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Recently Filed Trademark Lawsuits
Sensient Technologies Corporation et al v. SensoryFlavors, Inc. et al
Missouri Eastern District Court
Filed: March 10, 2008
Plaintiff: Sensient Technologies Corporation, Sensient Flavors LLC Defendant: SensoryFlavors, Inc., Performance Chemicals & Ingredients Co., Diehl Food Ingredients, Inc., Highlander Partners, L.P.
Case Number: 4:2008cv00336
Innovation Ventures, LLC v. N2G Distributing, Incorporated et al
Michigan Eastern District
“Lawsuit Response Claims Harassment By Hershey”
PennLive,com: “Lawsuit Response Claims Harassment By Hershey”
Lanham Act Applied To Statements Made In Brazil
North American sub of Software AG enters into contract with US corporation and its Brazilian agent to provide support in Brazil for Software AG’s Brazilian customers. There was a dispute and the contract was terminated, leaving the Brazilian agent exposed in its support commitments. The Brazilian agent then made statements in Brazil to its customers
Most Interesting Post of the Week (IP Division)
. . . and the award goes to “Ricky Gervais Inspires Copyright Opinion” (Prof Patry).
Recently Filed Trademark Lawsuits
Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) v. IDK, Incorporated et al
Maryland District Court
Filed: March 6, 2008
Plaintiff: Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) Defendant: IDK, Incorporated, IDK Properties, LLC, Ira K Kogod
Case Number: 8:2008cv00605
Yellowstone Valley Brewing v. Luxco
Montana District Court
Filed: March 6, 2008
Plaintiff: Yellowstone Valley Brewing, Yellowstone Valley Brewing Defendant: Luxco
Case Number: 1:2008cv00040
“UDRP: The Liabilities for the Corporations and/or their Lawyers”
CircleID: “The Liabilities for the Corporations and/or their Lawyers“:
This post is based on the scenario that a trademark.tld domain name is registered with a UK ICANN accredited registrar, (they have an exclusive UK jurisdiction clause in their contracts), the trademark.tld criticism website located at that domain name is strictly non-commercial, the servers
Res Judicata and On-going Disputes
43(B)log: “False Claims To Retailers Violate Lanham Act”
“The current case concerned allegedly false claims that the Dyson model DC18 doesn’t lose suction and that it is the “most powerful lightweight” vacuum cleaner. This suit was filed four months after an earlier false advertising suit was settled and dismissed with prejudice. . . .
AIRBORNE Descends
Airborne Herbal Supplement has annual sales of $300 mil., is apparently not a miracle cold-buster but is “an overpriced, run-of-the-mill vitamin pill that’s been cleverly, but deceptively, marketed,” according to lead plaintiff in a suit that has resulted in a settlement under which Airborne will pay a $23.3 mil. settlement, including refunds to purchasers of
