Monstrous Hello Kitty terrorizing lobby of Lever House, Park Avenue, NYC.
How Sanrio, owner of Hello Kitty property, feels about this, discussed here.
“Police Investigate Woman With Five Dead Husbands”
Now those are seven words that tell a story. However not all seven words from the AP are as interesting. Bethat as it may, the AP apparently charges for quotations by the word (see rate sheet below) and my quote falls under the 5 to 25 word level for $12.50. Background here.
UPDATE: TechCrunch
Important Case (Maybe): 10th Circuit on Copyrightability of Digital Model
Plaintiff Meshworks was hired to make computerized, animated 3D models of several Toyota cars for an ad campaign. Faithfulness to what a ‘real’ car would look like was a ‘point’ of the model (which was used on web swites so that customers could manipulate the images (e.g. change color)). A dispute broke out, plaintiff sued
Goodnight Nobody
NY Times: “The Secret to Success in Publishing: Bash Bush, With Nods to a Classic“:
The cover of “Goodnight Bush” looks almost exactly like “Goodnight Moon — green and orange, with an image of a window and fireplace — and uses a similar rhyme scheme. But there the thematic similarities end.
The authors,
Asics v Steve Madden re Stripes
Asics Corporation and Asics America Corporation v. Steve Madden Ltd and Steve Madden Retail Inc
Case Number: 8:2008cv00638
Filed: June 10, 2008
Court: California Central District Court
Read this document on Scribd: complaint asics madden stripes
“AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge ReTort”
Workbench: “AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge ReTort“:
[Workbench is] currently engaged in a legal disagreement with the Associated Press, which claims that Drudge Retort users linking to its stories are violating its copyright and committing “‘hot news’ misappropriation under New York state law.” An AP attorney filed six Digital Millenium Copyright
“Judge Says You Can Sell Your CDs”
Wired: “Judge Says You Can Sell Your CDs“:
A federal judge is trashing UMG Recordings’ claim that it retains perpetual ownership of promotional CDs it sends out before an album’s release
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The case was brought by the recording label against a California man who was auctioning off the promo discs on eBay.
Brief in CMG and Topps v Upper Deck re ‘Legends’
Plaintiffs seek to enjoin Defendants, and its agents, distributors, representatives, assigns,
and anyone acting in concert with them, from using the names, images, likenesses, signatures,
personae, and other related indicia of deceased baseball legends Jackie Robinson (“Robinson”),
Lou Gehrig (“Gehrig”), Mel Ott (“Ott”), Jimmie Foxx (“Foxx”), Rogers Hornsby (“Hornsby”),
Thurman Munson (“Munson”), George Sisler (“Sisler”),
Two Days Too Late on TERRORISTFISTJAB.COM
TerroristFistJab.Com
Registrant:
KMM Developments, LLC
5863 Leslie Street, Suite 450
Toronto, ON M2H1J8
Canada
Record expires on 2009/06/09 UTC
Record created on 2008/06/09 UTC
Also: TERRORIST FIST JAB merchandise on Cafe Press.
Discussion here.
SDNY: MR CHARBUCKS For Dark Roast Coffee Does Not Infringe Or Dilute STARBUCKS
SDNY: On remand, the Charbucks Marks does not dilute Starbuck’s famous mark even under the TDRA. See Starbucks Corp. v. Wolfe’s Borough Coffee, Inc., Case No. 01 Civ. 5981, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44147 (S.D.N.Y. June 5, 2008).
Commentary by the Las Vegas Trademark Attorney.