ICANN asked that the FTC look into whether anything Vox Populi (registry for .SUCKS) may done as illegal. The FTC responds: “now you ask?”
Add this incident to the “What is ICANN, Anyway?” case file. Is it a regulator? A standards-setting body? A trade association? A FIFA-like Chimera that sees itself operating outside the laws
The 50 earliest Sherlock Holmes stories are in the public domain. The Conan Doyle Estate alleges that the last ten stories are still under copyright. It alleges that a novel about Sherlock Holmes in his retirement, A Slight Trick of the Mind, and the upcoming movie based on that novel, copy elements of those
WD Wash:
If You Negotiate W/ Def, Ask That They Agree To Waive SoL/Laches First
Eat Right v Whole Foods
http://t.co/D8NH7U81pj
— TrademarkBlog (@TrademarkBlog) May 25, 2015
"Original" as a Misstatement under 43(a)1(B)
The Original Bomb Pop v The Original Firecracker Pop
SDNY
http://t.co/jIuviIUycu
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"Original" as a Misstatement under 43(a)1(B)
The Original Bomb Pop
"No coherent recitation of facts"
http://t.co/2QXBasU5ru
— TrademarkBlog (@TrademarkBlog) May 25, 2015
ND CAL:
WII PLAY MOTION not counterfeit of PLAYMOTION!
http://t.co/6dnK4Kjper
— TrademarkBlog (@TrademarkBlog) May 25, 2015
BAD SPANIELS v JACK DANIELS
(another dog parody)
Discussion of DJ Pltf defining Def's trade dress http://t.co/8lVUSteT64
— TrademarkBlog (@TrademarkBlog) May 25, 2015
BAIG v. COCA-COLA
If the D Ct 'forgets' about a claim but says 'case terminated,' the case is final and appealable
http://t.co/QYrivyxvMK
— TrademarkBlog (@TrademarkBlog) April 21, 2015
BAIG v. COCA-COLA
7 Cir
NATURALLY is generic and ZERO is descriptive so NATURALLY ZERO is not protectable
http://t.co/QYrivyxvMK
— TrademarkBlog (@TrademarkBlog) April 21, 2015
Pro Se plaintiffs usually given
Slants CAFC ex parte appeal.pdf by martyschwimmer
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Plaintiff’s play 3C is a deconstruction of the TV sitcom Three’s Company. 3C has a much darker tone. For example, Three’s Company’s basic ‘situation’ is a that a hetero man pretends to be gay so that the landlord allows him to share an apartment with two women. In 3C, the man really is gay,