Defendant’s website passively listed information and had an 800 number. No personal jurisdiction in Ohio.
Decision Hague Puretech Personal Jurisdiction
GAO Report On Counterfeiting: More Study needed
GAO: Observations on Efforts to Quantify the Economic Effects of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods
Three widely cited U.S. government estimates of economic losses resulting from counterfeiting cannot be substantiated due to the absence of underlying studies. Generally, the illicit nature of counterfeiting and piracy makes estimating the economic impact of IP infringements extremely difficult, so
Please Share This On Facebook
I logged onto CNN.COM and immediately noticed my friend’s name next to a CNN headline. What? After some confusion, I realized that CNN has installed Facebook’s Open Graph Plug-in. This article will explain it better than I will, but I’ll try any way. My friend must have indicated that she had ‘liked’ a
Scorpion Bowls At The Hong Kong
If the expression ‘Scorpion Bowls at the Hong Kong’ has secondary meaning to you, then contact me and we can plan an expedition there for INTA.
Get Your Hot News Compaint Here
Dow Jones sues under hot news doctrine.
Complaint Dow Jones Hot News
“Planted” Articles About Spoiled Spices Not Actionable Under 43(a)
I agree with 43(B)log: this ‘commercial speech’ case has interesting ramifications wrt ‘anonymous’ plants and false advertising:
The FDA seized one shipment of plaintiff’s product (West Indian spices) because it was tainted. A local newspaper targeting the West Indian community reported on the seizure in an article that ‘reads as if’ it were written by
Jay Z Has 99 Problems and David Ortiz Is Two Of Them
Jay Z owns in part the 40/40 nightclubs in NY, Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Boston Red Sox (Sock?) David Ortiz has allegedly patronized the clubs and opened up a club by that name in the Dominican Republic. The Name LLC, the owner of 40/40 mark, has sued Ortiz in the DR and is now
Jersey Shore Abroad: WIPO To Provide Dispute Resolution For TV Show Format Industry
WIPO to Provide Dispute Resolution Services for TV Show Format Industry:
WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center) and the Format Recognition and Protection Association (FRAPA) are to join forces later this month in providing alternative dispute resolution services to address problems of format plagiarism or the unauthorized copying of television (TV) formats, such
Kapitaal: Short Video On Brands
KAPITAAL from STUDIO SMACK on Vimeo.
The Unsolved Genericide of TRAMPOLINE
I’m inclined towards the belief that genericide happens far less frequently than is believed (aspirin, escalator, zipper, yo-yo , thermos (with an asterisk) and very few others). Today’s NY Times ran an obituary of the inventor of the trampoline which makes the claim that George Nissen, added an ‘e’ to the Spanish word for diving