Ben has represented clients asserting patent infringement and invalidity as well as disputing the assignment of patent rights and licensing of inventions. His trade secrets experience includes extensive analysis of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act as adopted by multiple jurisdictions. Ben also represents clients in the construction industry as well as Native American tribes and other governmental entities. Like those in his intellectual property practice, these clients face complex administrative regulatory regimes, which Ben helps them understand during litigation and as they strategically plan their business activities.
In MGFB Properties, Inc. v. Viacom Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently sided with Viacom and its subsidiary MTV in a trademark action brought by the owners of the Flora-Bama Lounge, who alleged infringement by the television series MTV Floribama continue reading...
A trademark infringement lawsuit filed in Minnesota by Taco John’s against Minnesota Mexican restaurant Taco Chon Mexican Grill is heating up in federal court and the court of public opinion. Taco John’s is a large restaurant franchise founded in the late 1960s, with more than continue reading...
Just in time for the holidays, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky issued a decision steeped in two rich holiday traditions—family lore and alcohol. On December 16, 2021, the court entered a preliminary injunction against Log Still Distilling, LLC in a continue reading...
Since the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., district courts have had expanded discretion to award prevailing party attorney’s fees in “exceptional cases” under the Patent Act, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285. Section 35 of the continue reading...
When family feuds become federal trademark cases, this blog takes notice. In this edition, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit wades into a dispute between divorced lawn care proprietors. Their divorce “Mutual Separation Agreement” split their business in half but, for a continue reading...
Just in time for the holidays, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit resolved a lawsuit rooted in the spirit of the season—family drama. Fabick, Inc. v. JFTCO, Inc. recounts a dispute that pit brother against brother and offers insight into the doctrine continue reading...
Bodum USA, Inc. manufacturers the Chambord French press, a nonelectric coffeemaker (Full disclosure: the author once owned a Bodum French press. It produced objectively delicious coffee). A French press is a cylindrical carafe and a plunger with a filter screen attached to one end. The continue reading...
Long ago (by internet standards), a spoof of Discovery Channel-style nature videos went viral. “The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger” is a three-minute montage of wild honey badgers running across the desert, hunting prey, and, perhaps most disgusting, eating a snake, all set to classical music. continue reading...
Stop us if you’ve heard this one—Conan the Barbarian and a Romulan walk into the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob looks at Conan and says, “I know you, but where’s he from?” In the latest chapter of a case we’ve blogged about before, the U.S. Court of continue reading...
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