Plaintiff owns registrations for REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. Defendant refers to itself as a ‘restoration branch’ and uses the term “Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of LDS: Devon Part Restoration Branch.” Most of this case is straight-forward. Defendant pleads abandonment as a defense and the court rejects that argument.
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The works of plaintiff were uploaded without authorization to the Photobucket service. When plaintiff sent a DMCA-compliant notice, Photobucket removed the material. Plaintiff apparently got tired of sending DMCA notices and sued Photobucket, arguing that h was not entitled to DMCA protection. It made a general ‘Photobucket should have known’ or “Photobucket should have taken
ok. It’s not an App Store, it’s a mobile download service. Say, I just licensed the Angry Birds software suite from the mobile download service offered by my cellular telephony provider’s hand-held phone with PC-functionality. Just joshin.’
Here is an excerpt from Apple’s first response to the descriptiveness objection (that it overcame) when it applied
. . . make ECF mandatory? It isn’t, so I don’t have a copy of the Apple v Amazon complaint.
Air802, manufacturer of wireless products, sues Amazon for alleged infringement of AIR802 trademark.
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San Francisco tour operator sues Groupon for buying keywords such as NAPA WINE TOURS, placing such terms in its keyword ads in its ads, regardless of whether it was offering coupons for such services, in order to inflate its keyword placement.
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Virginia Tech is a state university in Virginia. The university’s athletic teams are known as the HOKIES. Also, “many or most Virginia Tech alumni recognize themselves as Hokies are proud members of the so-called Hokie Nation, in recognition of their affiliation with Virgina Tech.” Remember my article on Who Dat? Virginia Tech has an incontestable
This Chrysler Super Bowl commercial introduced the tagline ‘Imported from Detroit.’ Defendant immediately started selling t-shirts with the slogan. The complaint is a good read as it tells the stirring story of the commercial. Personally, I like the “This is the Motor City. This is what we do” slogan better. It conveys confidence and competence
If OHIM doesn’t receive your papers in time, it won’t consider them, even if you live far away from Alicante.
DJ Action: ICEBREAKER for apparel v ICE and ICEBERG for apparel