Category Archives: Intellectual Property

Indiana Trademark Litigation Update – Reindeer Logistics v. McKnight Logistics

03 Saturday Mar 2012

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Reindeer Logistics Inc. v. McKnight Logistics Inc.

Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00283-TWP-DKL
File Date: Friday, March 02, 2012
Plaintiff: Reindeer Logistics Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: S. Andrew Burns of Cox Sargeant & Burns PC
Defendant: McKnight Logistics Inc.
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Violation of Federal Anti-Cybersquatting Act, Trademark Dilution
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Tanya Walton Pratt
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue

Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – Broadcast Music v. B & D Restaurants

22 Wednesday Feb 2012

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Broadcast Music Inc. et al v. B & D Restaurants Inc. et al

Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00228-RLY-MJD
File Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Plaintiff: Broadcast Music Inc., Abkco Music Inc., Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Jay-Boy Music Corp.
Plaintiff Counsel: Peter J. Prettyman of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Defendant: B & D Restaurants Inc., Nicholas Himes, David R. Himes
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Richard L. Young
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore

Stories from the Week that Was – 2/12/12-2/18/12

19 Sunday Feb 2012

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Stories from the Week that Was – 2/12/12-2/18/12

LLC vs. S Corp: Which Is Right for Your Startup?

Retailers Shut Facebook Storefonts Amid Apathy

Nonprofit groups oppose Obama’s change in charitable deductions

“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.” Thomas Jefferson

Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – BMI v. C & R Restaurants

11 Saturday Feb 2012

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Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – Broadcast Music Inc. et al v. C & R Restaurants LLC et al

Another BMI case. Another restaurant making an unauthorized public performance of musical compositions. This time BMI is after Casler’s Kitchen and Bar of Fishers, Indiana for playing just three songs ( I Want You to Want Me, Jessie’s Girl and Mr. Jones).

Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00181-TWP-DKL
File Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
Plaintiff: Broadcast Music Inc., Adult Music, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Counting Crows LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Peter J. Prettyman of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Defendant: C & R Restaurants LLC, Enrique Fonseca
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Tanya Walton Pratt
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue