2009

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Plaintiffs Soccer United Marketing and Major League Soccer have a dominant position in marketing soccer (FIFA and MLS) in the U.S. It grants sector licenses and Makita is the ‘offical power tool’ of plaintiffs. Defendant Black & Decker’s DeWalt sub allegedly practiced ‘ambush marketing’ by offering ticket giveaways and tail-gate parties associated with soccer. Plaintiffs

Plaintiff alleges that Baidu, China’s largest search engine, infirnged its copyrights. Held: (1) Baidu’s designated US agent, CT Corp., may limit its agency to service of process to matters relating only to securities; and (2) Baidu’s NASDAQ listing constitutes insufficient contacts for purposes of NY personal jurisdiction.
Decision Baidu Service Personal Jursidiction

Penguin Group prevails on summary judgment regarding interpretation of contract with Steinbeck estate regarding “The Pearl,” which I read in seventh grade and didn’t particularly care for due to unhappy ending. Also, some anxiety wrt scorpions due to book.
Decison Steinbeck Estate

WSJ: Kills 99.9% of Germs – Under Some Lab Conditions:

Everything from hand-sanitizing liquids to products like computer keyboards, shopping carts and tissues tout that they kill 99.9%, or 99.99%, of common bacteria and fungi.
But some of these numbers look like the test scores in a class with a very generous grading curve.