NewTeeVee: No End in Sight for Critical Viacom-YouTube DMCA Case” (Discussion of discovery dispute regarding BayTSP, a vendor Viacom employs to police copyright).
Domain Name Wire: Commentary on GoDaddy
Domain Name Wire: “Commentary: Why Standard Tactics is a Problem“:
The domain industry has a black mark on its record and a public image problem because of cybersquatting and typosquatting. GoDaddy isn’t helping. Standard Tactics owns trademarked domain names. We don’t know how many, but based on existing UDRP filings and domains that have closed on TDNAM, you can bet it’s substantial. Names like GetGenericAmbien.com and JunoDSL.com are clear trademark violations. By owning these domains (until they were served arbitration papers) GoDaddy is perpetuating the problem.
Warren Beatty v Tribune re Dick Tracy
“Do Not Buy Any OMEGA Product On The Internet”
Counterfeit Chic: “Online Watchdog“:
Many luxury brands are increasing their online presence in an effort to boost sales — especially this Cyber Monday. Omega instead took out a full page ad in today’s WWD, advising shoppers to beware the internet lest they end up with watches that are counterfeit or otherwise substandard.
It’s A Dog v Dog World
Although my yellow lab Banner was rooting for applicant, opposer, owner of the BLACK DOG trademark prevailed over applicant for YELLOW DOG in this TTAB proceeding.
Initial Reaction to INTEL v CPM Case
IPKat: Intel v CPM: What The Experts Say . . . So Far:
The European Court of Justice ruling last Thursday in Intel v CPM (noted . . . by the IPKat) has not just attracted a fully-fledged Rapid Response Seminar. It has also generated a batch of swift responses,
Derivative Work Based on Public Domain Movie Suit
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Configuration of Tree Design ‘FRESHNER’ Suit
Owner of product configuration registrations in tree shape for FRESHNER air freshener sues over use of tree-shaped odor-killers. Coverage here.
UPDATE: Apparent the FRESHNER people sued Old Navy previously.
Complaint Air Freshener
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WSJ Video on Mattel / Bratz
Amicus Briefs in Tiffany v EBay Case
Wired: Auction Websites Hang In Legal Limbo:
The latest vocal entrant into the legal debate is the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge and Public Citizen (.pdf). If Tiffany prevails on appeal, online marketplaces would likely come “to a halt,” the groups said in a court filing Wednesday. They urged the appellate court “to reject Tiffany’s effort to rewrite trademark law to relieve mark-owners of their traditional obligation to police their own marks, online and off.”
Amazon and Google, (.pdf) as well as Yahoo (.pdf) and others have sided with eBay. The Council of Fashion Designers of America (.pdf) and the International Anti-counterfeiting Coalition (.pdf) have urged the court to side with Tiffany.