A blog does a trademark search and reports on what the planned Harry Potter theme park might be like.
Is MUSCLE MILK Deceptively Misdescriptive?
NY Times: “Got Milk? For Sports Drink Maker, Nestle Says No:
On June 9, Nestlé USA filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to revoke Muscle Milk’s trademark for being “deceptively misdescriptive.” In response to questions from The New York Times, representatives for both Nestlé and CytoSport issued statements.
Little Mermaid Statues
WSJ: In a Mermaid Statue, Danes Find Something Rotten in State of Michigan
GREENVILLE, Mich. — This town’s statue of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Mermaid” is a symbol of its proud Danish heritage. Now some are saying she doesn’t have permission to be in the country.
Nobody disputes the sculpture — installed in 1994 as
JAPONAIS: Identity Beyond Coincidence (And Don’t Blame Your Mom)
Plaintiff sounds a bit like a cross between Nathan Thurm and Mr. Devious (from the Monty Python motor insurance sketch).
Defendant/Counter-claim plaintiff, operates the JAPONAIS restaurants, using the logo above. Apparently the JAPONAIS restaurants are well known. Plaintiff filed a trademark application covering the mark depicted in the bottom drawing, claiming that the similarities were
Steve Madden Sues eBay in SDNY
Early coverage here. Seems that this involves the sale of STEVE MADDEN watches on eBay which is problematic because STEVE MADDEN doesn’t license watches.
Steve Madden v Ebay
And That It Was Orwell Was The Final Touch
SDNY: Damages From Contempt of Prelim. Injunction Order
Plaintiffs may not receive fees and costs relating to enforcing defendant’s compliance with preliminary injunction order – proper award was profits, even though defendant obtained no profits from its contempt.
Decision Profits After Contempt
Just Another Karaoke-related Incident
Award of statutory damages in default copyright infringement case relating to karaoke machines.
Decision Karaoke
Soaring Helmet Sues Google in Seattle
Soaring Helmet v Bill Me dba Leatherup.com and Google, WD WA June9 2009
Nike Asserts Protection of Wavy Pattern on AIR FORCE 1 Shoe
Nike owns a registration in the design of the AIR FORCE 1 sneaker (middle picture) consisting of “the design of the stitching on the exterior of the shoe, the design of the material panels that form the exterior body of the shoe, the design of the wavy panel on the top of the shoe that