Prof Lessig: “On the Texas Suit Against Virgin and Creative Commons.”
“Slashdot has an entry about a lawsuit filed this week by parents of a Texas minor whose photograph was used by Virgin Australia in an advertising campaign. The photograph was taken by an adult. He posted it to Flickr under a CC-Attribution
Separation of Church and Brand?
The Seattle Trademark Lawyer has a post on Kerusso, a seller of Christian-themed t-shirts. Several of its reported best-sellers are based on well-known trademarks. STL points to two Ninth Circuit cases, the Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. Penguin Books USA, Inc., 109 F.3d 1394, 1405 (9th Cir. 1997), and the Barbie Girl case, Mattel,
Lawsuit Over Use of Flickr Photo – And Creative Commons Is Named
Dallas News: “… Mom Sues Virgin Mobile Over Teen’s Photo”
What would you do if a company grabbed a goofy picture of your kid off the Internet, slapped some snarky text on it and used it to sell mobile phone service half a world away?
Susan Chang decided to sue.
Extremely muddled legal discussion
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Jack Thompson v Take Two
I’m late to reporting about the, well, maybe vendetta is the right word, for the on-going dispute between lawyer Jack Thompson and video game publisher Take Two, which distributes Grand Theft Auto. Take Two has apparently sued Thompson in the past over ‘nuisance’ lawsuits, and now Thompson alleges that Take Two has modeled a
Trademark Blog Live in Lake George, Oct 5 to 7
The Intellectual Property Law Section Fall Meeting will be held Thursday October 4 through Sunday October 7 (that’s Columbus Day Weekend), the height of leaf season in Bolton’s Landing (Lake George) NY. THe brochure is here.
On the Saturday I will be moderating a panel on “IP Issues In Virtual Worlds”, joined by Francis
Now Take A Moment Yourself
Prof Patry points out one of the leaked MediaDefender emails:
“In one case, a Universal executive asked if there was any data showing the music industry’s lawsuits were resulting in less file-sharing activity from addresses ending in .edu — namely, colleges and universities. Mr. Saaf forwarded the message to five MediaDefender employees with the
Mukasey Early Adopter Of Order To Chill
From the August 2002 Trademark Blog, we dredge up a Judge Mukasey opinion in the TIMMY HOLEDIGGER case. Tommy Hilfiger had gone after a parody usage for pet perfumes and the Judge cited language in the previous Barbie Girl in which the Court had advised the parties to chill.
Discussion here.
Add BEANERS COFFEE To The No Va List
Beaner’s Coffee is changing its name to BiggBy Coffee. POPWink wonders what took it so long.
19 Lawsuits Against Forever 21?
This WWD article reports that there have been 19 copyright or trademark suits filed against Forever 21 since the start of this year.
Update: Via Counterfeit Chic, here’s the complaint in Carole Hochman v. Forever 21.