Plaintiff Budget Van Lines alleges that defendant MovingScam.com purports to be a review site of moving sites, not properly disclosing that it has ties to its favorably-rated moving companies.
Complaint Budget Van Lines Moving Scam
Real Conversation I Overheard
Friend 1: He works for Ugoigo.
Friend 2: Ooh-goy-joe?
Friend 1: Yeah “Ooh-goy-joe”
Friend2: What do they do?
Friend1: travel site.
Friend 2: Oh god, that’s my company’s site. It’s pronounced “I go, You go.” No one gets that – we have to re-brand.
SMARTIES v SMARTIES: Ce De Candy Sues Amazon For Selling Nestles SMARTIES
The boundaryless Internet vs national rights systems. Owner of US trademark for SMARTIES for candy sues Amazon for selling Nestles SMARTIES which apparently are like M&Ms, according to WIkipedia. Coverage here.
Compaint Ce de Amazon Smarties
Why Do Lawyers Send “Pre-Emptive” Letters?
I would be interested in hearing arguments for and against pre-emptive letters (as in – ‘please assure me that I’m not about to infringe your rights’) of the kind described in this case, Numatic International v Qualtex [2010] EWHC 1237 (Ch) e. It seems to be that there is little motivation for a rights owner
The Unofficial Carrier For The You-Know-What
WSC reports on FIFA’s attempts to prevent ambush marketing relating to the you-know-what. Afro-IP comments (and reproduces the ad in question).
6th Circuit Tarnishment Case (Victor’s Little Secret)
43Blog’s first take on this is pretty much right on target, IMHO.
Decision 6 Th Cir Mosley
Entertainment Industry Conference – June 16 – Century City
Designed for CPAs whose clients include film, music and production studios and related businesses; as well as business managers, attorneys, bankers, CPAs, CFOs and controllers who work in the entertainment industry.
Entertainment Industry Conference[1]
I Will Be Hosting A Discussion of The Final Episode Of LOST Tonight
Lucky’s Lounge, 355 Congress Street, 8 pm. We will be sharing the room with ‘Meet the Bloggers IIXLV.”
BlawgReview: ZAPATOS! The Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents Blog
In honor of the INTA Annual Meeting, I was asked to host Blawg Review this week (neither me nor Blawg Review having learned his lesson the last time). Once there were so few IP blogs, the name THE TRADEMARK BLOG was available. Now, there are so many, one of the few names left is
What I Really Want To Do At INTA Tonight Is Watch the LOST Finale
Where can a lot of us watch the last episode of LOST?