Reflex Media operates online dating websites such as SEEKING ARRANGEMENT. Seeking Arrangement uses the term ‘Sugar Daddies’ to describe its target customers. Its taglines RELATIONSHIPS ON YOUR TERMS and MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS are part of its coy branding.
Defendant RichMeetBeautiful (hmmm, a little too-on-the-nose) allegedly used plaintiff’s taglines, but also copied various profile descriptions.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for CoreLogic in an action brought under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Plaintiffs, professional real estate photographers, alleged that CoreLogic removed copyright management information from their photographs and distributed their photographs with the copyright management information removed, in violation of
The ability to preserve food in cans had a profound effect on our diet and our economy. For one thing, it gave birth to the can-opener industry. Also, it provided variety to our diet, and, in the belief of the founder of Borden’s, helped mitigate cannibalism.
Nicholas Appert, a French national, developed a process
OBC appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Excelled in a trademark dispute over use of the brand-name ROGUE on t-shirts. The Second Circuit held that Excelled failed to show entitlement to summary judgment dismissing OBC’s trademark infringement counterclaims. In this case, Excelled failed to meet its burden of proving
Pinduoduo is a fast-growing Chinese eCommerce app. It filed a Form F-1 to start the IPO process in the U.S. on July 16. Chinese diaper company Beijing Daddy’s Choice sued Pinduoduo Friday in the Southern District of New York,, alleging trademark infringement arising from PinDuoDUo’s allegedly allowing the sale of infringing PADDY’S CHOICE Diapers on
The Modern Lanham Act and the Death of Common Sense
Abstract: Trademark law has expanded dramatically in the last fifty years, with a number of trends combining to give trademark owners something they have never had before–protection of marks akin to the protection given real property. Professor Lemley evaluates these changes, and suggests that they
Barbour, a UK apparel company, sells shirts with a ‘flag’ on the breast pocket:
Levis sells apparel which has ‘tabs’ on the pockets. It owns various registrations for the tab.
Levis aggressively polices its tab trademarks. It sent a demand letter to Barbour, alleging infringement and dilution. Barbour brought a DJ action. Barbour notes third-party