Ad networks including AOL, Conde Nast, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo announce best practice guidelines. The beginning of notice and takedown for trademarks? Coverage here, text of guidelines:
U.S. companies that offer “Ad Networks” in the U.S., as further defined below, are committed to maintaining high quality standards for advertisers and publishers and at the
Long-time readers of The Trademark Blog are aware of my fascination with the Gabbanelli Accordion Company (prior posts here and here). Imagine my excitement when I see the caption ‘Gabbanelli v Hermes’ and imagine my disappointment upon reading the complaint and learning that defendant is some other Hermes.
gabanelli v hermes
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I speak about the EMECO NAVY CHAIR a little bit in my LAW OF SHAPES TO COME talk because it’s one of those controversial shape trademarks – chairs where the original manufacturer tends to sue on trademark a bit (prior blog post here), and, let’s face it, you see them around. I took
WIPO decides a Legal Rights Objection in favor of Google’s application for the TLD .HOME. The objection had been based on US trademark rights in TRUHOME.
tld objection re .home
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Carnegie Learning sues Scholastic over ‘greater than’ symbol.
carnegie v scholastic
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Coverage here.
Probably not the right week for this photo to go viral.
wendy frosty v frosties
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Apparently there is a small-box fitness training industry.
crssfit v crossfit
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Plaintiff sells SOLAREZ and other -REZ suffix brands for resin-based products. Sues former distributor over DURAREZ.
solarez v durarez
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The latest on ‘advertising injury’ clause interpretation. The clause covered slogans or titles. The underlying infringement action involved pocket stitching on apparel. If the language was unambiguous, there is a strong preference to enforce the insurer’s duty to defend. The stitching was definitely not a slogan. When the underlying action was filed, there was sufficient
Entrepreneur Magazine sues ENTREPRENEURESS.
If you were a cynic, you could point out that perhaps it is indicative of the state of entrepreneurship and of IP law in the US, that IP rights are used to make it difficult to use the word ENTREPRENEUR to describe information about entrepreneurs, or to even coin new words