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.
03 Saturday Mar 2012
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Denise K. LaRue, Litigation Update, Reindeer Logistics v. McKnight Logistics, Tanya Walton Pratt, Trademark Dilution, Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Violation of Federal Anti-Cybersquatting Act
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
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