Mattel has announced that it has received a decision from the High Court of Justice in London holding that Simba Toys MY STYLE dolls infringes the Community Design rights in of Mattel’s MY SCENE dolls. Simba must recall the infringing dolls and pay Mattel interim damages of approximately $1 million. Via Yahoo.
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A California man has been convicted of selling countefeit Compaq computer memory modules. He is facing a fine of up to $4 million and up to 20 years in prison. Via The LA Times..
Wrapping up its meeting in Carthage, ICANN has released this “Broad Strategic Initiative for Top Level Domains.” The press release promises reviews, reports. assessments, and new specialized TLDs in 2004.
Meanwhile, an Economist article on Google and paid search, claims that “All told, 75% of referrals to websites now originate from Google’s algorithms.”
IPKat on trademark fonts here.
The U.S. Trademark Office has posted Exam Guide No. 2-03, Guide to Implementation of Madrid Protocol in the U.S. (Oct. 28 2002).
Following in the footsteps of Tertullian and Donat, heretical ICANN Board member Amadeu Abril i Abril writes to us from Carthage, in The Punic Words, his blog on the ICANN conference.
More on the ICANN meetings here, here and here.
Discussion of Punic Wars here.
Today’s Guest Blogger is Lisa Dubrow, of Dubrow & Charne, an advertising law firm in New York (212-865-0200), who has these thoughts on online privacy of consumer data and the recent settlement between the New York AG and Victoria’s Secret:
Would you want the world to know what you purchased from Victoria’s Secret? Well if
In the movie Punch Drunk Love, the protagonist, Adam Sandler, notices the following:
“Healthy Choice and American Airlines got together and put this promotion: If you buy any 10 Healthy Choice products, they will reward you with 500 frequent flier miles; with this special coupon, they’ll up it to 1,000 miles. So, I think
In the wake of a decision against Google in the court of first instnace in France, LVMH, owners of the LOUIS VUITTON trademark have sued Google alleging that Google’s sale of keywords infringes LVMH’s trademark. Via CNN.COM, Mercury News, and Editor and Publisher. One source quoted suggests that the decision will open
Forbes’ list of the highest grossing dead celebrities. Interesting commentary here. The list does not appear to distinguish between earnings from copyright (which probably accounts for most of these earnings) and those from ‘personality rights,’ which is probably how Marilyn Monroe makes it on the list.
| The Top Ten |
| 1. Elvis |
| 2. Charles Schulz |
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