There is no surefire way to predict the outcome of a trial, as many factors can influence the decision of a judge or jury. However, some methods that can be used to estimate the likely outcome include: Reviewing past decisions and precedents set by the judge or court. Assessing the strength of the evidence and
A United States District Judge in San Francisco has dismissed a lawsuit against Apple Inc., because the plaintiffs failed to deliver strong enough proof that Apple made affirmative misrepresentations. The plaintiffs had accused Apple of selling computers with defects, while billing the laptops as the “most advanced” computers on sale. The judge found that the computers
Hothead’s game app Kill Shot is beating Glu Mobile’s game app, Deer Hunter, by eight spots in a list of Apple’s top-grossing games for the iTunes App Store. However, Hothead could lose to Glu Mobile in a copyright and trade dress infringement lawsuit. The argument by Glu Mobile is that the games are identical, except that Kill Shot
Klein Trial Lawyers is a Los Angeles law firm that specializes in business litigation. Litigation attorney Robert G. Klein has helped businesses protect their trademarks and copyrights since 1987. Robert G. Klein has taken more than 70 cases to trial, representing clients in state and federal court as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. He
According to the Guardian Liberty Voice, users of the popular video sharing website, YouTube, have noticed a sharp increase in the number of copyright claims flagged by their copyrighted content scans due to recent changes in the website’s Content ID system. The claims were mostly made against YouTube users who specialize in publishing footage of
A new look has jumpstarted a trademark dispute between whiskey makers Jack Daniel’s and Popcorn Sutton’s, according to the Detroit Free Press. After Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey started out being sold in Mason jars, an acknowledgement of the fact that Popcorn Sutton’s gets its name from and carries on the tradition of famed Appalachian
In a 1986 interview with Fortune magazine, investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet said that the “perfect amount” of money for parents to leave their children is “enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing.” Before musician Ray Charles died in 2004, the singer gathered most
An informational video about “Transaction Point,” a real estate software system developed by the Jacksonville, Florida-based title insurance company Fidelity National Financial is available online. Fidelity developed “Transaction Point” and its web-based referral system in 2002 to assist brokers in preparing transaction documents and ordering related real estate settlement services, such as escrow, title insurance
On December 2, 2012, he 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York issued a decision that Reuters said “may make it easier for US companies to crack down on alleged computer theft that occurs in remote locations, including outside the country.” Reversing a lower court ruling, the appeals court said American chemical company
There was widespread outrage and furor when the online photo sharing and social networking service Instagram released an updated version of its privacy policy and terms of service on December 17, 2012. Some of the changes that prompted the backlash included: Instagram claiming it could share information about its users with its parent company, Facebook,
