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Indiana Trademark Litigation Update – Coach Inc v. Downtown Gift Shop

14 Friday Jun 2013

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Coach Inc et al v. Downtown Gift Shop et al

Court Case Number: 3:13-cv-00591-JVB-CAN
File Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Plaintiff: Coach Inc, Coach Services Inc
Plaintiff Counsel: Donald A Cole, Ginger Appleberry of Locke Lord LLP
Defendant: Downtown Gift Shop, Chun Ying Huang
Cause: Trademark Counterfeiting, Trademark Infringement, False Designation of Origin and False Advertising, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition, Forgery, Counterfeiting, Common Law Unjust Enrichment, Attorneys’ Fees
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein

Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – Microsoft Corporation v. Mister HardDrive

09 Sunday Jun 2013

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Defendants are alleged to have advertised, marketed, installed, offered and distributed unauthorized copies of Microsoft software after Microsoft warned them of the consequences, infringing Microsoft’s copyrights and trademarks.

Microsoft Corporation v. Mister HardDrive et al

Court Case Number: 4:13-cv-00079-TWP-WGH
File Date: Thursday, June 06, 2013
Plaintiff: Microsoft Corporation
Plaintiff Counsel: James Dimos of Frost Brown Todd LLC
Defendant: Mister Harddrive, Mister HardDrive Wipe and Restore, Mark Cady
Cause: Copyright Infringement, Trademark Infringement, False Designation of Origin, False Description and Representation, Common Law Unfair Competition, For Imposition of a Constructive Trust Upon Illegal Profits, Accounting
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Tanya Walton Pratt
Referred To: Magistrate Judge William G. Hussmann, Jr

Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – Sissom v. Snow

01 Saturday Jun 2013

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Carol L. Sissom v. Robert L. Snow et al

Court Case Number: 1:13-cv-00882-WTL-TAB
File Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Plaintiff: Carol L. Sissom
Plaintiff Counsel: Maria Matters of Maria Matters at Law
Defendant: Robert L. Snow, Berkley Publishing Group, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., Barnes and Nobel Booksellers, Inc., Amazon, Inc.
Cause: Copyright Infringement, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Defamation
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge William T. Lawrence
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker

Indiana Trademark Litigation Update – Leon Isaac Kennedy v. GoDaddy

30 Thursday May 2013

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Plaintiff is an actor, producer, and writer, best known for his performance as “Too Sweet” in 1979’s Penitentiary and its sequels. He is also a partner of a food company with Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson Foods.This lawsuit involves Plaintiff’s attempt to get the domain name leonisaackennedy.com from an alleged cybersquatter, via the registrar GoDaddy.

Leon Isaac Kennedy v. GoDaddy Inc. et al

Court Case Number: 1:13-cv-00876-RLY-DML
File Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Plaintiff: Leon Isaac Kennedy
Plaintiff Counsel: Theodore J. Minch of Sovich Minch LLP
Defendant: GoDaddy Inc., Spirit Media, Arthur Phoenix, John Doe
Cause: Violation of 1125(a), Violation of 1125(d), Unfair Competition, Violation of Indiana Right of Publicity, Conversion, Deception, Indiana Crime Victims’ Act
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Richard L. Young
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Debra McVicker Lynch

Complaint (originally filed in Hamilton Superior Court):

Notice of Removal: 

Indiana Trademark Litigation Update – Sensory Technologies v. Sensory Technology Consultants

29 Wednesday May 2013

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Sensory overload!

This is a fairly standard trademark dispute over the trademark “Sensory Technologies” in connection with audio-visual and video conferencing systems. Sensory Indiana (Plaintiff) is suing Sensory Utah (Defendant) after months of notice letters went unanswered. We’ll see if the lawsuit merits a response.

Sensory Technologies, LLC v. Sensory Technology Consultants, Inc.

Court Case Number: 1:13-cv-00834-SEB-DKL
File Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Plaintiff: Sensory Technologies, LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Jonathan G. Polak, Tracy N. Betz of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Defendant: Sensory Technology Consultants, Inc.
Cause: Trademark Infringement, False Designation of Origin, Unfair Competition, Declaratory Judgment, Preliminary Injunction, Permanent Injunction
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Sarah Evans Barker
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue