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Indiana Trademark Litigation Update – Scores Holding Company v. Scores

12 Tuesday Apr 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Indiana, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Southern District of Indiana, Trademark

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Common Law Unfair Competition, False Description, False Designation of Origin, Litigation Update, Richard L. Young, Trademark Dilution, Trademark Infringement, William G. Hussmann

Scores Holding Company, Inc. v. Scores, Inc.

Plaintiff operates a chain of “high end sophisticated gentleman clubs” under the SCORES trademark in cities across the U.S., including New York, New Orleans, Chicago and Baltimore. Defendant operates a similar establishment called Scores! in Evansville, Indiana. Defendant’s establishment allegedly offers lower quality services and is often the scene of disreputable actions and events.

Court Case Number: 3:11-cv-00053-RLY-WGH
File Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Plaintiff: Scores Holding Company, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Ettore Victor Indiano of Indiano Vaughan Roberts & Filomena, LLP, Stephen Milo Terrell of Terrell Law Office
Defendant: Scores, Inc.
Cause: Trademark Infringement, False Designations of Origin and False Descriptions, Trademark Dilution, Common Law Unfair Competition
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Richard L. Young
Referred To: Magistrate Judge William G. Hussmann, Jr

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Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – Angela Ethel Brooks-Ngwenya v. IPS

08 Friday Apr 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Copyright, Indiana, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Southern District of Indiana

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Litigation Update, Mark J. Dinsmore, Sarah Evans Barker

Angela Ethel Brooks-Ngwenya v. Indianapolis Public Schools

Plaintiff (handling this case pro se) alleges that IPS has infringed the copyrighted work “TIRS” (Transitioning Into Responsible Students), an educational program she claimed to develop while working at IPS.

Court Case Number: 1:11-cv-00483-SEB-MJD
File Date: Friday, April 08, 2011
Plaintiff: Angela Ethel Brooks-Ngwenya
Plaintiff Counsel: Angela Ethel Brooks-Ngwenya PRO SE
Defendant: Indianapolis Public Schools
Cause: Copyright Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Misconduct of Attorney
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Sarah Evans Barker
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore

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Indiana Trademark Litigation Update – Trufoods v. Michael Rigdon

01 Friday Apr 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Indiana, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Southern District of Indiana, Trademark

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Breach of Contract, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition, Jane Magnus-Stinson, Litigation Update, Tim A. Baker, Trade Dress Infringement, Trademark Infringement

Trufoods, LLC v. Michael Rigdon et al

Court Case Number: 1:11-cv-00446-JMS-TAB
File Date: Friday, April 01, 2011
Plaintiff: Trufoods, LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Bart A. Karwath, Jennifer Lynn Schuster of Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Defendant: Michael Rigdon, Cathrine Hendryx, Premier Food Services, LLC
Cause: Registered Trademark Infringement, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Trade Dress Infringement, Unfair Competition Under Indiana Common Law, Breach of Contract
Court: Southern District of Indiana 
Judge: Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker

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Jimmy Buffett files trademark application for TIGER BLOOD

18 Friday Mar 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Just for Fun, Trademark

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Tiger Blood, Trademark

Quick…everybody file a trademark application for TIGER BLOOD!

That’s the tune Jimmy Buffett is singing as he just filed an application to protect the trademark (which Charlie Sheen recently popularized) in connection with “Vodka” and “Energy Drinks”. But Jimmy isn’t the only one covering that tune as several others have also filed applications in the past few weeks.

Now the previous owner of TIGERS BLOOD (…it isn’t Charlie Sheen) faces a trademark onslaught of nearly epic proportion. Has a trademark ever had to survive the combined cumulative dilutive and tarnishing effects of Charlie Sheen, dietary supplements and now the boozy bard of Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett? Which, if any, of the new trademark applications will survive to registration? And how long until Charlie Sheen himself files an application?

Here’s a review of the brief yet spectacular trademark history of TIGER BLOOD:

TIGERS BLOOD – Registered: June 3, 2008  Date of First Use: March 5, 2007

IC 032. Syrups for making soft drinks [Owner: Stuart K. McLaren]

TIGER’S BLOOD – Registered: August 31, 2010  Date of First Use: January 4, 2010

IC 034. Tobacco [Social Smoke, Inc]

TIGERBLOOD – Filed March 3, 2011  Date of First Use: March 2, 2011

IC 005. Dietary supplemental drinks, Meal replacement and dietary supplement drink mixes, Dietary supplemental drinks in the nature of vitamin and mineral beverages, Highly caffeinated energy pills

IC 025. Clothing, apparel, sneakers, athletic wear, t shirts. [Michael M. Heyward]

TIGER BLOOD – Filed March 6, 2011  Date of First Use: Intent to Use (ITU)

IC 005. Nutritional Supplements in liquid form and non-liquid form that relieve or prevent fatigue. Dietary Supplements in liquid form and non-liquid form that relieve or prevent fatigue [Crebit LLC]

TIGER BLOOD – Filed March 6, 2011  Date of First Use: ITU

IC 025. Clothing, Namely, Jackets, overcoats, sweaters, T-shirts, shirts, pants, caps, scarfs, belts, and shoes [Moneyworks, Inc.]

TIGER BLOOD – Filed March 7, 2011   Date of First Use: March 3, 2011

IC 005. Dietary and nutritional supplements; Dietary food supplements; Dietary supplemental drinks; Dietary supplements for human consumption; Liquid nutritional supplement. [Harcos, LLC]

TIGER BLOOD – Filed March 8, 2011  Date of First Use: ITU

IC 005. Dietary and nutritional supplements [Advanced Health Sciences, Inc.]

TIGERBLOOD – Filed March 8, 2011  Date of First Use: ITU

IC 032. Beauty beverages, namely, fruit juices and energy drinks containing nutritional supplements; Concentrates and powders used in the preparation of energy drinks and fruit-flavored beverages; Concentrates, syrups or powders used in the preparation of sports and energy drinks; Energy drinks; Non-alcoholic drinks, namely, energy shots; Sports drinks, namely, energy drinks [Michael J. Mueller, Jacquelyn A. Fritz AKA JJ Fritz, Pablo Cerrilla-Benet AKA Pablo Cerrilla, Waldo M. Abbot AKA Mack Abbot]

TIGER BLOOD – Filed March 10, 2011  Date of First Use: January 3, 2011

IC 025. Hooded sweat shirts; Short-sleeved or long-sleeved t-shirts. [Will Thompson]

TIGER BLOOD TV – Filed March 12, 2011  Date of First Use: March 4, 2011

IC 041. Providing a website for entertainment purposes where users can view and post audio, video, prose and images featuring content related to news, cultural events, pop-culture, arts, music, comedy and sports. [Kimberly A. Arnold, Joel M. Moore]

Never one to miss a beat, even Ol’ Parrothead himself is getting in on the Tiger Blood act. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a new “Tiger Blood” single on the radio before the end of Spring Break.

TIGER BLOOD – Filed March 12, 2011  Date of First Use: ITU

IC 033. Vodka [Margaritaville Enterprises, LLC]

TIGER BLOOD – Filed March 12, 2011  Date of First Use: ITU

IC 032. Energy drinks [Margaritaville Enterprises, LLC]

It turns out that someone at Margaritaville Enterprises must get drunk on filing trademark applications…463 filed so far!

Are there additional TIGER BLOOD applications to come or is this the end of the trend? I know the trademark attorneys for the two registered marks will need to be vigilant in the upcoming weeks. I’ll keep you updated.

Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – Garden Homes by E L v. Charles Weis

18 Friday Mar 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Copyright, Indiana, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Northern District of Indiana

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Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Copyright Infringement, Litigation Update, Robert L. Miller, Trade Dress Infringement

Garden Homes by E L Inc v. Charles Weis et al

A short and simple, if slightly unorthodox, copyright complaint over architectural designs.  Plaintiff contracted with Defendants, who represent the nonprofit Hannah & Friends (improving the quality of life for children and adults with special needs), to build a series of homes. After two homes and a “main lodge” were built by Plaintiff, Defendant allegedly had a third home built by a separate contractor using Plaintiff’s architectural plans. Plaintiff had registered the architectural plans with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to the alleged infringement.

Court Case Number:    3:11-cv-00115-RLM -CAN
File Date:    Friday, March 18, 2011
Plaintiff:     Garden Homes by E L Inc
Plaintiff Counsel:     James F Groves of Lee Groves and Zalas
Defendant:     Charles Weis, Maura Weis, Ryan Rans
Cause:    Copyright Infringement, Trade Dress Infringement
Court:    Northern District of Indiana
Judge:     Judge Robert L Miller, Jr
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A Nuechterlein

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