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Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – adidas America v. Forever 21

18 Tuesday Aug 2015

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Adidas has filed a complaint alleging that clothing retailer, Forever 21, and clothing manufacturer/distributor, Central Mills, have been selling counterfeit adidas clothing. In the complaint, adidas alleges Defendants have been importing and selling “apparel bearing three stripes that constitute counterfeit and/or confusingly similar imitations of adidas’s Three-Stripe Mark,” and included pictures of two examples (see Complaint below).

In 2013, Forever 21 and Central Mills were sued by fashion photograher, Mark Hunter, for copyright infringement. Hunter alleged that Defendants used one of his photographs on clothing without authorization. That case was settled out of court less than four months after the complaint was filed.

adidas America Inc. et al v. Forever 21 Inc. et al

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01559
File Date: Monday, August 17, 2015
Plaintiff: adidas America Inc., adidas AG
Plaintiff Counsel: Stephen M. Feldman of Perkins Coie LLP
Defendant: Forever 21 Inc., Central Mills Inc.
Cause: Counterfeiting, Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices, Common Law Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition, Federal Trademark Dilution, State Trademark Dilution
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Michael H. Simon

June Download Cases

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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As there are so many, going forward we’ll simply list download cases in one monthly post rather than individual posts. Fun fact – 20 of the 21 copyright/trademark complaints filed in Oregon this month were BitTorrent download cases.

Here are the complaints filed in June 2015:

Court Case Number: 6:15-cv-00977-TC
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Glacier Films USA Inc., Glacier Films 1 LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Coffin

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00975
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Glacier Films USA Inc., Glacier Films 1 LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00974
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Automata Productions Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Marco A. Hernandez

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00973
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Automata Productions Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Marco A. Hernandez

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00972
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Automata Productions Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael W. Mosman

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01043
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01042-AC
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01041-ST
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01040-SB
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Glacier Films USA Inc., Glacier Films 1 LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01039-SI
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Countryman Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Court Case Number: 6:15-cv-01080-AA
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Chief Judge Ann L. Aiken

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01081
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01078
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01077
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01075
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01186-ST
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01185-ST
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01184-ST
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01183
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01182
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Trailers International LLC v. Xiaofei Yang

05 Tuesday May 2015

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Vince Webb and his company, Trailers International (formerly UtilityMate), previously filed suit against Zhuhai Sharp-Group Enterprise Co. Ltd. (aka Jumbo Tools & Equipment), a Chinese trading company, for manufacturing counterfeits of its UtilityMate® and UtilitySport® trailers. Jumbo was, at one time, authorized to manufacture trailers for Webb’s company but now it is alleged that Jumbo is making and distributing counterfeits, primarily through Altocraft USA, Inc. Now, Webb is filing suit against XiaoFei Yang, president and CEO of Jumbo.

Trailers International LLC et al v. XiaoFei Yang

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00767-SI
File Date: Monday, May 04, 2015
Plaintiff: Trailers International LLC, Vincent L. Webb
Plaintiff Counsel: Stephen J. Joncus and Xavier A. Clark of Klarquist Sparkman LLP
Defendant:XiaoFei Yang
Cause: Copyright Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Counterfeiting, False Designation of Origin, Unfair Competition (Passing Off), Unfair Business Practices, Conversion, Trade Secret Misappropriation
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Oregon Copyright Litigation Update – Countryman Nevada v. Doe

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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Countryman Nevada LLC v. Doe

Crowell Law has filed five more copyright infringement lawsuits for BitTorrent downloads. The complaints are essentially the exact same as the Dallas Buyer’s Club suits, except these involve a film called The Necessary Death of Charley Countryman.

Why are people even trying to download this movie? It only received a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic gave it a lowly 31. With Dallas Buyer’s Club, at least people are taking risks to see an award winning film, but this flick can’t be worth the hassle. Guessing it has something to do with the film’s original rating of NC-17…

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00433, -00435, -00436, -00437, -00438
File Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Countryman Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Representative Complaint:

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Heidie S. McCall v. Ronny Shany et al

05 Thursday Feb 2015

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This is a pro se trademark lawsuit involving a dispute between the owners of HIGHTV and HIGHTV 3D trademarks. The trademarks have been used concurrently since 2011.

Heidie S. McCall v. Ronny Shany et al

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00182-SI
File Date: Monday, February 02, 2015
Plaintiff: Heidie S. McCall
Plaintiff Counsel: Heidie S. McCall – Pro Se
Defendant: Ronny Shany, Eric Klein, HighTV 3D
Cause: Federal Trademark Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Kool Pak v. Kool Trans

26 Friday Dec 2014

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Plaintiff Kool Pak, based in Lake Oswego, Oregon, seeks to protect its family of “Kool” trademarks in connection with transcontinental refrigerated trucking services. Plaintiff has used the Kool Pak mark for over 45 years.

