My Other Bags sells inexpensive canvas tote bags that are obvious parodies of pricey designer bags. Luxury handbag maker Louis Vuitton doesn’t get the joke. The company filed a trademark infringement suit in New York that was tossed out because the judge said it was clear the canvas bag wasn’t a typical knockoff copy. Earlier this week, an appeals court judge said he wouldn’t […]

Manufacturers of high-end consumer products are increasingly taking legal action against retailers selling counterfeit goods. Coach, the 75-year-old maker of luxury leather handbags, wallets and belts, recently sued a Houston store and its owners for allegedly making and selling fake products using the Coach logos and designs in violation of the company’s trademark.  The Houston […]

Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann partner Eric Pinker was interviewed by The Texas Lawbook on the slight downturn in the number of patent infringement lawsuits filed in federal courts in East Texas thus far in 2016. But the Tyler-based Eastern District of Texas continues to be by far the most popular place in the U.S. to sue for intellectual property infringement. […]