6 results for 'cat:"Trademark" AND cat:"Technology"'.
J. Liman partially grants the former employee's motion to dismiss her former employer's trademark infringement claims stemming from the employee's use of the name "The Sanctuary" for a luxury yoga studio in New York and for affiliating herself with her former employment at The Surf Lodge, a luxury hotel. The trademark infringement claims lack merit, but the employer may pursue claims under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act for the employee's creation of an Instagram account @TheSurfLodgeSanctuary.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Liman, Filed On: November 27, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv2051, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: trademark, technology
J. Howell mostly dismisses a motion for summary judgment by an employee after he was sued by his former company for allegedly misappropriating company property and information after failing to “close a single deal from any lead derived on his own” despite being director of sales for the company. The worker is entitled to summary judgment on a claim for alleged blackmail brought under the Anti-Cyber Squatting Consumer Protection Act because the company “abandons this claim” after failing “show the existence of a distinctive mark” that the worker could have infringed on, but the motion is denied in all other respects.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Howell, Filed On: November 2, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv20, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Trade Secrets, trademark, technology
J. Navarro grants the dating website's motion for default judgment on its trademark infringement claims brought against a competing website. Default judgment against the parent company is granted, as well as an injunction preventing it from using the marks, being that actual success on the merits has been shown. The dating website is entitled to a judgment of more than $1.75 million.
Court: USDC Nevada, Judge: Navarro , Filed On: September 15, 2023, Case #: 2:20cv51, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: trademark, technology, Injunction
J. Saylor grants a company’s motion to dismiss counterclaims brought by an individual against it after it sought a declaration of its exclusive right to its trademark and logo in the United States internet-based healthcare services sector and to prevent the individual from using that trademark and logo. The individual fails to substantially prove that his commercial interests have been negatively impacted by the company.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Saylor, Filed On: August 10, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv10972, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Health Care, trademark, technology
Want access to unlimited case records and advanced research tools? Create your free CasePortal account now. No credit card required to register.
Try CasePortal for Free
J. Dorsey grants the Taser manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment in this trademark infringement suit brought against its former distributer, which now refurbishes conducted energy weapons and sells them as Tasers. The refurbished weapon seller did not carry its burden to show that the term “Taser” has come to mean the entire class of conducted-energy weapons, and not just those with the Taser name. The case will proceed to trial on claims for trademark infringement, false designation of origin, cybersquatting, false advertising based on refurbishment-quality statements as well as deceptive trade practices as to logo-and-mark-use, quality-of-goods, and product superiority and disparagement issues.
Court: USDC Nevada, Judge: Dorsey, Filed On: July 20, 2023, Case #: 2:20cv1344, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: trademark, False Advertising, technology