The Government Advisory Committee to ICANN sent a letter (below) to ICANN advising it not to approve the new TLD Application Guidebook before certain questions were answered. Some commentators suggest that this may occur on Monday regardless while others think this might not be a good idea.
Here is a list of announced and/or
Owners of the luxury brands CHLOE, ALFRED DUNHILL, PANERAI and MONTBLANC sue Pakistani website TRADEKEY.COM and various ‘trading corporations’ in the CD Cal. Plaintiffs allege that Tradekey, a B2B ‘marketplace, facilitated counterfeiting by managing and ‘optimizing’ listings for goods it knew to be counterfeit. A TradeKey representative allegedly advised plaintiffs’ investigator that ‘replicas’ and ‘mirror
. . . or other words I have to look up the definition for before I use them, but my idle thought is that it seems that Righthaven’s legal troubles, namely that it may not have the standing to sue under its agreement relating to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s copyrights, are potentially solvable (if
Copyright assignment that merely assigns right to sue insufficient to create standing. Discussion here.
Decision Right Haven Standing(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); })();
Complaint Icloud Apple(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); })();
We are proud to advise Makerbot, maker of 3-D printers. Makerbot’s CEO, Bre Pettis, appeared on Colbert this week.
Apple owns application 85/097,331 for the configuration of its glass cube store. Its successful brief arguing that it has obtained secondary meaning is reproduced below.
The mark consists of:
the distinctive design and layout of a retail store comprised of a cube-shaped building constructed almost exclusively of transparent glass, with transparent glass walls and roof,
Kurt Pritz, Sr. VP of Stakeholder Relations of ICANN, testified before the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, on May 4. Representative Coble asked various questions and ICANN has submitted additional information. In additional to a technical question regarding the ability of a brand-owner to wind down its own ‘brand registry’ if
Najjar Employment Law Group seeks declaration that it is not infringing registrations for THE EMPLOYMENT LAW GROUP, owned by a DC firm. No, the registrations are not incontestable.
Complaint Employment Law Group(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); })();
The NYIPLA will be presenting its half-day program on trademarks June 14. Win Valuable CLE Credits!! I will be speaking on Notice and Takedown for Trademarks.