Novartis sells BENEFIBER is a container that looks like this:
It owns a registration for the configuration of the container. The drawing in the registration looks like this:
The mark is described in the registration as:
. . . the design of a cylindrical bottle, the bottle having tapered sides near the top of the
Prior registrant for TIMELINES sues Facebook. FB fails at summary judgment to establish that TIMELINES is generic or descriptive, or that FB was not using it as a trademark.
timelines v facebook SJ
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Aereo prevails. Request for injunction denied.
wnet v aereo
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The original DEL MONTE spun off its fresh food division in 1989, leaving FRESH DEL MONTE selling fresh fruits and DEL MONTE COPR (“DMC”) sell preserved fruits. DMC began selling packaged fruits that indicated they should be refrigerated. Fresh argued (successfully) that the agreement at the time of the spin-off reserved fro Fresh the right
The Thompson Sub-machine gun is popularly known as the Tommy Gun (and also known as The Chicago Typewriter). Plaintiff owns rights to the word mark TOMMY GUN for firearms and ancillary merchandise. It also claims common law rights in the trade dress of a Tommy gun. It may or may not trace its
Question to Ninth Circuit: Whether the owners of mobile multimedia messaging networks can be held liable for copyright infringement that allegedly occurs on their networks.
Justia opinion summary: Luvdarts sued mobile wireless carriers, who own multimedia messaging networks (MMS networks), for copyright infringement. At issue was whether the carriers could be held liable for
The logo looks like what you think it looks like. So who notices the word mark?
gravity defyer v under armour
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I gave a talk yesterday before the Institute of CLE for the Michigan Bar on ‘The Law of Shapes To Come.’ The arrival of affordable desktop scanners and 3d printers will allow near-perfect reproduction of 3D objects. The technology affords great opportunities, but will also challenge intellectual property rights (as did prior technologies such as
Plaintiff has registrations for LUSH for various beauty products. It has a reg granted under Section 44(e) for LUSH for beauty salons. Read the wording regarding ‘beauty salons’ in the complaint. Defendant uses LUSH for beauty salons.
lush v lush
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Things when to consider when attempting to allege secondary meaning in trade dress.
urban v dicks sporting mtd
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