August 14, 2024
The Fourth Circuit revived a Virginia-based telecommunications company's infringement suit against T-Mobile, ruling that Simply Wireless had done enough to show it was planning to revamp its "Simply Prepaid" branding and hadn't abandoned the trademark when T-Mobile began using it.
November 30, 2023
A federal courthouse in Oakland will be center stage next week for a jury trial over allegations that Disney owes profits from the billion-dollar Emma Watson blockbuster "Beauty and the Beast" remake to ex-Microsoft executive Steve Perlman's digital effects company for infringing copyright-protected software to make the movie's live-action beast. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
March 17, 2023
Wireless cellphone company Simply Wireless asked the Fourth Circuit to revive its trademark infringement claim against T-Mobile over the telecom giant's use of the "Simply Prepaid" trademark, arguing that while the district court sided with T-Mobile because Simply Wireless had not used the trademark in three years, the company had enough proof that it planned to resume use to create an issue of fact.