Patent & Trademark

**IP Innovation and **Technology Licensing Corp. say **Mitsubishi violates their patents on spatial scan circuits and devices used in DVDs, TVs and projectors, in Chicago Federal Court.           **American Licorice Co. claims that **World Confections sells a candy called “Sour Punks” that’s inferior to American’s “Sour Punks,” infringing trademark and damaging American Licorice, in San Francisco Federal Court.           In separate complaints, **Technology Licensing Co. accuses **Sears Roebuck and **Circuit ** City of selling Apex DVD players that infringe patent, in San Francisco Federal Court.           **Zvue Corp. claims **Vuze Inc. violates trademark by selling video downloads using a name confusingly similar to its own – particularly as Vuze’s “Z” is in a different color, causing its mark to be read at Zvue – in San Francisco Federal Court.            **P.E.G. Entertainment claims it owns the “Pink Elephant” trademark, which Bar Pink Elephant is using without permission, in San Diego Federal Court.