Los Angeles Intellectual Property Trademark Attorney Blog http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/ Published by Milord & Associates, PC en-us 2012-01-09T17:46:57-08:00 Sony Sued Over Karaoke Music Copyright Infringement Claims Of Almost $1.3 Billion http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2012/01/karaoke-copyright-music-publishing-sony-infringement-damages-songs.html KTS Karaoke is suing Sony/ATV Music Publishing for declaratory relief of copyright non-infringement and/or reduction of the damages amount at issue, which Sony claims is almost $1.3 billion. The music publishing company is co-owned by The Michael Jackson Family Trust... Copyright Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2012-01-09T17:46:57-08:00 Twilight’s Bella Swan Wins Trademark and Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over Jacket http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/11/twilight-movie-copyright-trademark-bella-swan-jacket-wins-lawsuit-summary-judgment.html Before last week’s release of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit saga dawned on clothing manufacturer B.B. Dakota over the pictured Bella Jacket. Summit Entertainment, the producer of the Twilight franchise that has raked... Trademark Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2011-11-28T19:30:59-08:00 Paris Hilton Sued For Copying Watch Design In Patent Infringement Lawsuit http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/11/paris-hilton-sued-copying-watch-design-patent-de-grisogono-coussin-lawsuit-infringement.html Since she blew onto the scene and gained notoriety from her 2004 sex tape, Paris Hilton has become a trademark licensing phenomenon, lending her name to a wide range of products, from shoes to perfumes. Her latest watch design, however,... Patent Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2011-11-06T09:39:25-08:00 Court Grants Software Copyright Temporary Restraining Order Against Former Employee http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/11/software-copyright-employee-temporary-restraining-order-independent-contractor-sun.html Glacern Machine Tools, LLC is suing its former employee, who was also an owner and manager of the company, for copyright infringement, conversion, and breach of fiduciary duty. Glacern alleges that defendant Eric Sun wrote and created copyrighted source code,... Copyright Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2011-11-02T22:30:00-08:00 Power Rangers Halloween Costumes Morph Into Copyright And Trademark Infringement Suit http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/10/copyright-halloween-costume-copyrightable-trademark-power-rangers-lawsuit-dilution-ip.html Saban Entertainment originally created the “Power Rangers” live action children’s television series in 1993, where several teenagers would morph from ordinary people into powerful superhero characters wearing color-coded battle suits. The colors also served as each character’s name, e.g. the... Copyright Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2011-10-27T16:10:49-08:00 Village People Musical Group Wins TTAB Cancellation Summary Judgment Against Wife Of Former Member Willis http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/10/trademark-ttab-cancel-registration-village-people-willis-abandonment-genericness.html The wife and manager of Victor Willis, a former member of the disco group the Village People (yes, you read “wife” correctly, the Village People had at least one straight “macho man”), filed three petitions for cancellation of Can’t Stop... TTAB - Trademark Trial And Appeal Board Milord A. Keshishian 2011-10-10T18:34:00-08:00 Baseball’s San Francisco Giants’ Lack Of Trademark Registration Results In Trademark Lawsuit http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/10/mlb-trademark-lawsuit-san-francisco-giants-register-supplemental-registration-uspto-gogo.html The MLB champion San Francisco Giants not only failed to make the playoffs, but, to add insult to injury, their failure to register their stylized “San Francisco” logo is forcing them to defend a trademark lawsuit filed by a junior... Trademark Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2011-10-03T06:39:07-08:00 Court Denies Fallout Video Game Temporary Restraining Order Against Masthead Studios http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/09/copyright-infringement-videogame-fallout-license-video-masthead-bethesda-tro-denied.html Bethesda Softworks and Interplay Entertainment have waged a long-running, real world copyright and trademark battle over the virtual-world Fallout video game. The Bethesda v. Interplay Maryland lawsuit apparently arose over an ambiguity in the scope of a license back to... Copyright Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2011-09-22T12:15:01-08:00 Skechers Sues Steven Madden For Patent and Trade Dress Infringement Over Twinkle Toes Shoes http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/09/patent-infringement-lawsuit-trade-dress-shoes-skechers-steven-madden-twinkle-toes.html Skechers is suing Steven Madden for allegedly copying Skechers’ Twinkle Toes shoe designs. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office granted U.S. Patent No. D571,095 to Skechers covering its Twinkle Toes toe cap design for shoes. In addition to patent protection,... Patent Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2011-09-13T22:46:47-08:00 Lukasian House Sues Former Employees For Copyright Infringement, Trade Secret Misappropriation, and Computer Fraud And Abuse Act Violation http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2011/08/lukasian-copyright-furniture-trade-secret-computer-fraud-abuse-act.html Lukasian House supplies major retail chains with hand-made storage and organization products made of wood and fibers. Lukasian alleges that for over ten years it has built a database of “mom and pop” factories in rural China that reliably provide... Copyright Litigation Milord A. Keshishian 2011-08-14T22:43:35-08:00