06 Wednesday Mar 2013
Tags
Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Copyright Infringement, Litigation Update, Paul J. Nicoletti, Philip P. Simon
Court Case Number: 3:13-cv-00164-PPS-CAN
File Date: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Plaintiff: Malibu Media LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Paul J. Nicoletti of Nicoletti & Associates PLLC
Defendant: John Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Chief Judge Philip P. Simon
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein
06 Wednesday Mar 2013
Tags
Christopher A. Nuechterlein, Copyright Infringement, Litigation Update, Paul J. Nicoletti, Philip P. Simon
Court Case Number: 3:13-cv-00162-PPS-CAN
File Date: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Plaintiff: Malibu Media LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Paul J. Nicoletti of Nicoletti & Associates PLLC
Defendant: John Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Chief Judge Philip P. Simon
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein
06 Wednesday Feb 2013
Court Case Number: 1:13-cv-00030-PPS-RBC
File Date: Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Plaintiff: Malibu Media LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Paul J Nicoletti of Nicoletti & Associates PLLC
Defendant: John Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Chief Judge Philip P Simon
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Roger B Cosbey
08 Thursday Nov 2012
Tags
Common Law False Designation of Origin, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition, False Designation of Origin, Litigation Update, Philip P. Simon, Roger B. Cosbey, Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition
Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00390-PPS-RBC
File Date: Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Plaintiff: Three Rivers Archery Supply Inc, Dale Karch, Sandra Karch
Plaintiff Counsel: Melanie L Farr, Holly A Brady of Haller & Colvin PC, Todd T Taylor of Taylor & Aust PC
Defendant: Parker Compound Bows Inc
Cause: Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, False Designation of Origin, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law False Designation of Origin, Common Law Unfair Competition
Court: Northern District of Indiana
Judge: Chief Judge Philip P Simon
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Roger B Cosbey
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
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