all - Opinion Summaries

Mayer/Berkshire Corp. v. Berkshire Fashions, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Dismissal of plaintiff's opposition to defendant's registration of the mark BERKSHIRE for various categories of clothing is vacated where the...

Dialogo v. Santiago-Bauza

Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trademark
The district court was entitled to deny plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction where plaintiff did not meet its burden of showing that the...

Venegas Hernandez v. Peer Int'l

Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A music publisher's unauthorized grant of a license to a third party to perform or copy a copyrighted work is not an act of infringement where there...

Weight Watchers Int'l v. Luigino's, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trademark
In a trademark infringement suit, denial of plaintiff's motion to modify a preliminary injunction is vacated where plaintiff has established its...

SKF v. Int'l Trade Cmm'n

Intellectual Property, Trademark
The International Trade Commission correctly concluded that section 337 of the Tariff Act had not been violated by defendants' importation of ball...

Gibson Guitar, Corp. v. Paul Reed Smith Guitars

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark-infringement dispute concerning guitars, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where there is no basis on which it can...

M2 Software, Inc. v. Madacy Entm't.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement dispute, a jury verdict in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the "M2...

Lamparello v. Falwell

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement dispute, a district court order enjoining plaintiff from maintaining his gripe website critical of Reverend Jerry Falwell...

Yellow Cab Co. of Sacramento v. Yellow Cab of Elk Grove

Intellectual Property, Trademark
The burden of proof as to the validity and protectability of an unregistered mark lies with the party claiming trademark protection.

Bretford Mfg. Inc. v. Smith Sys. Mfg. Corp.

Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a trademark dispute concerning a computer table, defendant did not engage in "reverse passing off" when it incorporated some of plaintiff's...