Lucas Sues Maryland Firm Over Lightsaber Knockoff
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Lucasfilm Ltd., the film-production company of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, said it sued a Maryland man and his novelty company for making lightsaber replicas without permission.
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StorageTek sued A development tools maker is suing Sun Microsystems, alleging its StorageTek arm has infringed its copyright and defrauded it through misrepresentations in negotiations aimed at settling the dispute.â¦
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When Canon Inc.  was sued by a  small, money-losing U.S. technology firm two years ago, the  dispute was over a patent license that had cost the Japanese  electronics giant a one-time payment of $5.6 million.
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MacCentral - Honeywell on Wednesday announced that it has filed suit against Apple and 33 other companies for alleged patent infringement over a technology that "increases the brightness of images and that reduces the appearance of certain interference effects on a liquid crystal display (LCD)," according to a statement released today.
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Movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz has sued the studio behind the hit &quot;Lord of the Rings&quot; movie trilogy for more than $20 million in unpaid royalties, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Thursday.
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Saul Zaentz, the veteran Hollywood producer who originally held the film rights to JRR Tolkien&#39;s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is suing for an Orc-sized cut of profits.
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Blog: The separate lawsuits both involve copyright violation; one alleging that Apple used a photograph in promotional materials without permission, and the second charging the company with selling a potentially "copycatted" song in the iTunes Store.
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By Daniel Patrick Sheehan, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 16--The Motion Picture Association of America has filed 14 lawsuits against people it claims have sold counterfeit DVDs online, including a Lehigh University junior.
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A Pittsburgh novelty supplier and a Georgia retailer have sued Louis Vuitton Malletier, arguing the fabric bags they sell and distribute do not violate the French handbag maker's trademark.
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The Academy Award-winning producer  behind the "Lord of the Rings" franchise has sued the films'  distributor, New Line Cinema, to force it to disclose its  accounting for the multibillion-dollar epic.
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Russia's state arms exporter has filed a lawsuit against a businessman who said it was seeking to grab private assets, the latest salvo in what analysts have said is a turf war raging behind the scenes between Kremlin clans.
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Coach Inc. , the luxury leather-goods maker, sued Target Corp. , claiming the second-largest US discount chain is selling counterfeit versions of one of its handbags.
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RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 28  /PRNewswire/ -- On August 15, 2005, Back to Basics Products, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc. The Back to Basics lawsuit alleged that certain Hamilton Beach blenders infringed Back to Basics Patent U.S. Patent No. 6,527,433.
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BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion  and rival Motorola  have sued each other over what they say are patent infringements for technology used in their mobile phones.
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3M filed suit this week in Minneapolis, Minn. against computer makers Sony and Lenovo, along with a handful of other firms, for allegedly infringing on its patents related to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The company also asked that imports of the batteries be blocked.
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By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Sep. 20--For the third time since June, Microsoft has filed lawsuits  against small metro area firms as it attempts to crack down on the sale of  unlicensed or counterfeit versions of its software.
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The D.C. attorney general filed a lawsuit yesterday against Metropolitan Money Store Corp., hoping to recover lost home equity and prevent foreclosure for city residents who dealt with the Prince George's County-based mortgage company.