Intellectual Property Law

Unregistered Day-Trading Firm Enjoined
On March 17, 2008, a federal court permanently enjoined Tuco Trading, LLC, an unregistered securities day-trading firm in La Jolla, California, and its principal, Douglas G. Frederick, from future violations of the broker-dealer registration and antifraud provisions of the federal...

American Rule
A contract contained a provision that "[a]ll costs and expenses of any suit or proceeding shall be assessed against the defaulting party" was not broad enough to encompass recovery of attorney fees, according to a decision of the Court of...

Fraudulent Nonuse Voids Trademark Registration in Classes Where Fraud Was Committed
Thanks to John Welch's TTABlog for writing about Herbaceuticals, Inc. v. Xel Herbaceuticals, Inc., Cancellation No. 92045172 (March 7, 2008) where the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board stated that a registration is void in the international class or classes in which fraud based on nonuse has been committed...

COA: Deed Of Trust Canceled Without Authorization Enjoys Priority Over Later Deed Of Trust, Despite Later Lender's Reliance On Cancellation
Today in Household Realty Corp. v. Lambeth the Court of Appeals (COA) addressed a priority issue concerning deeds of trust. A deed of trust held by the first lender was fraudulently canceled by the unauthorized act of a third party...

CA1: no cancellation of removal for possession of small amounts of pot
Julce v. Mukasey, No. 07-2362 (6/20/08). The First lays out the issue like so: The petitioner raises a new question for this court involving the interplay between the immigration law's definition of aggravated felons, who are ineligible for cancellation of...

Precedential No. 18: TTAB Grants Summary Judgment Against Applicant Enjoined From Use and Registration of His Mark
The Board granted summary judgment to Opposer Daimler Chrysler in its Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark FORADODGE for various consulting services. Daimler Chrysler argued that it was entitled to judgment under the doctrine of issue preclusion, based upon a federal court judgment in an Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) lawsuit against Applicant Keith Maydak...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Bextra Product Recall
Find a Bextra Lawyer

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.

DirecTV
alleging a cancellation fee that is improperly or insufficiently disclosed to consumers.

Third Party Mobile Content Charges Settlement
Third Party Mobile Content Charges Class Action Settlement

DirecTV and Best Buy
allegedly failed to inform customers that they must return their receivers upon cancellation.

Victim of Sexual Attack Awarded $1.4 Million
Victim of Sexual Attack Awarded $1.5 Million

Google Inc.
alleging deceptive charges for ads displayed on third party web sites.