5th Circuit decision:  Quick Technologies v. Sage Group (Dec. 9, No. 01-11197); discussion of (1) specific jurisdiction; and (2) application of 5th Circuit Pebble Beach analysis re: accounting of profits in an infringement case.

An article on counterfeiting in Uganda via The East African.

More on the ARSENAL trademark case here via the Financial Times.

The .CN (China) domain has been opened for general registration.  The “landrush” begins this Sunday, December 15.  More info here.

UPDATE: Here is a list of registrars who are accredited to sell the .com.cn names. 

ICANN has redelegated the .la domain (country code for Laos).  This reportedly will allow for open marketing to names such as ilove.la, shoes.la, escortservice.la and the like.

TILLAMOOK COUNTRY SMOKERS moves for a declaration that it is not infringing the trademark TILLAMOOK, owned by its Tillamook County, Oregon neighbor, TILLAMOOK COUNTY CREAMERY.  Complaint via AmLaw here.  Previous readers of the Blog get the Apples of Oregon reference.

I think this is the most coolest thing UK IP Judge Hugh Laddie has ever done but I await word from my UK colleagues if Sir Hugh has ever topped this. 

A vendor sold scarves wtih the Arsenal football club name and indicia.  The issue turns on whether use of a team name in such way is trademark…

Here’s a guy who is attempting to use trademark law to build up some sort of snakehead fish monopoly.  Let’s be clear – I can sell t-shirts with pictures of snakehead fish,  and I can fairly describe those t-shirts as snakehead fish t-shirts, even if you have a federal trademark registration for SNAKEHEAD for