We won a motion for summary judgment that dismissed all claims against our client. It’s a 77 page decision, with extensive discussion of cross-motions to strike.
Defendant NameMedia owns and administers large portfolios of domain names, which it monetizes through advertising, brokerage, and sales. It registered the domain name NewWorldSolutions.com in 2005.
Plaintiff New World
Copyright owner BMG may proceed to trial to determine if ISP Cox has contributory and/or vicarious liability arising form Cox’ users’ peer-to-peer file sharing activity.
Discussion of what constitutes a ‘repeat-infringer’ policy.
Commentary here.
Display Works v Pinnacle Exhibits, D Maryland 2015: Motion to dismiss false advertising cause denied. Plaintiff had properly pled that informal statements made to by defendan t to customers were suffuciently disseminated so as to constitute promotional statements potentially actionable under 43(a)(1)(B).
I received the email reproduced below soliciting the use of LegalForce Trademarkia’s law services to obtain a design patent, probably because I am the corresponding attorney for a US registration covering the trademark referred to in the email’s subject heading.
There is some murk in the email as to who is soliciting who’s services. The
Texas A&M sues the Indianapolis Colts re use of the mark 12th MAN.
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Lead plaintiff in class action purchased the 92 fluid ounce and 138 fluid ounce bottles of TIDE PLUS BLEACH. The opaque bottles were ‘over-sized’ and did not accurately reflect the volume of detergent. Proctor &^ Gamble ‘routinely employed deceptive packaging containing excessive empty space to mislead consumers into believing they were receiving more laundry
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I have been browsing the various ‘factcheck’ sites that analyze what politicians say. The two largest seem to be Politifact.com, which is a project of the Tampa Bay Times, and FactCheck.org, which is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
FactCheck took an interesting approach with a comment made by Jeb Bush, who
FactCheck’s Headline is: Clinton Misuses Stat on CEO Pay.
Clinton made two statements: ““There’s something wrong when CEOs make 300 times more than the American worker” and “The average CEO makes about 300 times what the average worker makes.” The Washington Post, when critiquing the statement, noted that Clinton was speaking extemporaneously, but