South Carolina Intellectual Property Law

<h2> <center> Clear Touch Interactive, Inc. v. The Ockers Company, et al. M.h2> </center>

Greenville, South Carolina commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract dispute. In state court, the Ockers Company (“Ockers”) sued Clear Touch Interactive, Inc.(“Clear Touch”) for breach of contract. The parties settled that case and agreed to dismiss all possible counterclaims that could have been brought in that litigation. But just weeks later, Clea... More...

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United States of America v. Steven Lloyd Joiner

Greenville, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate communication of threats.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 875, prohibits transmitting threats in interstate or foreign commerce to injure a person, property, or reputation, or to accuse someone of a crime. This applies to communications crossing state or national borders and carries penalties of fines and... More...

$0 (09-12-2025 - SC)
Valerie Miller v. Food Linon, L.L.C.

Florence, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability negligence theory.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> In South Carolina, premises liability law holds property owners accountable for injuries that occur on their property due to unsafe conditions. This means if a person gets hurt because a property owner was negligent in maintaining a safe environment, the own... More...

$1 (06-24-2025 - SC)
Peters K. Lashmet, II v. Continental Realty Corporation

Charleston, South Carolina persnal injury lawyer reprsented the Plaintiff on a premises liability law theory.<br> <br> this case was filed in the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, 2024CP1002190, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. <br> <br> In South Carolina, premises liability law holds property owners and occupiers responsible for injuries sustained by visitors due to unsaf... More...

$0 (06-24-2025 - SC)
Andrew Pampu v. Erin Wingo, David Wingo, and Colin J. Gahagan

Pickens, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.<br> <br> The genesis of this troubling litigation is a night of drunkenness at a college fraternity party on October 24, 2015. Prior to attending this party, Ms. Wingo, a 5'2" Clemson freshman weighing between 114 and 118 pounds, consumed approximately nine 1.5-ounce shots of alcohol at a fri... More...

$0 (06-13-2025 - SC)
Owners Insurance Company v. Jeffrey Edward Walsh

Florence, South Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an uninsured motorist claim.<br> <br> Edward Joseph Walsh, III was riding his lawn mower when he was struck and killed by an underinsured motorist. Walsh had underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage on two personal automobiles insured by Owners Insurance Company. After Owners paid benefits equal to the UIM coverage limits for a... More...

$0 (04-23-2025 - SC)
The Estate of Richard Walter Meier v. May J. Burnsed

Beaufort, South Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a life insurance proceeds dispute.<br> <br> Decedent and Burnsed married on July 19, 1997. Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company, Inc. issued a $250,000 life insurance policy (the Policy) to Decedent on June 16, 1998. Decedent named Burnsed as the primary beneficiary and his brother, Richard Walter Meier (Brother), ... More...

$0 (03-05-2025 - SC)
<h1> United States of America v. Carl Lee Robert Price </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oconee County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Carl Lee Robert Pric... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Carl Lee Robert Price </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oconee County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Carl Lee Robert Price... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Carl Lee Robert Price </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oconee County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Carl Lee Robert Pric... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Denetrick Devontae Holland </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, SC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute illegal drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sumter Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br>... More...

$0 (01-08-2025 - SC)
State of South Carolina v. Michael Trevor Barton

<h2><br> Spartanburg, South Carolina burglary criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Michael Trevor Barton, age 32, was accused of committing a series of property crimes including stealing a BMW at gun point. <br> <br> The crimes were commited in and around Wellford, Ducan, Lyman and Landrum, South Carolina.<br> <br> Barton was charged with:<br> <br> Four counts of b... More...

$0 (10-24-2024 - SC)
Brian Daniel v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

<h2><br> Columbia, South Carolina Electonic Fund Transfer Act violation consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> In the spring of 2007, Plaintiffs Paul Daniel and Margie Daniel refinanced their home located at 7821 Killdeer Way, Elk Grove, California, and entered into an Option Adjustable Rate Mortgage ("ARM") with World Savings Bank, which later became Wells Fargo Bank, N... More...

$1 (10-11-2024 - SC)
Vitzeslav Zeif v. Marina Aslanyan and SmartLinux Solutions, LLC

<h2><br> Charleston, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case was filed in the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, 2024CP1001305, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> The following facts are presented in SmartLinx Solutions, LLC's ("SmartLinx”) Verified Amended Complaint, and ... More...

$0 (07-03-2024 - SC)
<h1> United States of America v. Yaroslav Vasinskyi </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Ransomware Scheme </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Sodinokibi/REvil Affiliate Sentenced for Role in $700M Ransomware Scheme </h2></center><br> <br> A Ukrainian national was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered... More...

