Cubaexport, partner of Pernod, was barred from renewing its US registration for HAVANA CLUB under a 1998 law making trademarks confiscated by the Cuban government unenforceable.
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TrueTarget v OnTarget for apps that provide car valuations.
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2010 saw WIPO’s highest level of UDRPs, ever.
Cheap joke.
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Personal jurisdiction is a matter of state law. NY copyright owner (Penguin) sues Oregon/Arizona entity in New York for uploading copyrighted works onto website. The Federal District Court dismisses for lack of long arm jurisdiction under NY’s statute. Looking to NY’s highest court for interpretation of its state statute, the Second Circuit certified the following
For a business that sold fictional characters with extraordinary or superhuman characters, would you say that SUPERHERO is a brand name or a common name?
Law firm files for SUPERHERO LAWYERS for legal services. Marvel and DC, co-owners of incontestable registrations for SUPERHERO, oppose. Notice of opposition, with funny drawings, reproduced below, as well as
Somebody registered SYLVANFRANCHISEISSUES.COM and posted information about ‘issues’ that franchisees allegedly have with the SYLVAN franchise. Sylvan alleges that some of this information is false and defamatory.
If you’re in the mood, read Lamparello v Falwell and Bosely v Kremer to start thinking about the ACPA analysis of ‘critical’ websites.
If Sylvan can prove defamation,