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Not even one month after the movie theater chain Apple Cinemas took over the vacant 1000 Van News theater, the computer company Apple, Inc. is suing them over their name, saying that it’s meant to deceive consumers. It seemed like a pretty feel-good story when the long-vacant AMC Van Ness movie theater reopened at 1000 Van Ness Avenue last month …

Greg Abbott sues to remove Houston lawmaker for leading redistricting quorum break  Houston Chronicle Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state  The Texas Tribune What is gerrymandering? Why is it legal?  CNN F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats  The New York Times Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks court order to …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to remove one of the state’s House Democratic leaders, Rep. Gene Wu, calling him “the ringleader” of the dozens of Democratic lawmakers who left the state in an effort to block a redistricting vote. Abbott filed the emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Wu, who represents Houston and …

In June, a relatively unknown East Coast movie theater chain announced that it had signed a lease in San Francisco to take over a historic cinema and retail space previously occupied by AMC Theatres and CGV Cinemas. The opening was part of an aggressive expansion that includes plans to roll out 100 locations nationwide to become one of the largest …

In a federal court in Massachusetts on Friday, Apple sued a small movie theater chain named Apple Cinemas over alleged trademark infringement. “Apple Cinemas is knowingly and intentionally using the name Apple to sow confusion for its own benefit,” alleged attorneys for Apple, in a complaint filed against all Apple Cinemas locations, and a Sand Media Corp Inc. company connected …

Outerwear retailer Columbia Sportswear has sued Columbia University over alleged trademark infringement and a breach of contract, saying that the university’s merchandise looks too similar to its own offerings and can confuse shoppers. In a lawsuit filed on 23 July in federal court in Oregon, Columbia Sportswear, whose roots date back to 1938, alleges that the Ivy League university in …

NEW YORK (AP) — Outerwear retailer Columbia Sportswear has sued Columbia University over alleged trademark infringement and a breach of contract, saying that the university’s merchandise looks too similar to its own offerings and can confuse shoppers. In a lawsuit filed July 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Columbia Sportswear, whose roots date back to …

Sony’s recent lawsuit against Tencent’s Polaris Quest studio over the game Light of Motiram, for similarities to the Horizon franchise, reads like a bizarre déjà vu moment for me, and I think for many gamers. And it speaks to a deeper issue with games and creativity. The claim? That Tencent’s new open-world, but unreleased, adventure appears to have heavily borrowed …

Sony has filed a lawsuit against Tencent, claiming its upcoming game Light of Motiram is a “slavish clone” of its Horizon series. As initially reported by Reuters, Sony has filed a lawsuit in California federal court alleging copyright and trademark infringement, and claiming that the game is so close to Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West that players could …

The good news for the acclaimed FX series Say Nothing is that it’s lately been on an awards season tear, racking up a Peabody Award, a USC Scripter Award and an Emmy nomination. The bad news: Marian Price — one of the former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers depicted in the series and played by Hazel Doupe — is suing …