2017

Fish IP Law firm seeks declaratory judgment against Fish and Richardson.

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Photographer sues model, Gigi Hadid, for uploading copyrighted photo to her Instagram page. As an aside, note alteration of ADIDAS to HADID.

Case was filed in ED of Virginia. Plaintiff’s lawyer is from there, and that’s pretty much it.

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When we lived in Chelsea, our local firehouse was Engine Co. 3, Ladder Co. 12. They would send firemen to visit our kids’ preschool. When we took the kids in the stroller by the firehouse, the firemen would let the kids climb on the firetrucks.

On 9/11, Engine Co. 3, Ladder Co. 12 lost five

Former employee of TV’s Dr Phil brings a state suit alleging various torts (including infliction of emotional distress). Seeking to document his abusive behavior, the defendant uses her iPhone to copy nine seconds of Dr. Phil archival footage, showing Dr Phil (allegedly) behaving badly in another incident, and seeks to use the clip as evidence.

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D Missouri: Easton S150 not confusingly similar to Rawlings 5150. Prominent use of house marks given great weight in finding.

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Plaintiff Jetmax asserts copyright in ‘an ornamental light set comprised of a series of molded, decorative tear shaped covered lights with a wire frame over the covers.”

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Defendant Advance, “produced the allegedly infringing product., which ‘has a teardrop shaped plastic cover with eight sets of double grooves, as well as a decorative wire frame containing

This case, American Cruise Line v HMS American SteamBoat Queen, seems to suggest that it can be. I believe there are other cases that suggest otherwise (GoPets v. Hise).

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