
Owners of RENS (all-black basketball team from the ’30’s) trademark protest use by Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
Likelihood of Confusion
UNKER’S Medicated Salve v UNKER’S Medicated Salve

Patrick Henry, Dinah Henry and the United Israel Church v. Pro 10 Originals and Gerald Doerr, 08 CV 138 (D Wyoming May 28 2008), over use of UNKER’S for medicated salves:
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SEXY HAIR vs SO SEXY

Dateline: Milan, New York and Japan:
AmLaw Daily: “Can Victoria’s Secret Trademark “So Sexy”?“:
The word “sexy” is at the center of a trademark battle between lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret and a California company claiming it used the adjective first to describe a line of hair care products. At issue is whether Victoria’s
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“Here I Come To Save The Day”
TUAW: “Company Sues CBS and Apple Over “Mighty Mouse“:
A firm named Man and Machine is suing both Apple and CBS for trademark infringement for using the Mighty Mouse name to describe a computer input device. Man and Machine makes hygenic water- and chemical-resistant keyboards and mice for hospitals and laboratories.
Mighty Mouse
Terraserver.com v Microsoft
Former Bank Members’ Use Not So Chic
Internetcase.com: “Former band members’ use of service mark is not so Chic:”
Rogers v. Wright, No. 04-1149, 2008 WL 857761 (S.D.N.Y. March 31, 2008)
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued a permanent injunction restricting the use of the service mark CHIC in connection with musical performances
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Juicy Couture v Juicy Campus

Juicy Couture sues Lime Blue, owner of juicycampus.com, a college gossip site which has allegedly been selling JUICY CAMPUS apparel. Coverage here.
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Societes des Bains etc. v. MGM Mirage (Monte Carlo?)
Societes Des Bains De Mer et Du Cercles Des Etrangers a Monaco v. MGM Mirage, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Societes Des Bains De Mer et Du Cercles Des Etrangers a Monaco
Defendant: MGM Mirage, Inc. and Victoria Partners, L.P.
Case Number: 1:2008cv03157
Filed: March 28, 2008
Court: New York Southern District Court
The complaint is…
Phenomenon Licensing v MySpace
Extensive discussion of lawsuit against MySpace by the Las Vegas Trademark Attorney here.
A Variant Of The Tautological Problem WIth “Natural Areas Of Expansion”

Softbelly sold SCREENIE BEANIES, bean bag toys with chamois bellies to be used in wiping a computer screens.
Softbelly’s objects to the judge’s having permitted Ty
to present evidence of “Beanie” products that Ty marketed
after “Screenie Beanies” entered the market. Obviously
those products could not be used to show that the “Beanie
Babies” trademark
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