CNET: Hasbro drops ‘Scrabulous’ lawsuit As of this morning, there were 425k monthly active users for Habro’s Scrabble on Facebook, the international version had 276k and Wordscraper, the Agarwalla Brothers’ re-named version, had 195k.
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Defamation and DJ Action Against Coach Over Counterfeiting Allegations
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Decaratory Judgement
Perfect Bride v Momma’s Boys
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Copyright
Owners of rights in PERFECT BRIDE Turkish reality show re mothers arranging marriages for their sons sue Ryan Seacrest’s company re MOMMA’S BOYS show.
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Analysis of Brown M&M Prohibition Clause
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Contracts
Smoking Gun discusses Van Halen’s contractual demands that there be no brown M&Ms supplied to it. It had nothing to do with M&Ms.
Reputation Without Use Of Trademarks In The US
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Famous Marks
WSJ On Use Of Another’s Trademark
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Trademark Fair Use
WSJ: Gild By Association (discussion of various forms of marketing involving a third party’s trademark such as ambush marketing, comparative advertising and parody).
“Google Could Be Heading For Copyright Spat Over Digital Magazine Move”
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Copyright
Computer Weekly: “Google Could Be heading For Copyright Spat Over Digital Magazine Move” HT CopyrightLaw on Twitter.
And Most Importantly You, The Customer
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Counterfeits
Jay-Z’s Rocawear sues defendant, gets an order, defendant alleges breacehs settlement order, Rocawear sues again.
Lyrics to Roc Boys. GirlTalk does a great mash-up of this song.
Complaint Rocawear Contempt
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Text of Complaint: Free Software Group Sues Cisco Over GNU License
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Copyright
Information Week: “Free Software Group Sues Cisco For Open Source Violations”
Comlaint FSF Cisco GNU
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“A Requiem For Cease & Desist”
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Miscellany
Plagiarism Today: “A Requiem For Cease & Desist”