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Jane ColemanDish Network v. Siddiqi: A Rare Case of Vicarious Trademark Infringement Vicarious trademark infringement cases such as the recently decided Dish Network v. Siddiqi are much less common than the…
Secondary trademark liability: Third party counterfeiting as proof of knowledge?
QUERY: Are sales of counterfeit products other than those of the plaintiff valid proof of a defendant’s “knowledge” in a contributory trademark infringement case? That question typically arises in the…
Secondary trademark liability and false advertising
This year’s supplement features the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Duty Free Americas, Inc. v. Estee Lauder Cos. (DFA), another in a growing body of cases to extend contributory liability doctrine…
Locution, Locution, Locution: IP Licensors – Service Suppliers or Product Providers?
Consider the following scenario: Company A is a well-known film producer that licenses its intellectual property rights in famous cartoon characters to Company B, a jewelry manufacturer. Company B in…
Best of 2010: Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due
First posted July 12, 2010. This is an adaptation of a summary and analysis of the recent decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline Processing Corp., 2010 WL 2541367 (S.D.N.Y.),…
Secondary Trademark Infringement treatise updated for 2010-11
From the Overview to the update of Secondary Trademark Infringement by Jane Coleman, which is now complete: Of all the contexts in which secondary liability has been raised, whether contributory…
Rosetta Stone v. Google: Lost in translation
This is a summary and analysis of the recent (August 2, 2010) decision in Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google Inc., 2010 WL 3063152 (E.D. Va.). The case has been added…
Not Baidu enough
This is a summary and analysis of the recent (July 22, 2010) decision in Baidu, Inc. v. Register.com, 2010 WL 2900313 (S.D.N.Y), in which Judge Denny Chin refused to extend…
Transamerica v. Moniker Online: When domain registrars go bad
This is a summary and analysis of the decision in Transamerica Corp. v. Moniker Online Services, 672 F.Supp.2d 1353 (S.D. Fla. 2009), which stands for the proposition that, yes, a…
Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due
This is an adaptation of a summary and analysis of the recent decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline Processing Corp., 2010 WL 2541367 (S.D.N.Y.), discussed here casually earlier. Jane…