The Hollywood actress Jessica Alba is reportedly suing a US weight loss aid company for using her image without permission to promote its products. Alba, who is best known for her roles in the television series Dark Angel and the Fantastic Four films, is pursuing the weight loss aid company Belly Bandit for prominently featuring …
The micro-blogging platform Twitter has secured the rights to the trademark for the word ‘Tweet’, and has subsequently dropped its trademark infringement lawsuit against marketing company Twittad. Twittad, a service designed to help members of Twitter get paid for tweeting ads, had previously applied for and received the trademark for the phrase ‘Let Your Ad …
The electronic commerce giant Amazon has reportedly been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit over its Kindle Fire tablet computer, just weeks before it goes on sale. The lawsuit has been filed by Smartphone Technologies, an Acacia Research Group owned-firm which already has lawsuits ongoing with RIM, Apple and many others over patents. The company …
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has reportedly reopened the case on ‘toxic’ mortgage-backed securities by filing lawsuits against seventeen banks which sold them to government-supported mortgage organisations. The FHFA alleges that these banks, which included British institutions such as HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays, sold securities worth $41.5 billion to government-supported home …
The clothing brand of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is reportedly being sued by one of its long-standing business partners, the franchisee Hervia Limited. Hervia Limited, which runs a total of seven Vivienne Westwood stores in cities throughout the UK, is alleging breach of contract against the fashion designer’s brand. The company claims that last June, …
The owners of the micro-blogging platform Twitter have reportedly filed a lawsuit with the aim of acquiring the exclusive rights to the term “tweet”. This is despite the fact that the term was thought up and is currently possessed by someone else. The lawsuit relates to the advertising company Twittad, which first used the term …
The pop singer Rihanna is reportedly filing lawsuits against the former owner of her Beverly Hills home, as well as real estate agents and inspectors, after the property suffered major water leaks during a rainstorm last year. According to the lawsuit, filed in LA County Superior Court, Rihanna is accusing the former owner of her …
The US-based social networking company Facebook Inc. has filed a lawsuit against a total of 25 domain name holders whom it believes are infringing on its trademark. Amongst the 25 listed defendants are the owners of sites such as: • ffacebook.com • facebobk.com • facemook.com • facefook.com • facemook.com Facebook is claiming that these domain …
The film studio Dreamworks Animation has triumphed in a lawsuit in which a writer alleged that studio bosses had stolen his ideas for the hit 2008 film Kung Fu Panda. Writer Terrence Dunn filed his lawsuit in 2010, two years after the animated film was released. He says that he pitched the idea for a …