2013

Victory Outreach owns a registration for VICTORY OUTREACH. Third party uses VICTORY OUTREACH and obtains Twitter handle @victoryoutreach. Plaintiff contacts Twitter, which declines to terminate account. Plaintiff sues Twitter on contributory liability theory.

victory outreach v twitter
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Justia Opinion summary: Former starting quarterback for Arizona State University, Samuel Keller, filed a putative class action suit against EA, alleging that EA violated his right of publicity under California Civil Code 3344 and California common law by using Keller’s likeness as part of the “NCAA Football” video game series. EA moved to strike

pink-logo

This is interesting. Thomas Pink makes fancy dress shirts, primarily for men, and Victoria’s Secret makes various fashion and beauty products, primarily for women. T Pink appears to have used THOMAS PINK in the US since 1984. VS has a boatload of PINK-variant registrations dating back to 2001. There is a UK litigation brought by

The most exciting complaint you’ll read this week. Surveillance equipment! Sophisticated Satellite phones that only work in the Middle East and Africa! Fraudulent Misrepresentations! Starring W.W. Williams and ten John Does.

williams v google
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Defendant David B. Birnbaum did business in the financial field as David Guggenheim. The owners of the GUGGENHEIM mark for investment services sue. Birnbaum behaved badly during the district court portion of the suit and had a default judgment entered against him. He appealed. Second Circuit: (1) When is a decision a final appealable decision