et al v. Cafepress.com, Inc et alJuly 6, 2007August 21, 2007
Google Inc v. Central Mfg. Inc. et alJanuary 19, 2007August 13, 2007
Plaintiff Google Inc. alleges that Defendants have falsely represented that they own a federal registration for the GOOGLE mark, that they are owners of common law rights in the GOOGLE mark and that they have the right to license the GOOGLE mark to third parties.
Pantera Partnership v. AlfenasAugust 3, 2007August 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.
The Freecycle Network, Inc. v. Oey et alApril 4, 2006July 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. WolfeApril 8, 2005July 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. VanMarch 28, 2007July 5, 2007
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Sasha Stone et alMay 1, 2007June 13, 2007
Video Professor, Inc. v. MalakerApril 4, 2007June 7, 2007
Plaintiff Video Professor, Inc. alleged that defendant registered videoprofessor.ca, which is confusingly similar to the VIDEO PROFESSOR trademark.
Site Pro-1, Inc. v. Better Metal, LLCDecember 6, 2006May 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, 2006April 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.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION v. S.F. ADVISORS, LLC et alNovember 28, 2006March 19, 2007
Rescuecom Corporation v. Google, Inc.September 7, 2004February 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.
Hawaii-Pacific Apparel Group, Inc. v. Cleveland Browns Football Company, LLC et alOctober 4, 2004December 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.
AUSTRALIAN GOLD, INC. v. HALLJanuary 17, 2006July 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.
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY v. GOOGLE, INC.December 9, 2004July 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.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences v. Props for Today, Inc. et alFebruary 27, 2006April 27, 2006
Marcel Fashion Group v. Cafepress.Com, Inc.January 17, 2006March 14, 2006
Government Employees, et al v. Google, Inc., et alMay 4, 2004August 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.
Novak v. Overture Services, Inc. et alSeptember 24, 2002March 18, 2005
Plaintiff Robert Novak d/b/a Pets Warehouse sued defendants Kanoodle, Google and Overture and alleged that they permitted plaintiff's competitors to purchase advertising based on the Pets Warehouse trademark. Plaintiff further alleges that defendants TheFerretStore.com, Judge-For-Yourself.com and DoctorDog.com had either used plaintiff's trademark in its metatags or had purchased the keyword Pets Warehouse.
Koprowski v. Google IncOctober 14, 2003January 5, 2004
Plaintiff Gene Koprowski sought a subpoena to determine the identity of the person who authored a blog post. Plaintiff alleged that the blog published an article that was copyrighted by him and infringed on his trademark.
eBay Inc. v. Telebay LLCMarch 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.
EchoStar Satellite, L.L.C. v. Madden et alFebruary 14, 2008 
University of Tennessee v. Action Sports Media, Inc et alFebruary 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.
AT&T Mobility LLC et al v. Wireless Exclusive USA LLC et alFebruary 5, 2008 
Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. New Dream Network, LLC et alJanuary 28, 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 alJanuary 15, 2008 
1-800 Contacts v. Lensworld.comJanuary 8, 2008 
1-800 Contacts v. Premier Holdings et alDecember 6, 2007 
RealNetworks Inc v. QSA ToolWorks LLCDecember 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.
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. v. Carter's Inc. et alNovember 9, 2007 
Lifestyle Lift Holding, Inc. et al v. Payman Simoni et alOctober 26, 2007 
Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated v. Leonard Fitness, Incorporated et alOctober 19, 2007 
Vallavista Corporation v. Amazon.Com, Inc. et alOctober 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®.
Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. BowlerOctober 12, 2007 
Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. Kotler et alOctober 12, 2007 
Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated et al v. Maryland Plastic Surgery Associates, LLC et alOctober 12, 2007 
Shady Ladies, LLC v. GGW Marketing, LLC et alSeptember 18, 2007 
1-800 Contacts, Inc. v. Manila Industries, Inc. et alSeptember 14, 2007 
1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com Inc. et alAugust 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.
Marvel Enterprise, Inc. v. Naki International et alAugust 6, 2007 
Plaintiffs Marvel Enterprises, Inc. and Marvel Characters, Inc. alleged that Defendants Naki International and Naki World, Inc. breached licensing agreements and a settlement agreement with Plaintiffs, as well as infringed on Plaintiff's copyright and trademark.
Boston Duck Tours v. Super Duck Tours, LLCJuly 3, 2007 
Stan Lee Media, Inc. v. Marvel Entertainment, Inc. et alMarch 15, 2007 
Plaintiff Stan Lee Media, Inc. seeks a division of certain income, proceeds and profits obtained by Defendants Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Marvel Enterprises, Inc. and Marvel Characters, Inc. through their unilateral and unauthorized use, marketing, licensing, merchandising, promotion, advertising and exploitation of characters that were co-created by Stan Lee and Defendants.
1-800 Contacts Inc v. Manila Industries Inc et alJanuary 26, 2007 
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc v. Zazzle.ComDecember 14, 2006 
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc v. CafePress.com IncDecember 13, 2006 
RMC Publications, Inc. v. CNET Networks, IncNovember 13, 2006 
Fehoko v. Electronic Arts, IncAugust 18, 2005 
JTH Tax, Inc. v. Google, Inc., et alApril 4, 2005 
1800 Contacts v. Coastal ContactsMarch 18, 2004 
American Blind and Wallpaper Factory, Inc. v. Google, Inc. et alJanuary 27, 2004 
Adidas America, Inc et al v. Payless Shoesource, Inc.November 8, 2001 
Re/Max International v. Google Inc., et alJuly 27, 2001 
Xtraplus Corporation v. Google, Inc.May 18, 2001 
Xtraplus Corporation v. Google IncMay 15, 2001 
Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated v. Lift SiteDecember 19, 2007 
Lifestyle Lift Holding, Incorporated v. Real Self, IncorporatedJanuary 7, 2008