05 Saturday Jan 2013
Court Case Number: 3:13-cv-00011-JD-CAN
File Date: Friday, January 04, 2013
Plaintiff: Notre Dame Du Lac The University of
Plaintiff Counsel: Alice J Springer of Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Defendant: Thorin Sprandel
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Jon E. DeGuilio
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein
22 Saturday Sep 2012
Posted in Intellectual Property
Tags
Breach of the License Agreement, Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Contributory Infringement, Copyright Infringement, Litigation Update, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Robert L. Miller
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00541-RLM-CAN
File Date: Friday, September 21, 2012
Plaintiff: Infor (Barneveld) BV
Plaintiff Counsel: John D. LaDue, John A. Drake of LaDue Curran & Kuehn LLC
Defendant: Micromatic LLC
Cause: Copyright Infringement, Contributory Copyright Infringement, Breach of the License Agreement, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr.
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein
20 Thursday Sep 2012
Tags
Batman, Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Common Law Unfair Competition, Litigation Update, Philip P. Simon, Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition
Here’s a fun case. Plaintiff, an Indiana corporation, has sold security software under the mark CLEAN SLATE since 2000. In Defendant Warner Bros’ latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman promises to obtain a software program called CLEAN SLATE that will erase a person’s criminal history from every computer database in the world. This has apparently caused hundreds of internet references for the fictional movie software, to which Plaintiff objects.
What do you think is the likely outcome of this case? Can it survive a Motion to Dismiss? Is Warner Bros really using CLEAN SLATE as a trademark?
It also shines a spotlight on that magic moment in the marketing department where an invention titled “Targeted Data Detection and Elimination Algorithm” becomes…CLEAN SLATE! [Note: The patent application is from movie promotional materials. It is not real.]
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00535-PPS-CAN
File Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Plaintiff: Fortres Grand Corporation
Plaintiff Counsel: Christopher R. Putt of May Oberfell Lorber
Defendant: Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Common Law Unfair Competition
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Chief Judge Philip P. Simon
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein
07 Friday Sep 2012
Tags
Cancellation of Registrations, Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Dilution, Northern District of Indiana, Philip P. Simon, Service Mark Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00480-PPS-CAN
File Date: Thursday, September 06, 2012
Plaintiff: 1st Source Bank
Plaintiff Counsel: Patrick David Murphy of Boveri Murphy Rice LLP
Defendant: Firstsource Solutions Limited, Firstsource Solutions USA Inc, Firstsource Advantage LLC, Firstsource Financial Solutions Inc
Cause: Service Mark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Dilution, Cancellation of Registrations
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Chief Judge Philip P Simon
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A Nuechterlein
02 Thursday Aug 2012
Tags
Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Damon R. Leichty, False Designation of Origin, Northern District of Indiana, Philip P. Simon, Trademark Dilution, Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00411-PPS-CAN
File Date: Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Plaintiff: CK Franchising Inc
Plaintiff Counsel: Damon R Leichty of Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Defendant: Comfort Keepers Inc, Catherine Graham
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, False Designation of Origin, Trademark Dilution,
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Chief Judge Philip P Simon
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A Nuechterlein
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