On Monday, the family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 film “Top Gun” sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s sequel and biggest box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick.” The complaint by Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay — the author’s widow and son — claims that the Paramount Global unit failed […]
Drawing from a rich career in intellectual property law, Marks & Clerk partner Catherine Lovrics discusses several legal disputes that shaped IP law in Canada.
Artist Kevin Atkinson of Rogue Satellite Comics claimed in a copyright lawsuit that he originally created a talking fish attached to a humanoid body which Netflix then depicted as AJ Carmichael in its popular series “Umbrella Academy”. Atkinson alleges that there is a “significant, substantial and striking similarity” between his comic book character Kingfish and […]
Apple Inc has been denied a third trial by an East Texas court after the tech giant was hit with a $300 million verdict for violating Optis Wireless Technology LLC’s wireless-standard patent rights. Last year, Apple told the court that it was entitled to a new damages trial or a ruling erasing Optis’ damages completely. […]
On Friday, a federal jury in Texas awarded financial services company United Services Automobile Association (USAA) around $218 million from PNC Bank NA, ruling that PNC’s mobile-banking technology violated USAA’s patent rights. USAA filed a lawsuit against PNC in 2020, in which it said it developed its “Deposite@Home” technology to enable overseas military persons to […]
The pub’s landlord, Mark Graham, received a letter from Condé Nast demanding that he change The Star Inn at Vogue’s name or face legal action. The media company said they were "concerned that the name which you are using is going to cause problems because as far as the general public is concerned a connection […]
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