Sunday, February 9, 2014

Samsung's Counsel Get a Slap on the Wrist for Breaching Confidentiality

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As discussed and predicted here in November 2013, Samsung's outside counsel were found to have violated the Court's "Protecti...
Friday, February 7, 2014

Canadian Olympic Committee Sues North Face for Misleading Customers

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An Accused North Face Product Canadian news is reporting that the Canadian Olympic Committee (the "COC") is suing apparel mak...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Online Oscar "Replica" Seller in Texas Sued for Counterfeiting and Fraud

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©A.M.P.A.S.® The Hollywood Reporter describes a lawsuit filed yesterday against Jaime De La Rosa, a Texas individual who was selling fa...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Confusion and Conflict Over "Candy Crush" Trademark Status

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Over the last several weeks, news reports began to circulate that King.com Limited, the software developer that designed the hugely popular...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Trends in the Intellectual Property Legal Marketplace

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One of the most frequent questions that I am asked is what trends I see in the areas of intellectual property, brand protection and the ma...
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Rock Showdown: Queensrÿche Faces Trial Over Trademark Ownership

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Queensrÿche with Original Lead Singer Geoff Tate It appears that hard rock and 1980's "hair bands" are a perennially fert...
Monday, November 25, 2013

"Thanksgivingukkah" Trademarked Over One Year Ago

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Screenshot from ModernTribe.com "Thanksgivingukkah" is the term being used to describe the very rare confluence of Hannukah a...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Toy Company Sues Beastie Boys, Claiming Parody Protects Its Viral Ad

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Screenshot from GoldieBlox's website A progressively-themed company that makes and sells toys that will supposedly help young girls...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Starbucks Loses Big Against CHARBUCKS in the Court of Appeals

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Starbucks lost a significant trademark appeal before a panel of three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a cas...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Samsung and Its Outside Counsel Facing Sanctions For Breaching Confidentiality: But Will the Punishment Fit the Offense?

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Before Apple and Samsung litigated their now epic patent trial before a federal district court, they were engaged in routine discovery...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Selfie Trademark: Struggling to Own the New Slang

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In the modern world of interactive social media, new words are invented, used and discarded at lightning speed. Indeed, the lexicon o...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Preliminary Injunction Against MAXIM Deodorant Denied, Court Finds "Insufficient" Harm to the Brand From Unlicensed Use

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In a startling decision , a federal court refused to grant a court order against the continued unauthorized use the trademark "MAXIM...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Canada Goose Sues Sears For Selling "Knockoff" Parkas

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Canada Goose, maker of high quality and fashionable parkas, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in a Toronto federal court against ...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Gioconda Law Group and Arthur Kenzie Settle Domain Name Dispute

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The Gioconda Law Group PLLC and Arthur Wesley Kenzie have settled the dispute that had been pending before the New York federal district...