BE for clothing is too close to BeBe (pronounced “bee-bee”) for clothing.  Via the Arizona Republic.

Philip Morris settles a suit by ALTIRA, allowing it to take the name ALTRIA.  However the article indicates that Philip Morris will only use it for non-business related activities.  Via Boston Globe.

This from the nlj.com docket (I’d give the link but they don’t use permalinks):

Store accused of violating trademark
Egg Harbor Township, N.J.-based gift and novelty retailer Spencer Gifts LLC has sued the Champaign, Ill., store Wild & Crazy Collectibles and its owner, Jerry Schuberth, alleging violation of Spencer’s trademarks for “Wild ‘N’ Crazy” and …

Interesting article from allafrica.com about a litigation in Uganda in which the trademark owner received an injunction against a licensee for making substandard product.  That the trademark owner is moving for an accounting of profits suggests that there may have been some issue regarding the remittance of royalties as well.  Via Nameprotect.com.

An Australian Barrister’s view on the Equitrac case (background here) regarding meta-tags and intial interest confusion.  Seems that inserting a competitor’s trademark as a meta-tag would be a tort down there as well.

If you need to read the latest on-the-scene reportage from the ICANN meeting currently taking place in Shanghai, then check out the ICANN news aggregator.  Alternately, you can wait until Thursday and check to see what the ICANN Board decided here.

In this NY Times article on the hiring of Barbara Kolsun, former chairwoman of the board of the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition, as Sr. VP and General counsel of handbag maker KATE SPADE, there is a discussion of “purse parties,” where suburban housewives gather to purchase knock-off handbags.  They sell knock-off handbags in the lobby of…

This time Reuters is in trouble for unauthorized linking.