August 24, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Monday permanently barred U-Haul International Inc. from using the term "pods" to describe its movable storage containers and granted PODS Enterprises Inc. $4.9 million in prejudgment interest following a $60.7 million trademark infringement verdict in PODS' favor last fall.
April 28, 2015
U-Haul International Inc. on Monday asked a Florida federal judge to deny PODS Enterprises Inc.'s "brazen" bid to double a jury's $60 million trademark infringement verdict and reject PODS' "impossibly broad" injunction request, saying the company can't support its post-judgment bids.
April 09, 2015
U-Haul International Inc. on Wednesday continued its fight to overturn a $60 million verdict for infringing PODS Enterprises Inc.'s trademarks for the term "pods," arguing the award was excessive and legally unsupported.
March 26, 2015
Fresh off a $60 million trademark verdict against U-Haul International Inc., storage company PODS Enterprises Inc. on Wednesday asked a Florida federal court for $6.5 million more in attorneys' fees for having to sue to stop an attempt to "brazenly misappropriate" the name "pods."
March 11, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday denied U-Haul International Inc.'s attempts to overturn a $60 million verdict for infringing storage company PODS Enterprises Inc.'s trademarks by using the term "pods" on its website to draw customers to its own "U-Box" home storage program.
February 13, 2015
There were eight intellectual property awards in 2014 that exceeded $100 million, all of them in patent cases, but attorneys say that many of those substantial sums are at risk of being reduced on appeal since the Federal Circuit has heightened its scrutiny of damages awards.
September 25, 2014
U-Haul International Inc. must pay $60 million for infringing storage company PODS Enterprises Inc.'s trademarks by using the term "pods" repeatedly on its website to draw customers to its own "U-Box" home storage program, a Florida federal jury found on Thursday.