Alibaba fails to show that defendant promoting ALIBABACOIN crypto-currency, has minimum contacts with NY.
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10,000 Dead Bugs and All Similarly Situated
My colleagues Mel Garner, Rob Isackson, Lauren Emerson and I co-authored an amicus brief on behalf of the New York IP Law Association, filed in a Federal Circuit appea, Syngenta v Willowood. We argued that FIFRA, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, does not preclude application of the Copyright Act, and thus a copyright
DNC sues Russia, Trump, Wikileaks, and many others
Democratic National Committee sues, among others, Russia, Wikileaks, the Trump Campaign, and many others, over DNC email hack
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ExxonMobil Moves To Dissolve 1967 Injunction Against use of ESSO Trademark
ExxonMobil moves to dissolve an injunction from 1967 enjoining it from using the mark ESSO in several southern states. Seems to be too much background to get into during working hours. Here’s some.
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Alibaba v AlibabaCoin (for an ICO)
TRO signed by use of ALIBABACOIN for Dubai-based ICO venture. Memo of law below.
News coverage here
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Text of Decision in SDNY Cybersquatting Gripe Site case: McAllister Olivarius v McAllisterOlivariusTruth.com
Law firm McAllister Olivarius sues a client for unpaid bills. Client registers the domain name McallisterOlivariusTruth.com. Law firm sues for cybersquatting. Client moves to dismiss. Motion to dismiss denied.
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Blockchain Nation v Blockchain Nation
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NY Court Of Appeals: Modern Beach-Going Young Woman Not Identifiable As Lindsay Lohan
Lohan v Take-Two Interactive:
Lindsay Lohan’s New York right of publicity suit against the publishers of Grand Theft Auto, arising from use of avatar Lohan asserted was a ‘portrait’ of her, dismissed by NY Court of Appeals:
“.. . we conclude that the amended complaint was properly dismissed because the
artistic renderings are indistinct, satirical
D NJ: No Personal Jurisdiction Over Hallmark Cards in New Jersey
Appeal of TTAB inter partes decision to district court: Neither general nor specific jurisdiction over Hallmark Cards in New Jersey.
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Viacom v Hearrt re Paw Patrol Characters
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