Intellectual Property
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The creators of the long-running whodunit series “Columbo” will have to retry a crucial part of their case accusing Universal City Studios of shorting them on profits from the show, after a California judge on Monday upended a $70 million judgment in the creators’ favor… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Massachusetts-based iRobot Corp., the maker of the Roomba line of robotic vacuum cleaners, has lost a bid to block its rival SharkNinja from selling a competing product while a patent infringement case plays out in Bay State federal court, SharkNinja said Tuesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A photographer sued Pinterest Inc. on Wednesday in California federal court, claiming the social media company promotes copyright infringement by encouraging users to share protected images without obtaining the permission of the artists who create them… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Synthetic urine producer Dr. Greens Inc. must pay nearly $900,000 in attorney fees on top of $3 million in damages and interest already awarded following a jury verdict earlier this year that found the fake pee maker willfully infringed a rival’s patent, a California judge has ordered… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that Nirvana LLC can go forward with claims that Marc Jacobs ripped off the defunct band’s iconic “happy face” logo and that retailers Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue have sold infringing products created by the designer… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 