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Energizer Bunny v Duracell Bunny
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Infringement and/or Breach of Contract and/or Fraud
Discussion of pleading standards in SDNY re trademark infringement and/or breach of a license agreement and/or fraud.
Decision Houbigant Breach Contract Fraud Infirngment
Giardiniera-Variety Trademark Case
From our continuing series of trademark cases involving garnishes, here is a memo of law from the owner of the SCALA mark for giardiniera, a pepper-based sauce for meatball and sausage sandwiches. Plaintiff believes that it terminated defendant as licensee. Defendant states on its website that it purchased the giardiniera business from plaintiff.
Memo Tro
Who Is The LAWYER OF LOVE?
Playboy sues divorce lawyer/former columnist/former Playboy model, for filing application for LAWYER OF LOVE (name of her Playboy column). I would assume LAWYER OF LOVE was a generic term for trademark lawyer. Defendant owns a registration for the mark LIFE’S SHORT, GET A DIVORCE. Background here.
Complaint Lawyer of Love Playboy
Oral Contract Not Worth The Email They’re Printed Out On
Plaintiff, movie distributor (The Weinstein Company), attempts to obtain exclusive license to distribute movie. It emails producer “We confirm that we accept your offer.” Producer immediately emails back “we’re going over the terms, we’ll get back to you.” (my paraphrase). Then producer does the deal with a different distributor. Distributor attempts to argue either (1)
Indiana Supreme Court On Web Development Gone Wrong
I agree with Prof Goldman and Prof Volokh on this one: this is an excellent intro to true everyday cyber law: website customer has payment dispute with website developer so developer ‘seizes’ the site. Contracts, conversion and copyright discussed.
License Agreement As Art
A meditation on a ‘user generated submission’ license agreement.
The Tampa Bay Rowdies Don’t Own the TAMPA BAY ROWDIES Mark?
For soccer and contracts fans:
Tampa Bay Rowdies Complaint
Further To Yesterday’s Discussion of Contracts of Adhesion . . .
. . . here is a blurb indicating that the 9th Circuit held that a clause waiving cell phone customer’s rights to bring a class action was unconscionable and unenforceable. HT Venkat.