Rovio Entertainment Ltd., the developer of the popular Angry Birds game franchise, filed a trademark infringement suit against Key Biscayne, Fla., golf equipment supplier Angry Club LLC, claiming its logo of a red A with furrowed eyebrows was too similar to the iconic birds. A Miami district judge granted Rovio’s request for a permanent injunction and ordered the company to file the necessary paperwork to abandon the name and logo by Christmas.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal ordered Samsung Electronics Corp. and its lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan last month to explain why they should not be sanctioned for violating a protective order meant to shield information turned over in Samsung’s patent battle with Apple Inc. Meanwhile, Nokia has already suggested a price for the offense: $50,000 a day until it’s fixed. Nokia also demands attorney fees and expenses incurred in the litigation.
