2018

the history of swiping left and swiping right detailed.

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Justia’s summary:

The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary judgment for defendants and its order denying attorneys’ fees in a copyright case alleging infringement of pornographic content. The panel held that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor applied to defendants because the material at issue was stored at the direction of the

Anthem Sports LLC v. Under the Weather, LLC, 17cv596 (D. Conn. March 6 2018)

Patent and trademark dispute relating to small tents for viewing outdoor sports. As 43(B)log points out, the judge used the term SPORTSPOD generically in the decision, which doesn’t bode well for the trademark claim.

Calling something a shoddy knockoff is

Class action claims relating to Kind Bar’s use of ‘all natural’ ansd ‘non-GMO’ will be stayed pending the FDA doing science.

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Plaintiff files copyright infringement suit. Defendant serves Rule 68 offer of judgement. Defendant files motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiff withdraws complaint without prejudice. Defendant moves for fees and costs under Rule 68, and/or as a prevailing party under Section 505 of the Copyright Act.

Because the case terminated due to plaintiff’s

For purposes of this discussion, the day you file a trademark application is referred to as your ‘priority date.’

If this is the first application an applicant files for a specific mark for specific goods/services in a ‘convention country’ (which is pretty much every country) where the applicant has what is referred to as a