Intellectual Property Law Blog | Henderson Franklin Patent Attorneys

Published On - September 14, 2012

This time, Apple’s intellectual property complaint is aimed at Polish grocery store

So, everyone in Naples has probably already heard about Apple winning a big $1 billion damage award in its patent-infringement suit against Samsung. That’s yesterday’s news. But what they may not have heard about is that Apple now has another company in its crosshairs — a Polish grocery store ...

Published On - September 8, 2012

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Florida inventor challenges America Invents Act

Sometimes, inventors get frustrated with the system by which the federal government grants patents. It takes a very long time, for one thing, and if a patent is rejected, it is not always abundantly clear why patent officers did not accept it. Sometimes the help of an attorney can make the whole aff...

Published On - August 29, 2012

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Man who illegally downloaded music must pay $675,000 for copyright infringement

It has been a few years since Florida readers heard about people getting sued after illegally downloaded music via services like Limewire and Napster, but that doesn’t mean those disputes are over. Recently, a 25-year-old man was ordered to pay $675,000 to the Recording Industry Association of Ame...

Published On - August 23, 2012

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Pizza Hut, Home Depot deny violating The Black Keys’ copyrights

When members of the musical group The Black Keys saw a recent ad for Pizza Hut, it did not make them want to buy the chain’s Pizza Bites. Instead, it made them think the company was infringing on the band’s single “Gold on the Ceiling.” They had the same thought when they saw a Home [&hellip...

Published On - August 17, 2012

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Is Dutch company’s suit against Spotify a case of “patent squatting”?

Lots of people in Florida have fallen in love with streaming music service Spotify. However, Dutch competitor Nonend isn’t one of them. Nonend recently sued Spotify, alleging that Spotify is infringing on the 40 patents Nonend holds that protect its peer-to-peer search, streaming and playback tech...

Published On - August 9, 2012

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EA, maker of “Sims” games, sues Zynga over alleged copyright infringement

Electronic Arts, the maker of the popular Sims line of video and computer games, has sued Zynga, the software firm that supplies Naples smartphone users with Draw Something and other popular games. Essentially, Electronic Arts is claiming that Zynga’s Facebook-based game “The Ville” is a facsi...

Published On - August 3, 2012

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Ryan Lochte hasn’t trademarked “Jeah”…yet

By now, many Olympics viewers have become enamored with Ryan Lochte. He’s the laid-back Florida swimmer who’s only laid-back in the pool when he’s doing the backstroke; as of Wednesday, he’s won a gold and a silver medal in London and has many Americans hoping he will win many more. (Michael...

Published On - July 20, 2012

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Founder of bikram yoga claims he copyrighted the exercise form, but did he?

South Florida was one of the first places bikram yoga ever took off. In fact, one of the first bikram studios in the country opened in Miami in 1985, and now there are plenty of fans of this form of exercise in Naples, Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres as well. Interestingly enough, bikram yoga is [&helli...

Published On - July 17, 2012

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Obama reelection advertisement yanked over possible copyright issue

Whoops. Recently, a super PAC that supports President Barack Obama’s reelection bid had to pull an advertisement that featured footage from the 2002 Olympics Games in Salt Lake City. The reason? The International Olympic Committee claimed use of the footage constituted copyright infringement. Some...

Published On - July 12, 2012

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70 websites seized by feds for suspected copyright, trademark infringement

It’s a little hard to feel too much sympathy for anyone in Naples who pays $20 for a “genuine Rolex” and later finds out it isn’t real. After all, where’s the common sense in that? But what about someone who goes to a website that for all intents and purposes looks like a legitimate websit...