Chef Sues Over Intellectual Property
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A lawsuit by the owner of Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan may be the most aggressive use of intellectual property concepts by the owner of a small restaurant.
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The author and two associates are accused of violating copyright laws.
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A US lawyer sues hit TV show Law and Order for $15m (Â£10.4m) saying he was portrayed as "crooked".
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Confectionery giant Cadbury faces prosecution under British and European laws following a salmonella food scare last June, a newspaper has reported.
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French animal lovers said they had filed a lawsuit after a publishing company issued a hunter's year book extolling the virtues of &quot;hedgehog stew.&quot;
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A lawyer sued the producers of the television show "Law &amp; Order" for &#36;15 million Friday, claiming they defamed him by portraying him as a crooked attorney in one "ripped from the headlines" episode.
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A couple sued ConAgra Foods Inc. on Friday over a salmonella outbreak linked to its peanut butter, and their attorney said more suits will follow.
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The film producer behind The English Patient sues two studios over the film's profit share.
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A cookbook author is angered that another writer is using his bookâs title, but learns thereâs not much he can do about it.
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A former restaurant inspector for France's famed Michelin Red Guide &#151; fired for revealing how it awards its coveted stars to the nation's best chefs &#151; lost a lawsuit Tuesday alleging wrongful dismissal, a Michelin lawyer said.
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The man who says he is the founder of ISoldMyHouse.com filed a lawsuit this week against John F. Gallagher, the recently fired chief executive of 1-800-East-West Mortgage Co., for selling ISoldMyHouse.com without his knowledge.
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The representative for Hollywood's  major movie studios on Monday said its members have sued two  microchip makers, alleging they sold their products to makers  of equipment that can be used to illegally copy DVDs.
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Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez has  been sued for fraud and breach of contract by an ex-husband,  who claims she hired him to manage her restaurant just long  enough to get it up and running, then fired him.
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The Los Angeles comedy  writer-producer who penned Fox&#39;s &quot;In Living Color&quot; and created  Nickelodeon&#39;s &quot;Roundhouse&quot; has sued the Walt Disney Co.,  claiming it stole the idea for its hit Disney Channel show,  &quot;Hannah Montana,&quot; from him.
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(InfoWorld) - French television presenter Philippe Gildas has sued Microsoft for "violation of intellectual property," accusing the software publisher of illegally using the trademark "Vista." Gildas registered the name Microsoft chose for its latest operating system in October 2003 -- two years before Microsoft registered its trademark with the French National Institute for Intellectual Property (INPI). He had registered the trademark for a new television channel aimed at senior citizens, TÃ©lÃ© Vista, which was to have launched in 2003. The project was delayed, but is now coming to fruition, with plans to launch the channel later this year. Gildas sees Microsoft's hogging of the limelight with its new operating system as an obstacle to that launch, and so he decided to sue, arguing that he registered the trademark "in all entertainment and media categories: press, television, Web and so on." As in other jurisdictions, French trademark law recognizes rights to the use of trademark only in certain categories of activity, allowing, say, a baker of baguettes and a maker of berets to use the same trademark in their respective domains. Gildas has indeed registered the trademark in categories 35, 38, and 41, which covers the entertainment and media categories he cited. However, he did not register it in categories 9 and 42, covering software and the design and development of computers and software, the areas relevant to Microsoft's operating system. Given that the trademarks registered by Gildas and Microsoft are in different categories, it may be difficult for him to argue his case.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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The EFF files suit against the self-proclaimed inventor of the Electric Slide line dance after a YouTube video becomes a copyright issue. In 27B Stroke 6.
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Wisconsin silicon heads The patent defense arm of the University of Wisconsin hit Intel with a lawsuit this week, claiming abuse of intellectual property related to parallel processing.â¦