Plaintiff Charriol hired defendant A’lor to manufacture jewelry. Plaintff alleges passing off and seeks TRO. SD Cal denies, as plaintiff did not comply with TRO pleading requirements, making only conclusory allegations that defendant would melt the jewelry and destroy its records if notified.
charriol v alor
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2d Circuit overturns District Court decision as to whether use of OWN YOUR PWOER on cover of Oprah Magazine establishes fair use defense.
oprah own your power
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Sixth Circuit, discussing Tiffany v eBay, find various remedial actions insufficient to shield swap meet operator from contributory liability.
coach v good fellow
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ifit v iftiness
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Personalized Coca-Colas, But Not If Your Name Is Mohammed Or Maria n.pr/13YQVts
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I will just say that I’m ‘surprised’ by this outcome and leave it at that.bit.ly/12OQijs
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BBC News – Brand Maasai: Why nomads might trademark their name bbc.in/13YO0Bb
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Picture of defendant’s red-soled shoes on page 8 of complaint.
louboutin v alba
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Plaintiff Gibson Guitar owns various trademarks relating to a ‘flying vee’ shaped guitar. Defendant Viacom licenses its Spongebob marks to licensee, which sells Spongebob Squarepants ‘flying vee’-shaped ukuleles (tell me you’re not smiling). Plaintiff’s trademark causes against Viacom dismissed at 12(b)(6) on grounds that Viacom’s ‘control’ over licensee doesn’t rise to contributory or vicarious liability
In a copyright infringement case, Enterprise Management Limited, Inc. and Mary Lippitt appealed a summary judgment in favor of Donald Warrick. Lippitt contended, contrary to the district court’s holding, she demonstrated a prima facie case of copyright infringement. At issue was a diagram Lippitt created in the course of her work in
Here’s a TV commercial for Turbo Tax, in which it compares itself to H&R BLock:
Here is the bar graph from the commercial:
Here is the complaint H&R Block filed against Intuit (owner of Turbo Tax) alleging infringement and unfair competition:
block v intuit
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Here is the
wizards of ads
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