Jay-Z’s Rocawear sues defendant, gets an order, defendant alleges breacehs settlement order, Rocawear sues again.
Lyrics to Roc Boys. GirlTalk does a great mash-up of this song.
Complaint Rocawear Contempt
Counterfeit Chic: “Online Watchdog“:
Many luxury brands are increasing their online presence in an effort to boost sales — especially this Cyber Monday. Omega instead took out a full page ad in today’s WWD, advising shoppers to beware the internet lest they end up with watches that are counterfeit or otherwise substandard.
In case you wanted to learn the history of the Tootsie Roll Company, this complaint is reproduced below. Bonus question: spot the trademark that plaintiff mis-uses as a generic. Hint: it’s something that babies wear.
Complaint Tootsie Roll
ArsTechnica: “100 Groups Demand To See Secret Anticounterfeiting Treaty“:
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is on a fast-track process as rich nations hope to wrap it up by the end of the year. Unfortunately for everyone who cares about the outcome, it’s midway through September, and no draft text has yet emerged. The
TimesDaily.com: “‘Purse Guy’ gets two years in prison”:
U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced a Florence man to 24 months in prison and ordered him to pay $136,089 in restitution Thursday for selling counterfeit purses and other goods.
Dennis Oakley, 53, owner of two stores in the Shoals known as “The
Design You Trust: “World’s Most Counterfeited Fashion Brand”
Counterfeit Chic points out a somewhat ambiguous poster in China advising that the selling of fakes may constitute crime.
The Economist: “The Booming Trade in Fake Viagra, and Other Counterfeit Goods:
