WSJ (free for a change) article on piracy in the U.S. of non-U.S. brands (in this case, Mexican and Filipino).
Quibble: The statement that US trademark applications can go through WIPO (which I would describe as a NGO and not an advocacy group) is correct but mis-leading as the procedure is only available to entities
There are 2.37 million registered trademarks in China. 588,000 trademark applications were filed in 2004, of which 60,000 were ‘foreign related.’. 18,150 incidents of trademark infringement were ‘discovered’ in China in the first six months of 2005. 2,451 of those were ‘foreign-related.’ Via chinaview.cn.
Story here.
NY Times article on Stoller and STEALTH.
TTABlog on same.
I guess the first person who paid Stoller off when they didn’t have to is really to blame.
Perfect 10 Magazine sues Amazon for displaying copyrighted images through its A9 search engine.
You can also purchase subscriptions to Perfect 10 through Amazon.
Previous posts on Perfect 10 here and here.
HBO Forum discussing the episode of Entourage with the Perfect 10 model here.
NY Times article on celebrity fragrance lines.
I should do merchandising.
Mo’s Restaurant sues Moe’s Southwest Grill.
Discussion of Flaming Moe episode from Simpsons here.
One of my favorite Lionel Hutz lines from that episode: ‘This all goes back to the Frank Wallbanger case of ’78. How about that! I looked something up! These books behind me don’t just make the office look good
Defendant, a company that ‘travels the country to videotape young women exposing their breasts at events and venues such as Mardi Gras and spring break beach resorts,’ is ordered to pay a young woman $60,000 in punitive damages for using her image in its video (and on the cover of the box) without her written
Client is computer and software vendor. It wishes to introduce its new computer featuring a CD-RW drive and MP3 management software with the advertising slogan: “Rip, Mix, Burn Your Own Custom Music CDs.”
Client is a consumer electronics manufacturer. It invents a video recording device. It wishes to say in its advertising that its product
The Second Circuit has reversed the District Court in 1-800-Contacts and dismiised the trademark infringment cause (remanding to hear unfair competition cause).
Text of decision: (drill down on 2d Cir. site on ‘search all’ link).
I understand the Court’s holding that WhenU’s internal listing of website URLs is not trademark use. I understand that in