Category: New Lawsuits Filed
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EEOC Sues Monarch Dental for Sex Discrimination
On September 22, 2010, the EEOC sued Monarch Dental in the Northern District of Texas “to correct unlawful employment practices on the basis of sex and to provide relief” to two female Monarch Dental employees (pdf copy of complaint here). The EEOC’s complaint asserts that the “Lead Dentist” of Monarch Dental’s Burleson location subjected his…
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Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth Sues Reverend Jack Iker
On September 21, 2010, the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (“EDFW”) filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas against the Rt. Rev. Jack Leo Iker, who, according to EDFW, “withdraw from The Episcopal Church and pledged his allegiance to a different denomination.” EDFW claims that Rev. Iker is using EDFW’s service marks in…
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IonLoop Sues Colantotte International for Declaratory Judgment of Patent Invalidity
On September 17, 2010, IonLoop filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas against Colantotte International. The lawsuit requests a declaratory judgment that U.S. Patent No. 6,913,663 is invalid, unenforceable and not infringed by IonLoop. IonLoop also claims that Colantotte International falsely marked its products with the ‘633 patent. The patent-in-suit relates to a…
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Don’t Mess With D Magazine
That’s the message coming through loud and clear in a trademark lawsuit filed on September 9, 2010 by D Magazine against Defendants Edwin Bedford, Bob Johnson, and Associated Capital Services, Inc. D Magazine claims that Defendants, doing business as “D Moving,” use a logo that is identical or confusingly similar to D Magazine’s logo. D Magazine…
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Second Amendment Challenge Filed in the Northern District
On September 8, 2010, the National Rifle Association filed, in the Northern District of Texas, a challenge to the federal law banning the sale of handguns to 18-20 year olds by federally licensed dealers. The challenge comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) (finding that the…