Lawyers for Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment are seeking a mistrial because of a juror’s insensitive remarks about the ethnicity of the company’s chief executive officer.
Initially fighting a losing battle, seemingly, in the court of public opinion, Baker & McKenzie has notched a victory over an 11-year-old opponent in the World Intellectual Property Organization.
One of the most popular features on Facebook could soon be gone, if the social networking site’s operators comply with a takedown request from a U.S. toymaker.
An Internet company that served as a platform for individuals interested in searching television and radio broadcasts, creating video clips, embedding them on websites and sharing them with others has…
A technology company once represented by Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner claims in a lawsuit that the firm helped transfer its intellectual property to another client.
Trial lawyer Willie Gary had sought $10 billion in a suit that claimed Motorola stole his client’s idea for a vehicle tracking system, but he has settled for considerably less.
A federal judge in Manhattan says a patent holder’s infringement suit was “based on “nothing more than a tissue of lies” and the lawyers who helped him sue should be…
A California jury has ruled that the popular Bratz doll was created by a designer when he was working for Mattel, a blow for the doll’s maker, Mattel rival MGA…
Admittedly not thinking about the consequences, a computing services manager for the University of Texas reportedly says he was the practical jokester who posted a fake Oklahoman article online under…
Five lawyers at Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder were sanctioned for failing to turn over documents for its client Qualcomm in a discovery dispute, but only two have left the…
Existing privacy laws concerning Internet advertising are in good shape, a Federal Trade Commission official said in a hearing today before the Senate Commerce Committee, and any gaps can be…
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