Jerald Bovino, the holder of a U.S. Patent (No. 6,977,809) for a portable computer case made of 'resilient material' designed with 'ribs,' is suing Apple and Target, claiming that Apple's manufacture and sale of iPad and iPad 2 cases (inset, right), and Target's sale of the iPad Smart Cover, infringe…
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The U.S. International Trade Commission ('ITC') issued a preliminary ruling today concluding that Apple iPhone and iPad wireless devices violate Motorola Mobility's U.S. Patent No. 6,246,697. Patent holder Motorola Mobility — whose acquisition by Android OS maker Google is still pending — holds this more than 10-year-old wireless method and…
Aerosoft GMBH, the German software company that makes the 'Airbus X' game, add-on program to Microsoft's Flight Simulator, sued a host of unknown 'Does' in federal court, claiming the defendants engaged in copyright infringement via peer-to-peer ('P2P') file-sharing of plaintiff's game. The Airbus X might have been a game that…
A federal appeals court in New York reversed a lower court ruling in Viacom's copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube and Google over user uploads of thousands of popular TV shows like South Park and 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." "A reasonable jury could find that YouTube had actual knowledge…
Facebook's and Mark Zuckerberg's lawyers told a federal court yesterday that convicted felon Paul Ceglia's latest discovery requests should be put on hold, and that Ceglia's lawsuit claiming a fifty-percent (50%) ownership stake in Facebook should be dismissed. Lawyers at Gibson Dunn were emphatic that the court should not "perversely…
Facebook filed its answer and counterclaims against Yahoo! today in the Silicon Valley patent battle between the social networking giant and the fading portal. Yahoo filed its patent lawsuit three weeks ago, and Facebook fired back a salvo of patent infringement counterclaims right back at the portal. Facebook claims that…
Martha Davis, a founding member of the '80s rock band The Motels, filed a class action lawsuit today against the EMI record label. Davis and her group are known for their 1980's chart topping hits, "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer." The legendary songstress accuses the label that she…
East Bay soul funk legend Tower of Power filed a class-action lawsuit against Warner Music on Tuesday, charging that the record label Warner Music, Inc. stiffed them out of music royalties by mischaracterizing digital downloads as sales, instead of licenses that pay artists a much higher premium. Tower of Power…
The South African holder of a U.S. patent for a Data Vending System (No. 6,799,084) sued Apple yesterday, alleging that the company's iTunes Store infringes his patent for a system that stores a digital media database, processes payments, and calculates royalties that are due to copyright holders for downloads of…
Watch out, Facebook users. Mark Zuckerberg's social network giant recently modified the company's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (i.e., Terms of Service ['TOS']) to now allege that Facebook claims trademark rights to the word 'Book.' (Read it below) Oh, and in case you forgot, Facebook also claims intellectual property rights…