September 2009

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Beyonce Knowles released a CD entitled “I AM …SASHA FIERCE” and filed ITU applications for SASHA FIERCE for, among other things, fragrance. Abercrombie & Fitch owns a registration for FIERCE covering fragrance. Beyonce announced that Coty would bring out a SASHA FIERCE fragrance and Abercrombie sued.
This reminds me of the owner of GLOW suing

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Knoll, successor in interest to Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona collection, sues Mod Decor on ‘look-a-like’ furntiure.
Mod Decor’s ‘modern seating’ page here.
Prior post on protection of Barcelona chair here.
Drawing from Knoll’s registration in the Barcelona couch above.
Knoll filed a similar lawsuit against Sexyfurnishings today as well.
Complaint Barcelona Chair

IDEA v PETA (SDNY August 298 2009): Plaintiff, no doubt aware that statutory damages are only available for post-registration copyright infringements that are not part of a continuing, ongoing series of infringing acts of the same kind as those engaged by defendant prior to the effective date of registration, alleged in its amended complaint that: