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Category: Counterfeiting & Piracy

Posted on May 20, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Poor eBay!

News item: eBay Beats The Street; Revenue Up 16 Percent To $2.5B; Net Income Up 12 Percent eBay just reported first quarter earnings today posting revenue of... Read more

Posted on February 19, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

The Copyright Act: It’s a law, dude

We don’t mince words at LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® regarding the misuse of copyright and trademark, but we’re having trouble finding anything wrong with this at-first-blush... Read more

Posted on February 13, 2022February 18, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Virtual seizure of virtual counterfeits

Implicating, of course, real money.  Hat tip to Stacia Lay. Originally posted 2008-02-05 12:06:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on November 16, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

Best of 2010: Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch

The Second Circuit, unsurprisingly according to most commentators, has affirmed the decision of the Southern District of New York refusing to find eBay liable for... Read more

Posted on September 24, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Bringing big IP plaintiffs down a peg — or two

Mike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a Seattle Trademark Lawyer will do. He’s reporting about a default judgment and award the... Read more

Posted on August 14, 2021August 18, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Home cookin’ a la mode, with a most undeserving dessert

From the WSJ Law Blog: A French court today cracked down on counterfeits — and an outlet that sells them — ordering eBay to pay... Read more

Posted on July 31, 2021August 20, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Secondary Liability

Fakers rising

Brandweek: Ersatz goods selling on Canal Street isn’t exactly news in New York, even though Mayor Mike Bloomberg staged an impressive photo op amid a... Read more

Posted on July 30, 2021August 20, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Only problem is an hour later you’re short-circuiting

It hurts when the fake Chinese electronics sell better than the originals. No, I mean sometimes it really hurts. Originally posted 2011-11-28 14:33:17. Republished by... Read more

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

No, really — counterfeiting

In the IP business, when you hear the word “counterfeiting,” you think — you know, fake Louis Vuitton handbags, Rolex “replicas,” that sort of thing.... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021June 28, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Tide, logic turn on eBay counterfeit cases

Choose the quote that was actually attributed to a leading business magazine: “Ford shoulders too much of the burden, its ability to wring a profit... Read more

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Posted on June 17, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Everything else

Foul baller

A former major leaguer goes from giving up runs to running from the law. From pitch counts to multiple counts. From pitching and hitting to... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Credit card companies get green light to profit from, enable Internet piracy

Reuters reports that in Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa Intl. Serv. Assn., 494 F.3d 788, 793 (9th Cir. 2007) the Ninth Circuit has affirmed (opinion here), 2-1, a... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Where there’s smokes

The Denver Post reports a very interesting, and for trademark plaintiffs very troubling, decision that the Supreme Court has refused to review. It has to... Read more

Posted on June 11, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Hollow comfort

Did you ever wonder just how effective holograms are as an anti-counterfeiting device? When they first came out in the 1980’s, we were all impressed.... Read more

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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