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Intellectual Property

Apr. 4, 2013

Cooley gearing up to defend Facebook at trial after losing motion to kill trademark lawsuit

Bay Area-based defense lawyers at Cooley LLP are gearing up for trial after losing their bid to get a trademark infringement claim against Facebook Inc. dismissed in Illinois federal court.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Bay Area-based defense lawyers at Cooley LLP are gearing up for trial after losing their bid to get a trademark infringement claim against Facebook Inc. dismissed in Illinois federal court.


U.S. District Judge John W. Darrah of the Northern District in Illinois ruled against a defense motion that argued the term "timeline" was too generic for Chicago-based Timelines Inc. to sue Menlo Park-b...

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