From Prof Goldman’s Tech & Marketing Law Blog, a guest post by Prof Tyler Ochoa: Rationalizing (?) the Hart and Keller v. EA Sports Publicity Rights Rulings
Prof Goldman’s Intro:
“It does a great job demonstrating that the interplay between the First Amendment and the publicity rights is completely anarchy, which isn’t surprising given
TV Station Issues DMCA Takedowns On Videos Of Its Fake Asian Pilot Names Debacle | Techdirt http://t.co/eHgirPx2iI
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Precedential No. 31: TTAB Dismisses U. Alabama Opposition
Victory Outreach owns a registration for VICTORY OUTREACH. Third party uses VICTORY OUTREACH and obtains Twitter handle @victoryoutreach. Plaintiff contacts Twitter, which declines to terminate account. Plaintiff sues Twitter on contributory liability theory.
victory outreach v twitter
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Justia Opinion summary: Former starting quarterback for Arizona State University, Samuel Keller, filed a putative class action suit against EA, alleging that EA violated his right of publicity under California Civil Code 3344 and California common law by using Keller’s likeness as part of the “NCAA Football” video game series. EA moved to strike
Online Retailer Pays Minimum Damages When Taken Down Item Inadvertently Returns–Rosen v. Netfronts http://t.co/e2stX7BJQ2
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TTABlog: Test Your TTAB Judge-Ability: Is IPEN
This is what the DJ complaint alleges: Plaintiff sells LIMEADE BLAST batteries and battery chargers. Defendant offers LIMEADE corporate wellness services to unwell corporations. Defendant is moving into delivering software apps relating to self-monitoring on smartphones. Smartphones that use batteries. The kind of batteries that cause airplane fires (see para. 20 of the complaint).
I think you get a sense of the case from the caption.
greenlight v green light
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This is interesting. Thomas Pink makes fancy dress shirts, primarily for men, and Victoria’s Secret makes various fashion and beauty products, primarily for women. T Pink appears to have used THOMAS PINK in the US since 1984. VS has a boatload of PINK-variant registrations dating back to 2001. There is a UK litigation brought by
Palacio de los Jugos v Zoe Palacio de los Jugos. Romney apparently visited one of plaintiff’s locations.
palacio de los jugos
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The most exciting complaint you’ll read this week. Surveillance equipment! Sophisticated Satellite phones that only work in the Middle East and Africa! Fraudulent Misrepresentations! Starring W.W. Williams and ten John Does.
williams v google
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