On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | May 21, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
“Over the Rainbow” is one of the enduring songs from a movie. It is remarkable that the song is still well known and loved 80 years after the initial release of the classic “The Wizard of Oz.”Though composer Harold Arlen’s song has...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | May 19, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
Legendary rock group Guns N’ Roses filed a trademark infringement lawsuit last week against Canarchy Craft Brewing Collectives’ Oskar Blues Brewery over their “Guns ‘N’ Rosé” ale. The Colorado brewery reportedly began selling...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | May 6, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
Housewares seller Williams-Sonoma filed suit against Amazon back in December, alleging the online retailer improperly used the Williams-Sonoma name and copied furniture designs. Last week, a judge in the Northern District of California found that, despite...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | Apr 29, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
There is nothing physical about a California strawberry that makes it distinct from strawberries grown elsewhere. They are all red, plump and juicy. But the story of our state’s strawberry is juicy, too, filled with stories of theft, intrigue and collusion.The...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | Apr 24, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
It has been two decades since TiVo revolutionized the world of television with its digital video recorders. Once ubiquitous, TiVo has seen its technological innovations and market share dwindle as competitors offered similar services and hardware.The northern...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | Apr 17, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
The world was anticipating a bruising fight between two tech giants in the Qualcomm v. Apple court battle when the unexpected happened and the two sides agreed to settle their differences. The settlement of the intellectual property dispute took nearly everyone by...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | Apr 4, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
Last month, two of the biggest technology companies in the world argued in front of a trade judge. San Diego’s Qualcomm prevailed in battle, though it was awarded what amounts to pocket change (a mere $31 million) after it convinced the judge that Apple had...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | Mar 22, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
Two California companies very familiar with each other find themselves embroiled in a legal dispute over trade secrets. According to documents filed in court, electric automaker Tesla is accusing four former employees of stealing trade secrets and then providing them...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | Mar 1, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
If you drive along the coast for a little more than 100 miles north of San Diego, you will come to a little slice of Hawaii. You can a bit of the island’s cuisine in Torrance, home of King’s Hawaiian bakery. The company was founded in Hawaii back in the...
On behalf of Mazzarella & Mazzarella LLP | Feb 22, 2019 | Firm News, Intellectual Property Litigation
On one side, you have the University of California. On the side, there’s Harvard and MIT’s Broad Institute. The intellectual property dispute involving some of the nation’s premier institutes of higher learning revolves around the question of which...
