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May 2009
Rare Victory For a Foreign Internet Business on French Soil
IPKat successfully predicts our description of EBay’s victory over L’Oreal regarding the sale of counterfeits.
Will Sachs and Goldman Receive A Desist and Cease Letter?
Shapeways depicts the Sachs & Goldman store in Berlin.
MUSCLE MILK Enjoins MUSCLE POWER trade dress
Note the discussion of the strength of the MUSCLE element, for a suppement sold to bodybuidlers, as well as defendant’s ‘options’ with regard to the choice of the octagonal packaging from a third-party vendor, Tetra Pak.
Decision Vital Pharm
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The Woody Allen/Annie Hall Epiphany: Summary Judgement Memo in Allen v American Apparel
Memo in support of summary judgement by American Apparel, defendant, against Woody Allen, plaintiff. Background here.
From the Table of Contents, Statement of Facts:
The Meteoric Rise of Dov Charney and His Company, Americn Apparel
The Media Vilifies Mr. Charney and Truns Against American Apparel
The Woody Allen/Annie Hall Epiphany
The Display of the Images…
ICANN Notice re New gTLDs (Including Timetable)
ICANN continues to move forward in the implementation of the new gTLD Program while balancing and addressing community concerns on specific aspects of the program. The public comment period on the second version of the applicant guidebook recently closed and work continues to proceed regarding the discussion of overarching issues.
In order to continue progress…
“Print Books Are Targets of Pirates on the Web”
NY Times: “Print Books Are Targets of Pirates on the Web“:
For a while now, determined readers have been able to sniff out errant digital copies of titles as varied as the “Harry Potter” series and best sellers by Stephen King and John Grisham. But some publishers say the problem has ballooned in
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McDonald’s Fails on ‘Mc’ Family Theory in Malaysia
SDNY: Gucci v Guess – Trade Dress
The advance service didn’t print the exhibits and the complaint isn’t on Pacer. The complaint refers to Gucci’s red green stripe and a pattern of interlocking G’s (I pulled the picture above randomly – it’s not from the complaint). If you know what the Guess product looks like, give a holler.
Complaint Gucci v Guess…
The Tampa Bay Rowdies Don’t Own the TAMPA BAY ROWDIES Mark?
For soccer and contracts fans:
Tampa Bay Rowdies Complaint
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