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Category: Counterfeiting & Piracy

Posted on February 27, 2023 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

Posted on February 14, 2023 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law

“A crippling but necessary deterrent”

Last week, on July 19th, the Southern District of New York put the pedal to the Lanham Act metal in in Coach v. Allen.  It’s a summary judgment... Read more

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Posted on January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Ouch!

This was all over the radio today: Federal authorities arrested more than 20 people on Tuesday in what they described as a massive scheme to... Read more

Posted on December 18, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Another business model bites the dust

It’s easy to make money on licensing when you don’t pay the royalties: A multi-agency task force has executed a search warrant on the country’s... Read more

Posted on November 7, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy Trademarks and trademark law

Gibson continues its IP-based business plan

“You’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to law!” Well, that’s what the song always sounded like to  me.  When you’re a hammer… (and... Read more

Posted on October 11, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

If you can’t beat ’em

Name Wire: In what Agenda Inc. refers to as a “highly ironic move,” notorious brand naming counterfeit hotspot Silk Street Market in Beijing has applied... Read more

Posted on September 14, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Give the man credit

Judge Harold Baer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “home court” for LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®)  has never been afraid to... Read more

Posted on September 11, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Breakfast, lunch and dinner at Tiffany’s — on Costco

Costco owes Tiffany more than $19 million for selling counterfeit rings https://t.co/bPj2IC2a34 pic.twitter.com/ZUjavk8TRH — Business – DM (@BusinessMarkhor) August 15, 2017 I wrote last fall that... Read more

Posted on August 27, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2010: How Supreme Skateboard plays the edge

First posted on June 1, 2010. The new Case Clothesed blog out of New York Law School has a very interesting, if lightly sourced, piece about... Read more

Posted on July 28, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

Vuitton beats Google on home court

The International Herald Tribune reports: Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods manufacturer, won another round Wednesday in its court battle with the search engine Google to... Read more

Posted on July 20, 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 July 17, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Information Wants to be Free; MS Pirate Does, Too

The Internet Cases blog reports that there’s nothing “unconstitutionally overbroad or vague” about the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, and that if you sell someone... Read more

Posted on July 9, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Trademark infringement: Just say no

Trademark litigators and enforcement people (especially in anticounterfeiting) frequently analogize to the War on Drugs. You can’t really ever stop the flow of fake Vuitton... Read more

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

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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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