August 2011

Heidelberg is a multi-brand beverage distributor.  It’s in contract negotiations with the Teamsters, who began a publicity campaign in connection with the discussions, in which campaign the union refers to Heidelberg as ‘Budweiser’s Distributor.’  The union put up highway billboards that say: “Tell Budweiser Heidelberg’s Destruction of Ohio Jobs Is Tasteless.”  From a distance (while

Plaintiff 800-GET-THIN was subject of negative article in LA Times and sues under false advertising prong. LA Times was not commercial speeck and was nominative fair use. 43(B)log discussion here.

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Blink 182 is playing a concert in Massachusetts on the 9th, and they’re expecting trouble from 100 John Does, 100 Jane Does, and the XYZ company.  T-shirt pictured above from here.

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After Iowa defendant began using same mark as Arkansas plaintiff, defendant attended a single meeting in Arkansas to discuss taking a license. This meeting did not give rise to specific personal jurisdiction in Arkansas.

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Complaint Grenade Ice Cream Grenade(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();