WaPo: “Disney to “Disney Buys Into Hulu. YouTube Should Be Worried”
Separated at Birth
Birdsall Social Media: Logos That Look Alike HT MLG
“Twitter and the DMCA: A Fine Mess”
Plagiarism Today: “Twitter and the DMCA: A Fine Mess“:
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been getting a lot of requests for information about Twitter and their DMCA procedure. Most of these issues stem from avatar or backgrounds that are infringing, not the tweets themselves. It seems the exponential increase in Twitter members has
Text of Supreme Court decision in FCC v Fox (Fleeting Expletive)
2d Circuit reversed. FCC procedure followed but Court kicks it back to 2d Circuit to determine constitutionality.
Decision Fcc Expletive
“MGA Loses Effort to Reduce Mattel’s $100 Million Bratz Verdict”
Bloomberg: “MGA Loses Effort to Reduce Mattel’s $100 Million Bratz Verdict“:
Larson on Dec. 3 ruled that MGA couldn’t make or sell the infringing dolls. He later modified the order, saying retailers would be allowed to buy the spring and fall lines from MGA through Dec. 31, or from either Mattel or a
“Joost Shops Itself to Cable Operators, Report Says”
NY Times: “Joost Shops Itself to Cable Operators, Report Says“:
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n March, Joost had 523,000 unique visitors to its site compared to 41.6 million for top online video site Hulu.com, according to comScore Inc. Fancast had 833,000 while TV.com, which is owned by CBS, had 3.5 million.”
Does the Collection Agency Commit TM Infringement?
Statesboro.biz: Debt Collectors and Trademark Infringement:
A creditor (credit card company, bank, physician, etc.) assigns or sells a debt for collections to a third party debt collector or debt buyer, the debt collector further assigns the debt to a law firm. The law firm is representing the 3rd party debt collector, but uses the original
Maybe the Lanham Act Should Be Amended To Create A ‘Reputation WIthout Use’ Cause of Action Derived From Article 6Bis
John Welch blogs about a precedental TTAB case holding that Section 44 of the Lanham Act doesn’t create a ‘famous marks’ cause of action here. He reproduces an email I sent to the INTA listserv, suggesting that maybe the Us should amend its act to include a cause of action that US companies have utilized
LIFE IS NUTZ v LIFE IS GOOD
LIFE IS NUTZ seeks declaration that it does not infringe LIFE IS GOOD.
Coverage here.
Complaint Life is Nutz
Shameless Self-Promotion
A blurb on a case of ours here.