Counterfeit Chic and the case of the scrimshaw bracelets.
Who Is This?
Hint: inspiration for one of the better selling U.S. novels of all time.
Discussion of the cover of Jonathan Livingston Seagull garnering zero % unaided awareness here.
This Year’s Model
Levi Strauss: CYA Tactics Re Back Pocket Stitching?
Levi Strauss owns registrations that cover the design of the back pockets, such as this one:
which is described as:
“a double arcuate and tab design shown on the shape of a pocket, as indicated by a solid line. The lining and shading shown in the drawing are features of the mark and not intended
Trade Dress Protection In A Web Page
Why are there not more decisions regarding the trade dress of a web page? Is it because copyright preempts most such claims? Magazine covers have been awarded trade dress protection,Time Inc. v. Globe Communications Corp., 712 F.Supp. 1103 (S.D.N.Y. 1989), why not web pages? (I’ve been puzzling about the trade dress of magazine
The Penumbra Of Marilyn Monroe and Betty Crocker and Aunt Jemima
Plaintiff winery licensed the MARILYN MONROE name and likeness from the Monroe licensing entity, and sold wine under the MARILYN MONROE brand for many years, displaying a succession of images of Marilyn on its labels, over the years. At one point it also licensed the copyright in a famous nude photograph of Marilyn on Red
Evel Knievel Sues Kanye West And AOL Over ‘Evel Kanyevel”
TheSmokingGun provides a copy of the complaint filed by Evel Knievel in the Middle District of Florida, alleging that musician Kanye West infringed Mr. Knievel’s rights in his name, likeness and jumpsuit (I’m serious about the jumpsuit), by portraying a character named EVEL KANYEVEL who attempts to leap a canyon in a rocket, in his
STRIP HOUSE v STRIP STEAK (On The Strip)
WSJ Law Blog: “How Dare You Copy Our Goose Fat Fried Potatoes” (Owner of STRIP HOUSE protests use of name STRIP STEAK and trade dress in Las Vegas).
Trade Dress of Chair
Just For The Taste Of It
Discussion of COCAINE energy drink here.