Ohio car dealership runs ad of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Ohio newspaper, without authorization. Schwarzenegger sues under right of publicity, in California. Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal, as Schwarzenegger shows neither general nor specific jurisdiction. Interesting discussion distinguishing case from Panavision v. Toeppen (where defendant’s tortious act ‘targeted’ California plaintiff).
Schwarzenegger v.Fred Martin Motor, 02-56937 (Ninth
Fake Viagra turns up in California, via .
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According to the Wall Street Journal, MLB Advanced Media, the online divsion of Major League Baseball, will not sign deals with companies that use spyware to serve ads. The article defines spyware as software that once installed on the user’s machine, reports on the user’s activities so as to determine which ads to serve
Sixth Circuit: POWERZONE for Radio Shack’s ‘store-within-store’ is not confusingly similar to and has not caused actual dilution of AUTOZONE for auto part chain.
AutoZone v. Tandy, 01-6571 (6th Circuit June 29, 2004)
Thompson and Thompson has agreed to purchase Information Holdings Inc., owner of search service Trademark.com and IP management software Master Data. Via AP.
Fourth Circuit: Copyright owner’s claims against ISP for direct infringement dismissed, as ISP would have to commit volitional acts to be liable for direct, as opposed to indirect infringement.
CoStar v. LoopNet, 03-1991 (Fourth Circuit, June 21, 2004).
Federal Circuit: PATENTS.COM held to be merely descriptive of and not inherently registrable for software for tracking patents.
In re Oppedahl, 03-1525 (Fed Cir June 25, 2004) via Finnegan Henderson.
