Back in May they announced their intent to file a class action against Apple. The case relates to the iPhone throttling issue which already has 60 or more class action suits ahead of it. Patently Apple stopped covering the matter at Class action 44. Then, 2017 arrived, and Apple installed software updates on the Devices to gather additional diagnostic data in early January 2017. Based in part …
Two Toronto law firms have launched a Canada-wide class-action lawsuit against the manufacturers of implantable defibrillators that can fail with little or no warning because of potentially defective batteries. About 8,000 Canadians were implanted with the cardiac defibrillators with the brand names Fortify, Fortify Assura, Fortify Assura MP, Unify, Unify Assura, or Unify Quadra, …
Energizer’s fight with rival Rayovac over alleged trademark infringement related to packaging is over. In December, Town and Country-based Energizer sued Madison, Wis.-based Spectrum Brands , the parent company of Rayovac, alleging Rayovac’s new package designs are confusingly similar to those used for Energizer batteries. “Spectrum has recently begun a campaign to progressively and radically …
Duracell has failed in its effort to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it violated Energizer Holdings Inc’s trademark rights by using a pink bunny on battery packages that closely resembled the sunglass-clad, drum-beating Energizer Bunny. In a decision last week, U.S. …
Orange resident Joseph Cavins, 63, took up smoking electronic cigarettes two years ago to help kick his long-time chewing tobacco habit. He was smoking an e-cigarette at his computer desk on the night of April 15 when he suddenly heard a loud crack. “It felt like a metal baseball bat had hit the side of my face,” he said.
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) of misleading consumers by guaranteeing that Duracell batteries would not fail for 10 years, when in fact the batteries might leak when used or stored normally. In a decision late Tuesday night, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, rejected claims in the proposed class-action lawsuit that P&G and its …