Kool PakDefendant, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, entered the refrigerated trucking market in June 2014, operating under the “Kooltrans” mark.

Unable to negotiate an agreeable resolution via attorney dealings, the Plaintiff now seeks the Court’s determination of whether there is a likelihood of confusion between the parties’ marks.

Kool Pak LLC v. Kool Trans LLC

Court Case Number: 3:14-cv-02036-SI
File Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Plaintiff: Kool Pak LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: J. Peter Staples, Susan D. Pitchford of Chernoff Vilhauer McClung & Stenzel LLP
Defendant: Kool Trans LLC
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Federal Statutory False Designation of Origin, Common Law Trademark Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Killer Burger v. Grindhouse Holdings

03 Wednesday Dec 2014

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This lawsuit involving the popular Portland-based hamburger joint and a Georgia-based hamburger restaurant was covered in gleeful pun-filled fashion by the Oregonian here.  I’ll update the story if there are any significant legal filings. In the meantime, read the Complaint below and then click over to the Oregonian story.

Killer Burger Inc. v. Grindhouse Holdings LLC

Court Case Number: 3:14-cv-01913-SI
File Date: Monday, December 01, 2014
Plaintiff: Killer Burger Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Elizabeth A. Tedesco Milesnick of Miller Nash LLP
Defendant: Grindhouse Holdings LLC
Cause: Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – B.C. Marketing Concepts v. The Sessions Law Firm

09 Wednesday Jul 2014

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Session, Sessions LawHere’s yet another trademark lawsuit involving a brewery. This time, however, the defendant isn’t another brewery but a DUI attorney using an allegedly confusingly similar logo.

Plaintiff B. C. Marketing, Inc. is an Oregon corporation based in Hood River, Oregon. Plaintiff does business as Full Sail Brewing Company. Since at least as early as 2005, Plaintiff has been selling beer under the trademark SESSION, including a distinctive shield logo trademark.

Defendant is an Atlanta, Georgia-based DUI attorney that has been using a similar logo to promote his legal services to “beer drinkers.”

Take a look at the two logos. Confusingly similar? Note that Defendant has been using the logo on paper bags “designed and distributed for the express purpose of holding a can or bottle of beer.” (See image in Complaint below.) While this may have seemed like a cute marketing idea at the time, surely the Defendant can’t be so invested in his logo as to justify litigation in federal court. I expect this lawsuit will be resolved fairly quickly…stay tuned for updates.

B.C. Marketing Concepts Inc. v. The Sessions Law Firm LLC

Court Case Number: 3:14-cv-01087
File Date: Tuesday, July 08, 2014
Plaintiff: B.C. Marketing Concepts Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Charles H. DeVoe, Thomas J. Romano of Kolisch Hartwell PC
Defendant: The Sessions Law Firm LLC
Cause: Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Federal Trademark Dilution, State Trademark Infringement, State Unfair Competition, State Trademark Dilution, State Law Product Disparagement, Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Michael H. Simon

Oregon Copyright Litigation Update – Shardan International Marketing v. Diane Adams et al

07 Saturday Dec 2013

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Plaintiff, Shardan International Marketing, is a Las Vegas-based corporation that holds registered copyrights in certain works of renowned visual artist Sharie Hatchett Bohlmann (image at right).

Defendant Adams is alleged to have sold unauthorized reproductions of Bohlmann’s artwork at Sears and on Amazon, both of which are also listed as defendants.

Stay tuned for updates.

Shardan International Marketing, Inc. v. Diane Adams et al

Court Case Number: 3:13-cv-02146-SI
File Date: Friday, December 06, 2013
Plaintiff: Shardan International Marketing, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Leonard D. DuBoff of The DuBoff Law Group LLC
Defendant: Diane Adams, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Amazon.com, Inc.
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Calista Enterprises v. Tenza Trading

25 Tuesday Jun 2013

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This case involves pornography websites that have the term “porn tube” in their domain name. Plaintiff is a Seychelles company. Defendant is a Cyprus company. So of course the lawsuit lands in Oregon. Expect jurisdictional challenges before this case ever gets to the merits of the alleged “reverse domain name hijacking.”

Court Case Number: 3:13-cv-01045-SI
File Date: Friday, June 21, 2013
Plaintiff: Calista Enterprises Ltd.
Plaintiff Counsel: Thomas Freedman, Jr. of Pearl Law LLC
Defendant: Tenza Trading Ltd.
Cause: Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, Declaration of Non-Infringement of Trademark, Declaration of No Unfair Competition, Cancellation of Trademark Registration
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon