Nestle’s coffee company Nespresso has reportedly been sued by French tableware firm Silodesign SARL after being accused of stealing the design for a glass, handle-less coffee cup. Nespresso has countersued, claiming that the Silodesign lawsuit is “abusive”. In the original lawsuit, filed in Paris, Silodesign accuses Nespresso of stealing the design for a new type …
Rapper and aspiring Haitian politician Wyclef Jean is being sued for $2 million (£1.23 million) in damages by a 90s rap group who claim he used a beat from one of their most successful songs without their full consent. Blahzay Blahzay, a rap group popular in the 1990s, alleges that Jean did ask if he …
American hotel heiress Paris Hilton has launched a countersuit against Hairtech International, a hair extension company who is suing her for $35 million for breach of contract. In 2007, Hilton was reportedly paid $3.5 million to promote Hairtech International’s new range of clip-in hair extensions, with the heiress becoming the new face for the Dream …
Most companies have some kind of professional insurance, but this is often limited to just one kind of cover. If their situation changes or the threat of a lawsuit looms, this is when these companies think about adding something else to their business insurance policy. However, taking out separate policies for different kinds of cover …
A gas transportation firm has been fined more than £20,000 for breaching building regulations, after a road accident in the Isle of Wight which left a driver injured. The incident in question occurred in April 2008, when a driver hit part of a 2.5m metal road plate which was protruding from a line of parked …
Oracle Corporation, the US-based multinational computer technology firm, is reportedly mounting legal action against a remanufacturing partner after a warehouse containing Oracle goods was broken into three times. Multis Limited in California is the target of the Oracle lawsuit, filed after a warehouse operated by the remanufacturing firm suffered numerous security breaches. On three occasions, …
An Irish company executive has been awarded €10 million in damages in a landmark libel case against the mining firm he worked for, claiming that they damaged his reputation in a press release following a naked sleepwalking incident. Donal Kinsella, 67, was awarded the €10 million (£8.5 million) after a Supreme Court ruled that mining …
The co-founders of US-based news website, the Huffington Post, are reportedly facing a lawsuit from two former partners over allegations of intellectual property theft. According to reports, Democratic consultants James Boyce and Peter Daou – who claim they own a share of the company – are accusing Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer of stealing the …
In what is not the first complaint over their controversial animation series South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been sued for copyright infringement. The parties behind the lawsuit – filed in the US District Court in Wisconsin – are executives at production company Brownmark Films, who claim that the South Park creators unlawfully …