$0 (05-04-2024 - SC)
<h1> United States of America v. Lawrence Joseph Florentine </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Interstate Domestic Violence. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Rock Hill Man Sentenced for Interstate Domestic Violence Resulting in the Death of Wife </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Lawrence Joseph Florentine, 56, of Rock Hi... More...

$0 (04-10-2024 - SC)
<h1> United States of America v. Raymond Luke Garner </h1>

<b><h2><center><i><font color="red">San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Pipe Bomb in Hospital Parking Garage.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b></h2><br> Man Who Possessed Pipe Bomb in Hospital Parking Garage Sentenced to Federal Prison<br> <br> A Jonestown man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 30 months in prison for possess... More...

$0 (03-15-2024 - SC)
<h1> United States of America v. Roosevelt Curry </h1>

<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Charleston , South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for Cockfighting</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b>North Augusta Man Sentenced to 5 Years of Federal Probation for Cockfighting </h3></center></i><br> <br> Roosevelt Curry, 69, of North Augusta, was sentenced to federal probation after b... More...

$0 (03-06-2024 - SC)
Joe Patterson v. We Are Sharing Hop, S.C., et al.

Charleston, South Carolina personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory.<br> <br> South Carolina premises liability law governs who is responsible for injuries that occur on someone else's property. Here's a breakdown of the key aspects:<br> <br> Duty of care: Property owners and occupiers owe a duty of care to keep... More...

$1 (01-12-2024 - SC)
Jerimiah Robert Houston v. Franklin McClain, Jr. and Johnny's Trucking LLC

Spartanburg, South Carolina personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on auto negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a semi-tractor auto accident caused by McClain.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas, 2023-CP-42-02041, and was removed to fede... More...

$1 (12-18-2023 - SC)
United States of America v. Travis Anthony Mason

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with health care fraud.<br> <br> Travis Anthony Mason, age 52, of Aiken, South Carolina, through his company M3 Medical LLC, was involved in the marketing and sale of prescription compounded medications, which included various pain creams. Compounded medications are specialty medications mixed by a pharmacist to meet ... More...

$0 (08-14-2023 - SC)
Reginald Williams and Delores Hubbard v. Paragron Leasing, L.P., et al.

Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> "South Carolina is a modified comparative negligence state. This means that if you are injured in a car accident, your damages will be reduced by your percentage of fault. For example, if you are found to be 20% at fault for the accident, your damages will be reduced by 2... More...

$1 (08-04-2023 - SC)
United States of America v. Christopher Cunningham

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer.<br> <br> On March 6, 2022, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Christopher Cunningham, ate 34, of Columbia, South Carolina, and a co-conspirator broke into a retail store on Garner's Ferry Road and stole two shotguns and two rifles by forcefully opening a display case in t... More...

$0 (06-09-2023 - SC)
United States of America v. Richard "Alex" Murdaugh and Russell Lucius Laffitte

Charleston, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and three counts of misapplication of bank funds.<br> <br> Former Palmetto State Bank CEO and alleged Richard "Alex" Murdaugh co-conspirator Russell Lucius Laffitte were indicted on bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and three counts of misapplica... More...

$0 (11-22-2022 - SC)
United States of America v. Crystal Deveaux

Columbia, South Carolina criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with theft of Government Funds totaling over $258,000.00.<br> <br> Evidence presented to the Court showed Crystal Deveaux, age 61, of Eastover, South Carolina, unlawfully obtained Social Security Retirement Insurance Benefits (RIB) on behalf of her deceased grandmother, which she used for her own personal benefit from June 2001... More...

$0 (09-12-2022 - SC)
Sara Katherine Waldrop Ridgeway v. Ralph Riggie Ridgeway

Pickens, South Carolina family law lawyer represented Petitioner seeking a divorce from Respondent.<br> <br> <br> The parties attended high school together in Greenville and began dating when Wife was sixteen years old and Husband was seventeen. By the time Husband was a high school senior, the couple dated exclusively. Following graduation, Husband attended Mars Hill College in North Carolina.<br... More...

$0 (03-16-2022 - SC)
United States of America v. Marvette Thompson Easterling, Keylon Wright, and Joshua David Armato

Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).<br> <br> Marvette Thompson Easterling, 54, of Gaffney; Keylon Wright, 40, of Simpsonville; and Joshua David Armato, 37, of Georgia; admitted that they knowingly defrauded a program established to help homeowners at risk of mortgage loan de... More...

$0 (07-24-2021 - SC)
United States of America v. Carl Dean Churchman

Columbia, South Carolina making false statements charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Carl Dean Churchman.<br> <br> Churchman, a former Westinghouse Electric Corporation Vice President and the Project Director of the V.C. Summer Nuclear project, and was charged with making a false statement to an FBI agent during the investigation of the failed nuclear project at the V.C. Summer s... More...

