Judicial Canuck Stooges Spit in Uncle Sam’s, Barbie’s Eyes
Originally posted 2014-03-19 13:12:24. Republished by Blog Post Promoter A “New York judge ruled that Mattel ha[s] no jurisdiction in Canada and that [the] owner... Read more
Tag: Jurisdiction and Justiciability
Please plead me
Originally posted 2015-09-01 16:00:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEveryone knows about copyright preemption. How about trademarks? Pamela Chestak has a great post that explains why... Read more
Likelihood of avoision
Originally posted 2013-11-14 14:25:39. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI’m in pretty deep in a jury trial — no, not an IP case; more like an... Read more
Book ’em, Dan-o!
There really is still such a thing as personal jurisdiction — and its absence — even in the Internet age, reports Evan Brown: Last year... Read more
Getting the timing right on copyright registrations
Marty Schwimmer: IDEA v PETA (SDNY August 298 2009): Plaintiff, no doubt aware that statutory damages are only available for post-registration copyright infringements that are... Read more
But it is the Dark Side? Or just plain old The Force?
Evan Brown: “Behold the power of in rem actions“: In rem actions over domain names are powerful tools. A trademark owner can undertake these actions... Read more
Best of 2009: “Orange you glad you’re such mullahs?”
This was first posted on April 29, 2009: William Lozito at Name Wire writes about a counterfeiting double-cross, or is it triple-cross or something more?,... Read more
The latest on Internet-based jurisdiction – UPDATED, 2012!
In the New York Law Journal (subscription required): As a practical matter, most jurisdictional analysis in the Internet context focuses on specific jurisdiction. A “Web... Read more
Attorney fights right of publicity fight… and then some.
Overlawyered follows the continued adventures of media avenger attorney Jack Thompson who is acheiving cult-like notoriety among the very segments he seeks to protect: Jack... Read more
Steal your plate
The Jews take a worldwide day off from eating, and what happens when they sit down and pick up their forks and knives to dig... Read more