Mystic Krewe of Mardi Paws receives demand letter from Have A Heart Through Art, owner of registration for MARDI PAWS.
Citizens United vs Citizens United Not Timid
Washington Times: Inside Politics:
Two organizations with slightly different names are united in their opposition to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign. And now they may be united in a trademark dispute.
Citizens United, the conservative group headed by David Bossie that just released its sixth documentary, “Hillary: The Movie,” has sent a cease-and-desist
You Be The TTAB
QUESTIONARY THE GAME OF SMART QUESTIONS and design, for board games vs PICTIONARY for ‘equipment sold as a unit for playing a board game.’ Assume the goods are legally identical and travel in the same trade channels.
Answer on Friday.
DJ Action: AIRPOD v IPOD
Apple threatens an opposition against Plaintiff’s application for AIRPOD for air purifiers. Plaintiff brings declaratory judgment action against Apple arguing that AIRPOD for its products is not confusingly similar to Apple’s IPOD products. The complaint does not allege that Apple threatened a civil proceeding.
BlueAir v. Apple, Inc., 08 C 427 (ND Illinois Jan
ESPN Relies on CDM Fanstasy League Case To Renoegiote Licensing Fees
Sports-law Blog: ESPN Relies (in part) on CDM Fantasy League Case To Renegotiate Licensing Fees:
In today’s edition of Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal (subscription required), John Ourand and Eric Fisher report that ESPN is renegotiating its digital rights deal with MLB Advanced Media, looking to pay a significantly lower fee after finding several
Scientologists Protest Gawker Use of Cruise Video
MediaPost: Scientologists Threaten Gawker Media With Legal Action Over Cruise Video:
WHEN A NINE-MINUTE VIDEO OF Tom Cruise touting the Church of Scientology hit the Web recently, the group quickly sent out takedown notices. Many publishers complied, but not Gawker Media’s Nick Denton.
Now, the notoriously litigious Scientologists have complained to Gawker that the
Clint Eastwood Says ‘Cut’ To Eastwood Chair
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