Marvel sends TechCrunch a demand letter saying ‘don’t print the demand letter.’
UPDATE: The email is up.
Background: TechCrunch used the theater’s group sales to purchase all the seats for a showing and then invited its readership to the screening. Marvel doesn’t identify a legal basis for its demand but advises that TechCrunch may not
False Endorsement
Cubs v. Rooftops Overlooking Wrigley Field
Various buildings overlook Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Entities unrelated to the Cubs operate businesses on those buidlings’ rooftops, charging admission and selling food and drink during Cubs games. The Cubs have sued some of these businesses for, among other things, falsely suggesting endorsement by the Cubs:
Chicago National League Ball Club. LLC…
Not So Clean Flicks?
From the complaint:
“Since 2000, Plaintiff has been engaged in the commercial entertainment distribution industry. Plaintiff formerly sold and rented edited movies. Plaintiff currently rents unedited movies via an online business. Until recently, Defendant sold and rented edited movies. This case is about Defendant falsely representing himself to be a founder, owner, franchisee, or dealer
…
Clint Eastwood Says ‘Cut’ To Eastwood Chair
From the complaint:
. . . Defendants have been manufacturing, offering for sale . . . a line of so-called “home theater chairs” one of which is called “The Eastwood.” . . . Defendants also have been manufacturing . . . “home theater chairs” named after various other living and deceased celebrities, including…
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Allegation form the complaint:
Defendant sare engaged in an Internet marketing business of a dubious nature. In
order to lure people to the Web sites of defendants and other entities, defendants blast untold
numbers of unsolicited SPAM e-mails to people’s e-mail accounts. These e-mail messages are
sent in a way to make them falsely appear
…
“Online Word of Mouth and its Implications for Trademark Law”
Prof Goldman: “Online Word of Mouth and its Implications for Trademark Law“:
This Chapter discusses the emergence of online word of mouth, the process by which consumers disseminate their views about marketplace goods and services. Due to online word of mouth, consumers have an unprecedented ability to influence the brand perceptions of other…
“When Do TV Shows Titles Violate Trademark Law?”
Hollywood Reporter: “When Do TV Show Titles Violate Trademark Law?”
When the choice of title has no artistic relevance to the subject of the show. Sorry, I gave away the ending.
False Endorsement by Petraeus of Guiliani?
Angus Is A Breed, Not A Cut. Now Watch This Commercial
“False Endorsement!!” Raves The Times
43(b)log and Prof Goldman on producer Scott Rudin’s attribution of NY Times Online reader comments as coming from the Times (which he is doing to protest the Times’ practice of posting reader comments).
In 1961, famed Braodway producer David Merrick found 7 people with the names of NY threatre reviewers and quoted them in an…