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
Debate On Copyright And Fair Use
NY Times: Bits Debate: Copyright:
Throughout the debate this week on copyright issues, the question of fair use has come up repeatedly. On Wednesday, the topic for Rick Cotton, the general Counsel of NBC Universal, and Tim Wu, the Columbia law professor, was the legal concept of fair use: how much of a copyrighted
Contents of the Current Issue of The Trademark Reporter
The Trademark Reporter® homepage has links to the full text of these articles for INTA members:
A Search-Costs Theory of Limiting Doctrines in Trademark Law
By Stacey L. Dogan and Mark A. Lemley
The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006: Balanced Protection for Famous Brands
By Scot A. Duvall
Literal Falsity by Necessary Implication: Presuming
More Skullduggery
Funeral home disolves, funeral director may or may not have agreed to not use his name pursuant to a non-compete clause, uses his name with new funeral home, old funeral home uses his name, lawsuit.
Nieberg et al v. Nieberg Midwood Chapel Inc., 08 CV 00392 (SDNY Jan 16 2008).
Previous surname cases here.
Absolutely Scrabulous?
MSNBC: “Facebook Asked To Remove ‘Scrabulous’
Merriam-Webster tells us that SCRABBLE is derived from the Dutch word schrabbelen, or to scratch. HARDSCRABBLE suggests a ‘hard scrape’ in farming marginal land. Many U.S. dictionaries identify the board game as the first definition of the word SCRABBLE, and ‘scramble’ or ‘scribble’ as secondary definitions.
USOC v Olympic Cellars
STL: Olympic Committee Says Olympic Cellars Must Turn Away Some Customers:
The crux of the story is the USOC has demanded that the winery, which has used “Olympic” in its name for 15 years, make more explicit reference to the Olympic Peninsula on its Web site and stop selling to persons who live outside
Georgetown Law Event Re TTAB Practice
43(B)log: Upcoming Trademark Event At Georgetown.
Boing Boing: Car Owners Are Pirates If They Distribute Pictures Of Their Own Cars
Boing Boing: Car Owners Are Pirates If They Distribute Pictures Of Their Own Cars:
“The folks at BMC (Black Mustang Club) automotive forum wanted to put together a calendar featuring members’ cars, and print it through CafePress. Photos were submitted, the layout was set, and… CafePress notifies the site admin that pictures of Ford
Look, It’s About Driving Traffic
Connection between the Wonder Woman character and Playboy’s content discussed here. More reaction here.
Any excuse to recall the Air Pirates case.