March 2007

The botom video was made by a Starbucks representative and the top video is from Arnold and Porter, which represents the Ethiopian government.
A Law.com article discussing the dispute is here.
The trademark issue (as opposed to the overall business issue) is that Ethiopia filed for standard trademark, as opposed to certification mark, protection…

New Yorker (march 19, 2007): “Bag Man” (Profile of Harley Lewin, head of trademarks at Greenberg Traurig) (no online version). Harley’s proficiency with John Doe orders (honed while representing rock bands going against t-shirt counterfeitors) led to his being retained by Reebok, and the rest is history.

Text of Microsoft press release on cybersquatting initiatives:
LONDON, and REDMOND, Wash. — March 14, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today announced new legal actions against cybersquatters in the United Kingdom and the United States, which include expansion of a lawsuit filed in Seattle in August and the filing of a new federal lawsuit against the…

Viacom Press Release:
NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and
VIA.B) today announced that it has sued YouTube and Google in U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York for massive intentional
copyright infringement of Viacom’s entertainment properties. The suit seeks
more than $1 billion in damages, as well…