Monthly Archives: December, 2019

Amazon Sellers Sued for Unauthorized Resale

Sound United, who does business as Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Heos, Boston Acoustics, and Classé filed three separate lawsuits against third party resellers that...

New E-Scooter Personal Injury Suit is One of Many

In June, Consumer Reports found that in the last two years e-scooters led to at least 8 deaths and over 1,500 injuries significant enough...

Court Bars Suit Against Black Lives Matter Organization and Hashtag

On December 16, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion for the case Officer John Doe v. DeRay McKesson (Officer John...

Instagram, Facebook Prevent Influencers from Promoting Certain Products

On December 18, Instagram and Facebook stated that they would prevent influencers from promoting certain products as branded content. The restricted items include vaping and tobacco products...

Broadband iTV Sues AT&T for Streaming Patent Infringement

On December 17, plaintiff Broadband iTV, Inc. filed a complaint against defendant AT&T (Broadband iTV, Inc. v. AT&T Services, Inc. and AT&T Communications, LLC 6:19-cv-00712-ADA) for patent infringement....

Philips Accuses Fitbit of Patent Violations in ITC Complaint

Philips North America and its wholly-owned subsidiary Koninklijke Philips N.V. filed a request for investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), in accordance with Section...

Apple Moves for Dismissal in Stock Price Suit

On December 16, Apple filed a motion to dismiss an ongoing securities lawsuit. The class action suit (City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System v. Apple Inc.,...

Tech Giants Face DRC Forced Labor Lawsuit

On December 15, a class action complaint was filed against a whos-who of prominent tech companies - Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Dell, and Tesla -...