Hypertouch, Inc. v. Azoogle.com, Inc., 2010 WL 2712217 (9th Cir. July 9, 2010) Pleading in federal court is generally a straightforward matter. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 requires only that the plaintiff set forth a short and plain statement as to why that party is entitled to relief. But in cases involving fraud, there [...]
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State law spam claim in federal court not pled with required particularity
Apple vs. the Big Apple charity over apple-shaped logos
Apple, Inc. is seeing red over New York City’s attempts to register a trademark for green-friendly services, and the dispute challenges one of Apple’s trademark registrations for its ubiquitous logo. Apple has filed an Opposition (No. 91/181,984) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board against NYC & Company, Inc.’s [...]
Online purchaser not entitled to $1 hard drives
Perez v. Luu, — S.W.3d —-, (Tex. App. November 1, 2007). Perez sued Luu in Texas state court after Luu refused to fulfill Perez’s order of 100 hard drives that Perez ordered from Luu online. Luu’s website mistakenly listed the price of the hard drives as $1 each, when in reality Luu charged closer to [...]


