Funeral home disolves, funeral director may or may not have agreed to not use his name pursuant to a non-compete clause, uses his name with new funeral home, old funeral home uses his name, lawsuit.
Nieberg et al v. Nieberg Midwood Chapel Inc., 08 CV 00392 (SDNY Jan 16 2008).
Previous surname cases here.
Absolutely Scrabulous?
MSNBC: “Facebook Asked To Remove ‘Scrabulous’
Merriam-Webster tells us that SCRABBLE is derived from the Dutch word schrabbelen, or to scratch. HARDSCRABBLE suggests a ‘hard scrape’ in farming marginal land. Many U.S. dictionaries identify the board game as the first definition of the word SCRABBLE, and ‘scramble’ or ‘scribble’ as secondary definitions.
USOC v Olympic Cellars
STL: Olympic Committee Says Olympic Cellars Must Turn Away Some Customers:
The crux of the story is the USOC has demanded that the winery, which has used “Olympic” in its name for 15 years, make more explicit reference to the Olympic Peninsula on its Web site and stop selling to persons who live outside
Georgetown Law Event Re TTAB Practice
43(B)log: Upcoming Trademark Event At Georgetown.
Boing Boing: Car Owners Are Pirates If They Distribute Pictures Of Their Own Cars
Boing Boing: Car Owners Are Pirates If They Distribute Pictures Of Their Own Cars:
“The folks at BMC (Black Mustang Club) automotive forum wanted to put together a calendar featuring members’ cars, and print it through CafePress. Photos were submitted, the layout was set, and… CafePress notifies the site admin that pictures of Ford
Look, It’s About Driving Traffic
Connection between the Wonder Woman character and Playboy’s content discussed here. More reaction here.
Any excuse to recall the Air Pirates case.
43(B)log on Splenda Case and Private Labels
43(B)log discusses the recent SPLENDA case (McNeil Nutritionals, LLC v. Heartland Sweeteners, LLC, — F.3d —-, 2007 WL 4478981 (3d Cir.) and its treatment of the use of house marks in mitigating confusion by ‘lookalike’ house brands.
Text Of Complaint in Sneaky Chef Case
Via TheSmokingGun, text of complaint in Lapine and Sneaky Chef v. Jessica Seinfeld and Jerry Seinfeld (alleging copyright and trademark infringement, and defamation).
ICANN Report On Domain Tasting
ICANN: GNSO Initial Report on Domain Tasting
Conclusion: Domain Tasting is of ‘significant concern’ and therefore there should be a ‘policy development process’ to ‘explore policy changes.’
The Power Of The Purse
NY Times: The Power of the Purse (Video of Deborah Solomon asking New Yorkers about designer handbags).