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Fortres Grand Corp. v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2013

District court dismisses computer software company’s trademark claims against Warner Bros. Based on references in Batman film The Dark Knight Rises

Kelley-Brown v. Winfrey

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 13 2013

Second Circuit reverses dismissal of trademark infringement action against Oprah Winfrey, her production company, and other defendants, finding that

DC Comics v. Towle

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2013

In action asserting copyright and trademark infringement claims related to defendant’s production and sale of Batmobile replicas, district court

Mine o' Mine, Inc. v. Calmese

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 20 2011

District court grants summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, exclusive licensee of “Shaq” family of trademarks related to basketball star Shaquille O’Neal, and against defendants, who marketed t-shirts under the “Shaqtus” mark, on plaintiff’s trademark infringement and unfair completion claims

Brill v. The Walt Disney Company

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2010

Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals affirms summary judgment for defendant producers of the movie Cars, holding that common law and statutory right of publicity laws do not apply to plaintiff’s car

Love v. Sanctuary Records Group, Ltd., USCA Ninth Circuit, July 8, 2010

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 15 2010

Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of founding member of The Beach Boys’ Lanham Act and California common law right of publicity claims asserted on the basis of conduct that occurred only in Great Britain

Illusionist Distribution, LLC v. Sony Pictures Classics, INC.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2011

In trademark infringement action, court denies plaintiff’s ex parte application for a temporary restraining order, concluding that plaintiff is unlikely to establish a protectable trademark for its motion picture “The Illusionist” or any likelihood of confusion

Samuel David Moore v. The Weinstein Company, LLC

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 1 2012

District court grants summary judgment in favor of defendants and dismisses suit by Soul Man singer against producers and distributors of Soul Men film and soundtrack, finding that plaintiff could not establish common-law trademark rights in unregistered marks or the required elements of state law claims

Warner Brothers Entertainment v. The Global Asylum, Inc

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 20 2012

District court grants temporary restraining order enjoining release of Age of Hobbits film, finding that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their trademark claims related to plaintiff’s motion picture The Hobbit

Arenas v. Shed Media US Inc., USDC C.D. California, August 22, 2011

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 1 2011

Court denies plaintiff’s request for preliminary injunction and grants defendants’ Anti-SLAPP motion to strike, finding that plaintiff is unlikely to succeed on the merits of his claims for common law misappropriation of identify and trademark infringement, and that defendants’ reality television show is protected as an expression of their First Amendment free speech rights in connection with a matter of public concern