I will be moderating an INTA Roundtable on the use of trademarks in packaging and advertising, this Thursday at our offices in White Plains.  We’re two minutes from the MetroNorth station.   Details here.

Owner of GLUTNY and pig design sues H&M over allegedly similar pig design (See exhibits to complaint).

 Complaint Glutny h & m Pig(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

New Jersey has a Truth in Music Act regarding the use of a name to promote a performance that may suggest a connection with a recording group. 3d Circuit discusses treatment of common law marks under the NJ act.

Decision 3d Circuit(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src…

Movie studios, when promoting movies such as The Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind, created original works, such as photographs of the stars in costume on the set, for use in posters and flyers and the like. Some of these promotional materials were published without notice, and under the 1909 Copyright Act, were…

Defendant removed photographer’s name from ‘gutter credit’ of photo.  Plaintiff brings Sec. 1202(c) DMCA claim, namely that copyright management information (CMI) had been removed.  Defendant argued that the section refers only to automated CMI.  3rd Circuit:

Therefore, we find that CMI, as defined in § 1202(c),
is not restricted to the context of “automated

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Actor leaves sitcom for new sitcom with different station. Actor had suggested ideas for scripts and characters in the first show, however his contributions did not rise to copyrightable authorship (such as his suggestion for the gossipy doorman). Sitcoms were found to be substantially similar.

Decision 1st Cir Tmtv(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”);…

PROTECT-IP Letter, Final(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();