2012

The now searchable  list of defendants in an infringement action brought by Burberry (SDNY 1:12-cv-00479-TPG) (complaint not on ECF)
John Doe 1
QIAO RENFENG A/KA QIU YANYANG AIKIA LIN RUI A/K/A CHEN DERONG A/K/ A XUE BINXUAN A/K/A YONGBO LI A/KIA XIAO JINGJING A/KIA JIANG AI A/KIA XUZHEYE XUZHEYE A/KIA XU ZHEYE A/KIA ZHOUMINMIN AIKIA…

Sorority sues terminated licensee.

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WD Texas (Nov 2011): Judge dismisses defendant flea market’s motion to dismiss LV’s contributory trademark complaint on the pleadings (top document). Footnote 3 addressing policing burden: The argument that defendants are ‘impermissibly burdened’ is ‘unpersuasive.’ “Avoidance of contributory infringement does not require a flea-market owner to take precautions against the sale of counterfeit goods or…

I get a lot of comment spam, some of which appears to be keyed to the content of a post. So if I mention UGGS in a post, it’s often the case that some UGGS knock-off site (or more likely, their affiliate advertiser) will attempt to leave a comment that advertises the knock-off and links…

This should be a law school exam question, not a lawsuit.

Plaintiff, “Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc” (“Campaign”) alleges that it ‘has the exclusive right to use’ the mark RON PAUL as a trademark and trading name for “providing political consulting and information dissemination services. ..”  Unknown defendants distributed an attack video disparaging…

CNN International called me.  They had two ‘experts’ lined up on either side to debate SOPA and one had canceled so they going to replace them with a middle of a roader, and someone had recommended me.  I dashed to the Time Warner Center, and I saw Jessica Alba in the make-up room.  Really.  During…

Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today (re-org, not dissolution). It used to be the archetypal famous mark. Some jurisdictions used the term “Kodak Mark” to signify the category of marks entitled to 6(bis) protection. In fact, a case prohibiting the use of KODAK for bicycles is an ancestor of dilution law, and gave rise…