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February 10, 2020

Waiving Ownership of the Registration

Do you need to own a trademark to succeed in an infringement claim? Not necessarily. The plaintiff, I&I Hair Corporation, now owns the registration for the trademark EZBRAID. Except that it originally didn’t; the registration was owned by Eunja Son, a principal of the plaintiff. I&I Hair sued the defendant, Beauty Plus Trading Co., for… Continue reading

trademark

consent agreement, consent judgment, constitutional standing, motion for contempt, prudential standing, registration, standing
June 20, 2016

Why You Have That Employment Agreement Gobbledygook

Plaintiff Advanced Video Technologies has been around the block a few times already. AVT claimed to be the successor to a patent for a video codec. It had successfully asserted the patent against other defendants but ran into some problems when trying to sue HTC Corp., Blackberry and Motorola Mobility. Its first attempt failed because… Continue reading

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assignment, chain of title, employment agreement, missing inventor, power of attorney, prudential standing, standing

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