01 Friday Jun 2012
Posted in Intellectual Property
Corporations are people, my friend?
A simple but important legal principle is highlighted by the latest filing in this lawsuit. Defendant McKnight Logistics Inc. filed a pro se answer but it was refused by the judge. While an individual may represent one’s self in a case in Indiana, a corporation may appear in federal courts only through licensed counsel. As such, the Defendant, a corporation, must find legal counsel and refile.
30 Wednesday May 2012
Tags
Andrew P. Rodovich, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition, Federal Trade Dress Infringement, Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Litigation Update, Theresa L. Springmann, Trademark Infringement
Court Case Number: 2:12-cv-00215-TLS-APR
File Date: Friday, May 25, 2012
Plaintiff: Mortar Net USA Ltd.
Plaintiff Counsel: Daniel W. Glavin of O’Neill McFadden & Willett LLP
Defendant: Hohmann & Barnard Inc.
Cause: Federal Trade Dress Infringement, Federal Trademark Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Theresa L. Springmann
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Andrew P. Rodovich
24 Thursday May 2012
Tags
Cybersquatting, Demand for Preliminary and Permanent Injunction, Dilution by Blurring, False Description, False Designation of Origin, Federal Trademark Infringement, Litigation Update, Tim A. Baker, Unfair Competition, William T. Lawrence
Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00714-WTL-TAB
File Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Plaintiff: Dillinger, LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Steven G. Cracraft, Patricia A. Hughel of Brannon Robinson Sowers Hughel & Doss PC
Defendant: Pour House of Lincoln, Inc., Mary Olsen, William Olsen, Donald Druse
Cause: Demand for Preliminary and Permanent Injunction, Federal Trademark Infringement, Cybersquatting, False Designation of Origin, False Description, Unfair Competition, Dilution by Blurring
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge William T. Lawrence
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker
18 Friday May 2012
Posted in Indiana, Litigation, Southern District of Indiana, Trademark
Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00672-SEB-MJD
File Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Plaintiff: The Mainstreet Collection Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Anthony J. Biller, Emily M. Haas of Coats & Bennett
Thomas W. Blessing of Frazier & Associates
Defendant: The Main Street Collection LLC, Melissa Card
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Cybersquatting
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Sarah Evans Barker
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore
17 Tuesday Apr 2012
Tags
Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition, Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, Litigation Update, Paul R. Cherry, Trade Dress Infringement
Court Case Number: 2:12-cv-00148-JVB-PRC
File Date: Monday, April 16, 2012
Plaintiff: Mortar Net USA Ltd.
Plaintiff Counsel: Daniel W. Glavin of O’Neill McFadden & Willett LLP, Michael H Baniak
Defendant: Keene Building Product Co.
Cause: Federal Trade Dress Infringement, Federal Trademark Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Paul R. Cherry
