In a ruling that is spooking film producers, Victor Miller, the screenwriter behind the 1980 horror classic “Friday the 13th,” successfully convinced a federal judge in Connecticut that he was an independent contractor at the time he wrote the screenplay, and may be able to..
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The Supreme Court held Monday that a federal agency may not challenge an issued patent. The case, Return Mail, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service, involved a patent on a method of processing undeliverable mail, which the U.S. Postal Service challenged as merely an abstract idea under ..
As if Kawhi Leonard didn’t already have his hands full with the Golden State Warriors, now he’s got Nike’s legal team to worry about.
A U.S. District Judge in California has concluded that simply being sued in France is not a sufficient controversy to get into U.S. federal court. Such is the lesson for MGA Entertainment, which sought a declaratory judgment in California that its Pooey Puitton purse does not..
The Fourth Circuit recently overturned a decision which had let a Virginia film festival off the hook for using an unlicensed copyrighted photo to promote itself.
If you have ever looked into getting a trademark for your product or service, you may have encountered the term "service mark" in addition to the term "trademark." What's the difference?
Louis Vuitton says it has no problem with Pooey Puitton - in the U.S. anyway.
French fashion house Louis Vuitton Malletier SA (LV) has responded to a complaint filed against it by MGA Entertainment Inc., manufacturer of the “Pooey Puitton” purse.
Now that you’ve got your patent, how do you preserve your right to collect money damages from an infringer? By marking your product with your patent number.
Robert Stephen Ross, son of famously mellow painter Bob Ross, has lost a battle for control of his late father’s intellectual property. A federal judge in Virginia granted summary judgement against Robert, finding that Bob’s IP actually belongs to Bob Ross Inc., a company Bob..
Baseless. Deliberate. Designed to frighten consumers. Nefarious! These are just a few of the barbs MillerCoors has been lobbing at Anheuser-Busch in the wake of Bud Light's viral "Corn Syrup" advertisement.