2016

Playwright sues for damages after copyright complaint by Seuss estate results in cancelation of play. Plaintiff seeks declaration of non infringement (fair use), and damages from tortious interference.

NY Times coverage here.

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From the introduction:

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has developed the List under the auspices of the annual Special 301 process. USTR solicited comments regarding potential markets to highlight in this year’s List through a Request for Public Comments published in the Federal Register (WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV, Docket Number USTR-2016-0013). The List is

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2d Circuit dismisses LV infringement suit re MY OTHER BAG, canvas bag with photo of LV bag on one side, words ‘My Other Bar’ on the other side. Canvas bag is ‘conscious departure’ from LV bag.

Text of lower court decision in LV v My Other Bag.

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This is Diageo’s BULLEIT RYE Whiskey:

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It is sold in a (1) clear (2) canteen-shaped bottle with the trademark in (3) arched (4) embossed lettering above a (5) rectangular label (6) two thirds of the way down the bottle with (7) a divider between the trademark and product descriptor and (8) a border on the

We had an expert from an accounting firm give us a presentation yesterday about royalty audits. All sorts of bad things can occur with regard to collecting royalties from the licensee – the licensee may under count, may go bankrupt, etc. (hence the need to attend a presentation about royalty audits, so that we’ll draft

I was reading about the Pizzagate affair, where a 28 year-old, with an arrest record and substance-abuse problems, walked into a DC pizza place named Comet Ping Pong, and fired an AR-16 rifle several times. It was reported that he had driven up from North Carolina to ‘investigate’ rumors on the Internet that the

Plaintiffs owned CostaRica.com. Defendants allegedly hacked the admin info and substituted themselves as registrant (statement of facts begins at paragraph 13). They didn’t re-direct the site at first so Plaintiff’s website continued to resolve, and thus it didn’t learn of the hack at first. Now, plaintiff brings an in rem action, alleging rights in the