23 Thursday May 2013
Posted in Copyright, District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon
Court Case Number: 3:13-cv-00867-SI
File Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Plaintiff: Voltage Pictures, LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Jonathan T. van Heel of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe Adult Son
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Oregon District Court
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon
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15 Friday Mar 2013
Posted in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark
Here’s a trademark dispute involving book titles. Plaintiff writes a series of industry-focused legal education books called “The Law, in Plain English for [insert industry]” (some examples are Photographers, Restaurants, Writers). Essentially, the books are an attempt to help regular folks understand the law that applies to their industry, explained not with legal jargon but “in plain English.”
Defendants publish a book “Legal Writing in Plain English,” frequently used by law students as a textbook in their legal writing courses. It teaches future lawyers (and current lawyers) to write laws and contracts that regular folks can understand, not written in legal jargon but “in plain English.”
Are the books sold in the same marketplace or two independent marketplaces? Industry folks buy one set of books, attorneys buy the other, presumably all for the greater good of comprehensible law. Authors suing authors, lawyers suing lawyers…this could get interesting. Stay tuned for updates.
Court Case Number: 3:13-cv-00436-SI
File Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013
Plaintiff: Leonard D. Duboff
Plaintiff Counsel: Anthony Edward McNamer, Deborah E. Gumm of McNamer and Company, PC
Defendant: University of Chicago, Lawprose, Inc., Bryan A. Garner
Cause: Trademark Infringement
Court: Oregon District Court
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon
26 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark
Tags
False Description, False Designation of Origin, Federal Anti-Cybersquatting, Michael H. Simon, Unfair Competition
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00736-SI
File Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Plaintiff: Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Nathan R. Christensen, Stephen M. Feldman of Perkins Coie, LLP
Defendant: Leland Stanford Hoffman, Jr.
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Federal Anti-Cybersquatting, Unfair Competition, False Designation of Origin, False Description
Court: Oregon District Court
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon
04 Saturday Feb 2012
Posted in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark
Tags
Common Law Trademark Infringement, Crossfit, Federal Trademark Dilution, Michael H. Simon, Sportsgrants, Trademark Infringement, Williamson & Wyatt
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00196-SI
File Date: Friday, February 03, 2012
Plaintiff: Sportsgrants, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Michael A. Cohen, Matthew R. Wilmot Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
Defendant: Crossfit, Inc., Does 1 through 10
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Dilution
Court: District Court of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon
07 Friday Oct 2011
Posted in Trademark
Tags
Michael H. Simon, Robert R. Harrison, Slep-Tone Entertainment Corporation, Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Unlawful Trade Practices
Court Case Number: 3:11-cv-01205-SI
File Date: Thursday, October 06, 2011
Plaintiff: Slep-Tone Entertainment Corporation
Plaintiff Counsel: Robert R. Harrison of Ladenberg Law
Defendant: J&W LLC, Ambassador, Inc., SP1 LLC, Dewar, LLC, Chopsticks Restaurant, Inc., San Hwa Enterprises, Inc., T 88 Inc., Orfal’s Inc., Mobile DJ Karaoke LLC, Jared Ritzer, Stephan Kmetova, Suzanne Kmetova, Jason Taylor, Mike Kunze, Ladd Hill Muzik LLC, Douglas Wyman, Clarice Wyman, Jimmy Lund, Anthony Starkweather, Jody Graen, James Adams, Oscar Colores, Miguel Tapia, Kevin Keller, Kim Keller, Mitch Brown, Bobby Brown, Danny Chavez, Eric Klinger, Roxanne Klinger, Martin Simpson
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Unlawful Trade Practices
Court: District Court of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon
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