Articles Tagged with lawsuit

Gummy Bear Battle: German Company Wins Trademark Violation Lawsuit

Lindt Teddy

Berlin, Germany – A gummy bear manufacturer has won a legal battle over what it felt was a trademark violation by a Swiss candy company, according to The Associated Press. Haribo GmbH previously claimed that Lindt’s gold foil-wrapped chocolate teddy bear was a violation of its “Gold Bear” gummy bear. Although the offending product was… Read more »

RIM Loses Patent Lawsuit, Ordered To Pay $147.2 Million

Research In Motion Loses Patent Lawsuit

Research in Motion has lost an expensive patent battle against Mformation Technologies. Jurors found that the Canadian cellular manufacturer infringed on remote device management software patent held by the New Jersey based information technologies firm. The patent judge overseeing the case has ordered RIM to pay $147.2 million however the company will file an appeal… Read more »

Facebook Settles Sponsored Post “Like” Lawsuit For $10 Million

Facebook Sponsored Stories

Facebook has agreed to settle a “sponsored stories” lawsuit over its “Like” platform by agreeing to a $10 million one-time payment. The lawsuit was filed after Facebook began to retransmit users’ activities to their friends’ pages using the “sponsored stories” ad platform. If a user clicked on a “like” button for a brand their likes… Read more »