Chicago IP Litigation Blog: “New Regional IP Blogs”
April 2008
LITTLE LEAGUE v CHRISTIAN LITTLE LEAGUE; LITTLE LEAGUE v JEWISH LITTLE LEAGUE

Philly.com: Youth-leage founder to fight trademark suit:
A Florida man originally from Montgomery County who recently started a Christian youth baseball league has decided to fight a trademark lawsuit by Little League baseball, while a Jewish youth organization in Connecticut said it would change its name after being threatened with a similar suit.
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Text of Complaint – False Advertising, Stinger v Taser
Taser published quotes from a study about its competitor, Stinger, that Stinger alleges are false or misleading. Excerpt from complaint: “Taser’s conduct evidences an evil hand guided by an evil mind and outstrip the bounds of decency, fairness, and fair competition.”
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Berlin Links
This place seems interesting. A contemporary art collection in a eight-story ‘flak tower’ (a bunker). The Wall St Journal profiled it today.
“Invalid Subpoenas Sent Via E-Mail”
Duame Morris: “Invalid Subpoenas Sent Via E-Mail“:
Thousands of company executives received e-mails mid-April that purported to be federal court subpoenas but instead appear to be part of a “phishing” scam to capture sensitive data. The invalid subpoenas: (a) bear the seal of the U.S. district court and docket numbers from real cases;
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Whistling A Dirty Tune
The problem with this OGC logo is probably shared with many OGC logos.
“The Importance of a Good Name”

TechCrunch: “The Importance of a Good Name: Ditching Simluscribe For PhoneTag“:
The name SimulScribe totally sucks for our business. People have a real challenge remembering the name and they cannot spell it, which is a real problem considering that new customers need to type in our web address to sign up. When your
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Twitter In Berlin
Idle thought: those of you attending Berlin in May might consider signing up for free services such as Twitter as a means for hooking up and organizing get-togethers, and telling your ‘community’ where you’re going to be at any given moment. Other social networking ideas readily accepted and posted here.
Oregon v Justia re Oregon Statutes
Justia makes various legal materials available. I’m able to provide trademark complaints because of the useful RSS Feed Justia makes available. Justia has received a demand letter from the state of because of its reproduction of annotated Oregon statutes.
World’s Most ‘Powerful’ Brands
The Guardian: “Google is named world’s most powerful brand by Millward Brown research“:
Google, GE, Microsoft, Coke, China Mobile.