The interest of the consumer here in competitive prices of garments using Dior designs without deception as to origin, is at least as great as the interest of plaintiffs in monopolizing the name.
If we are in fact entering the era of New Frugality, will it affect our trademark jurisprudence? In Societe Comptoir, a
WSJ.com: “Recording Industry to End Litigation Strategy; Thanks, Judge Davis?”
Major news for online music geeks: The recording industry plans to lay down its litigation offensive against music pirates in favor of a more PR-friendly, if not more effective, strategy. Instead of suing thousands of people for stealing tunes via the Internet, it
Wall Street Journal discusses whether its a good idea to maintain a brand after the designer dies.
ArsTechnica: “We Just Link To Videos! won’t stave off MPAA Lawyers”:
But the key question is whether sites like Campusist are engaged in that piracy, or whether the fact that they simply link to other sites grants them immunity. This latter argument is the one routinely advanced by The Pirate Bay and other torrent trackers.
Unfortunately the exhibits to this complaint by Do Denim against Fried Denim are not legible.
Complaint Do Denim Trade Dress
In the context of mostly depressing world news, I was encouraged to know that smart people are making progress towards solving important problems.
CNN: “Barbie v Bratz Battle Rages On To The End“:
Nine-year-old Ashley Gibbs of Cumming, Georgia, is a fan of the edgy dolls, so it came as an unpleasant surprise that they would soon leave store shelves.
“Ever, ever, ever?” she asked her mother, Kathryn Adams, after Adams said stores weren’t going to
From today’s Wall Street Journal’s corrections:
The name of home furnishings retailer BED BATH & BEYOND was misspelled as BED BETH & BEYOND in a Marketplace article Friday on retail liquidations.
Tony Iommo, co-founder and lead guitarist of BLACK SABBATH, sues Live Nation of use of BLACK SABBATH name.
If you search the term “BAND NAMES TRADEMARKS” you will find many articles of unknown quality as to how to protect band names. I’ll tell you this: unincorporated partnerships can be ugly things to unwind.