Dubay v. King is a case wherein the purported heir to the creator of the comic book The Rook from the 1960s and 70s sued Stephen King — and all of his publishers and movie producers — for alleged copyright infringement of The Rook through The Gunslinger series. The defendants made a motion for summary judgment in the Middle District of Florida.…
In a previous blog, I wrote about the case of DuBay v. King, in which the alleged heir of the rights to the comic book The Rook sued author Stephen King — and anyone who had ever been in the same room with him — for infringement. The case was dismissed on summary judgment after an analysis proved there…
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or TTAB, issued an interesting ruling at the end of 2018. The TTAB is in effect the forum providing review of decisions rendered by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) trademark examining attorneys. The case in question is Rebecca Curtin v. United Trademark Holding Inc (“UTH”). UTH filed a trademark…