KINBOOK, LLC v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Civil Action No. 10-4828.

866 F.Supp.2d 453 (2012)

KINBOOK, LLC, Plaintiff, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

January 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Gallucci, Jr. , Lauletta Birnbaum LLC, Steven H. Doto , Lauletta, Birnbaum, LLC, Turnersville, NJ, for Plaintiff.

Bonnie M. Hoffman , William T. Hangley , Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Philadelphia, PA, Cathay Y.N. Smith , Christine E. Bestor , Floyd A. Mandell , Chicago, IL, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM

GENE E.K. PRATTER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Kinbook, LLC ("Kinbook"), a small online social networking software company, filed this action against the Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") for unfair competition and reverse trademark infringement under the Lanham Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). Kinbook blames Microsoft's release of "Kinect" (a controller-free motion sensor for its XBOX 360 video gaming console) and...

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