Me (voiceover): The following is a conflation of real events, dramatized for anecdotal value.

FX (sound effects): Fog Horn. Footsteps on pavement.

Me (voiceover): Through discovery, I had obtained the name and address of someone who allegedly was responsible for paying for advertisements that promoted counterfeits. Let’s call him John Doe of Any Town, USA.…

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There were 260 third-party domain names reflecting our client’s trademark. The names either directed to active counterfeit sites or pages o’ links leading to those sites. We brought an action and now the names belong to our client. The sites now bear a warning to consumers about counterfeit goods.

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Hornets ‘re-launch’ I’M IN campaign. Owner of I’M IN registration sues. The Hornets should be watchable this year, what with Davis and Rivers.

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Article by friend of the blog Jon Wyness of MW Trademarks on the registrability, or lack thereof, in the EC, of three dimensional shapes, such as chocolate bunnies.

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Flowers Bakeries Brands, Inc. sued Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC) (now Hostess) for trademark infringement, among other claims, alleging that IBC’S NATURE’S PRIDE and NATURE’S CHOICE trademarks for packaged breads were confusingly similar to Flowers’ NATURE’S OWN trademark. IBC’s insurer refused to defend IBC. IBC sought a declaration that insurer had a duty to defend IBC.…

THIS AMERICAN LIFE v THIS AMERICAN STARTUP, both used in relation to, among other things, podcasts. We contributed to NPR and got a flash drive with several years’ worth of TAL podcasts. Interesting to note that host Ira Glass owns the trademark jointly with Chicago Public Media.

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In honor of the Olympics I’m posting a John Doe complaint filed by the Nassau Colliseum (where my wife and I saw the Dead play in the early 90’s). Also the original home of the New York Nets. We’ve discussed John Doe complaints before – this one caught my eye because it’s not brought by…