According to TechFlow, on November 27, according to Cointelegraph, software development giant Oracle once again sued encryption startup Crypto Oracle LLC and its owner Louis Kerner in the California federal court, claiming that they infringed its trademarks and ignored previous legal agreements.
The software giant initially filed suit against the crypto company in 2019, alleging that it “used Oracle’s trademarks as part of its ‘CryptoOracle’ brand and used that brand to market cryptocurrency-related services to Oracle’s own customers and users.” The two companies reached a confidential settlement, and the court issued a permanent injunction in 2020 prohibiting Crypto Oracle from using the “CryptoOracle” name or any variations of Oracle’s trademarks.
But Oracle now claims that Crypto Oracle and Kerner have resumed using the "CryptoOracle" name and brand, launched new businesses, maintained the infringing domain name, and hosted events under the "CryptoOracle Collective" brand, in violation of the settlement agreement and court injunction. Oracle accuses the defendants of trademark infringement, unfair competition, dilution of its trademark rights, domain squatting, breach of the settlement agreement, and civil contempt of court.