$0 (06-14-2021 - SC)
United States of America v. George Alexander Underwood, Robert Andrew Sprouse, Johnny Ricardo Neal Jr.

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with defrauding the United States, depriving another civil rights, wire fraud and conversation.<br> <br> George Alexander Underwood, 57, of Chester, former Chester County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Robert Andrew Sprouse, 46, of Ridgeway, and former Chester County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Johnny Ricardo Ne... More...

$0 (04-27-2021 - SC)
Jennifer A. Whitmore v. United States of America

Greenville, South Carolina federal tort claims act personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, Jennifer A. Whitmore, who sued the United States of America on a personal injury auto negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damaged in a car wreck caused by a federal government employee.<br> <br> This case was field in the Greenville County Court of Common Pleas, 2020-CP-23-05206, and... More...

$1 (03-18-2021 - SC)
William Lewis Smith, Vonnell Smith and Maryland Smith Albano v. Keowee Key Property Owners Association, Inc.

Anderson, South Carolina plaintiff personal injury lawyer sued defendant on a car wreck claim.<br> <br> William Lewis Smith, Vonnell Smith and Maryland Smith Albano sued Keowee Key Property Owners Association, Inc. d/b/a Keowee Key Country Club, State Farm Mutual Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Company on plaintiff personal injury, auto negligence, respondeat superior, uninsured or underi... More...

$1 (11-04-2020 - SC)
United States of America v. Gary Blair Shaffer

Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with stealing seized cash.<br> <br> The United States of America charged Gary Blair Shaffer, former Chief of the City of Manning Police Department, with stealing nearly $80,000 in seized cash in 2015. <br> <br> “Those who are sworn to uphold the law must lead by example. The Defendant here dishonored his oath, viola... More...

$0 (11-04-2020 - SC)
United States of America v. Marvin Leroy Smith-Capers, Jr.

Columbia, SC - The United States of America charged Marvin Leroy Smith-Capers, Jr., age 38, with arson.<br> <br> According to evidence presented to the court, on January 8, 2018, just after midnight, Smith-Capers set fire to Joy’s Touch of Class in downtown Holly Hill after spending much of the previous two hours stealing merchandise from the store. The flames spread to two adjacent businesses,... More...

$0 (08-04-2020 - SC)
United States of America v. Marvin Leroy Smith-Capers, Jr.

Columbia, SC - The United States of America charged Marvin Leroy Smith-Capers with arson.<br> <br> Marvin Leroy Smith-Capers, Jr., 37, of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal court to arson. United States District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis presided over the hearing and will sentence Smith-Capers at a later date.<br> <br> According to facts presented to the court, on January 8, 2018, ... More...

$0 (02-04-2020 - SC)
United States of America v. Shamari Delresse Jones, a/k/a “Amari”

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.caddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Caddell_columbia_courthouse-1024x410.jpg"><br> </center><br> Columbia, SC - Columbia Brothers Sentenced to Federal Prison on Firearm Charges<br> <br> Shamari Delresse Jones, a/k/a “Amari,” age 34, and Jokari T. Jones, age 36, both of Columbia, were each sentenced to federal prison. Shamari Jones was sentenced... More...

$0 (08-14-2019 - SC)
United States of America v. John Shannon Simpson

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.caddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Caddell_columbia_courthouse-1024x410.jpg"><br> </center><br> Columbia, SC - Former South Carolina Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison for Charity Fraud Scheme Targeting Marine Corps Families<br> <br> John Shannon Simpson, age 44, of Lee County, Florida, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to W... More...

$0 (07-23-2019 - SC)
United States of America v. Brandon Cory Lecroy

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.caddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Caddell_columbia_courthouse-1024x410.jpg"><br> </center><br> Columbia, SC - Greenwood Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Murder for Hire with Hate Crime Enhancement<br> <br> Brandon Cory Lecroy, age 26, of Greenwood, South Carolina, was sentenced to ten years in the Federal Bureau of Prisons after pl... More...

$0 (04-15-2019 - SC)
United States of America v. Wesley Dallas Ayers

<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> Greenville, SC - Anderson Man Sentenced to Over 30 Years in Federal Prison for Using Weapons of Mass Destruction <br> <br> Wesley Dallas Ayers, 27, of... More...

$0 (02-08-2019 - SC)
United States of America v. James Eric Jones

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.scd.uscourts.gov/Resources/Images/FLOR.gif"><br> </center><br> James Eric Jones appeals from a decision in the District of South Carolina denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence, which was imposed more than ten years ago in 2008. By his motion, Jones sought to be resentenced based on the contention that — in... More...

$0 (02-04-2019 - SC)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JAMES ERIC JONES

<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> On April 10, 2007, a jury in South Carolina found Jones guilty of the federal <br> offense of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation ... More...

$0 (02-04-2019 - SC)