John Welch blogs about a precedental TTAB case holding that Section 44 of the Lanham Act doesn’t create a ‘famous marks’ cause of action here. He reproduces an email I sent to the INTA listserv, suggesting that maybe the Us should amend its act to include a cause of action that US companies have utilized
LIFE IS NUTZ v LIFE IS GOOD
LIFE IS NUTZ seeks declaration that it does not infringe LIFE IS GOOD.
Coverage here.
Complaint Life is Nutz
Shameless Self-Promotion
A blurb on a case of ours here.
Don’t Tase Me In Second Life, Bro
Virtual World News: Taser Sues Linden:
Taser International has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Linden Lab, reports Bloomberg, claiming the publisher is illegitimately selling virtual goods based on the Taser stun guns. the Second Life online virtual world creator over claims it sells unauthorized virtual versions of its stun guns.
Trademark Blog Virtual
“The Real Pirate Bay”
Umair Haque: “The Real Pirate Bay”
Set up a torrent tracker, get fined, go to jail.
Join a bank, destroy the economy, profit.
Three Years In A Barrel In Scotland, con’t
Scotsman: Chinese Offer Hope Of Action on Fake Scotch.
The Scotch Whisky Association has been campaigning for increased protection in China for some time. The whisky market for Scotch is worth £44 million a year to Scottish distillers and it is one of the fastest-growing in the world.
However, producers have been alarmed by
Hewlett-Packard Wants .HP Domain Name
Domain Name Wire: Hewlett-Packard Wants .HP Domain Name
I Don’t Think It’s The Dumbest Trademark Demand Letter I’ve Ever Seen
I mean, for sure, it seems to be one of those situations where no one would have ever learned of the sites GODLMANSACHS666.COM and GOLDMANSACHS13.COM, but for the demand letter, but the letter itself doesn’t have the misplaced certitude, the overblown rhetoric, the baseless imputation of evil to the recipient, and over-all lack of
“CNN Acquires CNNBrk Twitter Account”
BusinessInsider: CNN Acquires CNNBRK Twitter Account:
Hard to believe, but the CNN Twitter account racing Ashton Kutcher to 1 million subscribers wasn’t even under CNN’s (TWX) control until recently.
CNN has taken control of the @cnnbrkaccount — and its 944,000 followers — we’ve heard. We don’t know the transaction details, and are waiting to hear
ACPA Suit – uBid v GoDaddy
UBid has an incontestable registration in uBid. It has sued domain name registrat GoDaddy for various activities monetizing domain names that include the strings UBID and YOUBID. The meat of the allegations are in paras 22-26.
Complaint Ubid v Godaddy