Via Vogue.com, Louis Vuitton has sued Fashion Express Inc and its Canadian counterpart, Aldo Group. The suit alleges infringement of the patterns on bags designed in collaboration with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, in particular the famous Monogram Cherry Blossom pattern and the Monogram Multicolore. LVMH obtained a temporary restraining order last Thursday.
Ninth Circuit Decision re Recovery of Attorneys' Fees
The parties (here and here) fought over the right to use the name TRADITIONAL CAT ASSOCIATION, which, apparently, disseminates breeding standards for cats. Trademark, copyright, conversion, defamation and other causes were brought. The Copyright Act provides for recovery of attorneys’ fees for the copyright and related claims. The District Court had held that
Virus Information
Today’s virus is the W32.sobig.F@mm virus which is a mass emailing virus with subjects such as “wicked screensaver” and “your application.” Symantec has information here.
Not as serious is the Amish Virus which operates by an Amish person saying to you:
“You have just received the Amish virus. Because we don’t have computers this
Eben Moglen on the GPL License
Many of you wrote in last week to comment on SCO’s attorney’s argument regarding the alleged unenforceability of the GPL license. Now, Eben Moglen, General Counsel of the Free Software Foundation, gives his views, courtesy of CNET News.com. Preview: SCO’s argument was ‘arrant, unprofessional nonsense.’ Thanks to Dennis Kennedy for the link.
The Fair and Balanced Trademark Blog
A suggestion that all bloggers change their blog names to include the term ‘fair and balanced’ here. Bill O’Reilly’s take on the Franken lawsuit here, in which he says that “The accusation that Fox is a conservative network is pure propaganda.” Basic elements of propaganda here. Another essay here, listing common propaganda
Two Palms
According to this CNET News.com article, the company formerly known as Palm, will divide into an operating software company named PALMSOURCE and a hardware company named PALMONE.
Law Firm Name Confusion
I definitely confused after reading this NY Lawyer article about the name of Johnnie Cochran’s law firm.
No Sunshine After Sunrise for .PRO
Via ICANN.blog, an excerpt from Register.com’s SEC filing indicating that there doesn’t appear to be a launch date for the new .PRO top level domain name.
Previous misinformation on .PRO’s sunrise period that I unwittingly circulated here.
How President Bush Can Be So Certain It Isn't Terrorism
The Simpsons Nuclear Powerplant Playset with Radioactive Homer is available here.
New IP Blog
Infringing Actions, an IP blog by Kelly Talcott, a litigation partner at Pennie & Edmonds.