New York — Upper Deck will reportedly pay MLB a “substantial sum” in addition to $2.4 million to settle the trademark infringement and breach of contract lawsuit, according to Reuters. On January 31, 2010, Major League Baseball Properties sued the Upper Deck Company for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, unfair competition,…
LA, CA – Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, sued the new Death Row records for trademark infringement, breach of contract, violation of the right of publicity, and unfair competition. The complaint claims that nothing has changed at Death Row: “meet the new boss, same as the old…
New York — Major League Baseball Properties sued the Upper Deck Company for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, unfair competition, and breach of contract because Upper Deck continues to print baseball trading cards after its license was terminated. A copy of the complaint is available here. MLBP pulls no punches and…
UPDATE 1/27/2010: Upper Deck settles Yu Gi Oh! counterfeiting case. Details here. Los Angeles, CA – Yu Gi Oh! owner Konami sued Upper Deck, its former distributor, for selling counterfeit trading cards. (Details here) After hearing both parties’ motions for summary judgment, the Court found that Konami had “presented evidence…
Santa Ana, CA – Quest Software, Inc. sued DIRECTV Operations, LLC for copyright infringement and breach of software license agreement. Quest creates smart systems management software that allow its customers to detect, diagnose to the root cause, and resolve performance and availability problems in their information technology environment. The software…
Los Angeles, CA – Wanderlust Media files a trademark infringement and breach of contract lawsuit to prevent a former licensee, Mio Technology, from using KITT’s voice and other deliverables in personal navigation devices (“PND”). Wanderlust licenses and sells certain customized celebrity voices for use in GPS and PND systems. Wanderlust…
Los Angeles, CA – Plaintiffs Twentieth Television, Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation sued Roberts Brother Properties, LLC and several related “Roberts” companies, which operate the following television stations: WAZE-TV, WRBU, WZRB, and WRBJ. The stations broadcast, under license from the FCC, television programs in Evansville, Indiana; Jackson, Mississippi;…
Los Angeles, CA – Clothing designer Christian Audigier was sued by Bryan Callan for unfair competition under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) and breach of their licensing agreement (details blogged here). Audigier answered the complaint and counterclaimed (copy available here) alleging he entered into an…
UPDATE 1/10/2010: Court rules that Upper Deck counterfeited Yu Gi Oh! cards. Details here. Los Angeles, CA – In October of 2008, Konami sued Vintage Sports Cards, Inc. in the Central District of California for sales of allegedly counterfeit Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards (details blogged here). The Court entered a permanent…
Los Angeles, CA – A copyright infringement and breach of contract lawsuit was filed at the Federal District Court in Los Angelesover the film “The Listening.” Echo Film, an Italian movie making company, produced the English-language feature motion picture which is about classified global audio surveillance of private citizens. The…