Copyright: Unauthorized use of POKEMON characters on apparel.  WD Wash.  A little tarnishment there as well (Jiggly Puff on the pipe).

THE POKÉMON COMPANY INTERNATIONAL, INC v. RAGEON, INC..

Unauthorized distributor of VALVOLINE products somewhat slow in complying with court-ordered injunctive relief.  Bonus fact: testing labs can distinguish between VALVOLINE and non-VALVOLINE oil.

Ashland, Inc. v. Randolph, Dist. Court, SD West Virginia 2015 – Google Scholar.

Juan Pollo Franchising v. B&K Pollo, CD Cal.   After  bench trial, the Court notes:

Plaintiff Juan Pollo Franchising has not shown that it owns the Juan Pollo Marks. Plaintiff Juan Pollo Franchising is the corporation that Okura established in 2011; but this corporation as an entity is entirely separate from Albert Okura the individual or…

11th Circuit recognizes contributory false advertising theory.

DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. v. ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES, INC., Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit 2015 – Google Scholar.

There is a ‘high-powered’ law firm named Lavely & Singer.  Its website quotes a NY Times article referring to it as the ‘Guard Dog to the Stars‘ and notes that the firm “shields celebrities from all kinds of annoyance, and is now a mainstay of Hollywood.”

Back in 2004, I noted in a…

BUBBLE GENIUS LLC v. Smith, Dist. Court, CD California 2015 – Google Scholar: CD Cal declines to exercise personal jurisdiction over Queens, NY business that allegedly ships into California but has no other contacts.

Somewhat odd fact pattern from D Montana.  Allegations that plaintiff assisted defendant in a re-write of a novel (unpublished) and didn’t credit plaintiff with the creation of the book title.

Glick v. Townsend, Dist. Court, D. Montana 2015 – Google Scholar.