Guileless on the East Side
Shameless, and utterly riskless, too, it seems — selling first-run movies now in the theaters in obvious counterfeit DVD form deep below the Upper East... Read more
Category: Counterfeiting & Piracy
Defining counterfeiting downward
Counterfeit Chic happens upon a new defense to trademark counterfeiting: “Counterfeiting? You call this counterfeiting?!” We’ve all seen imitation goods so poorly rendered that they... Read more
The wild card in music downloading
You thought college students were lawless about file “sharing”? Well, Russia is feeling its oats these days, what with oil prices up and dictatorship back... Read more
When Fakery Turns Fatal
The New York Times reports about an aspect of trademark enforcement which, among the disputes over rent-seeking and IP overreach, is often forgotten: The value... Read more
What the –? (ABC v. DEF.)
Here’s what we knew, and when we knew it: On March 19, 2013, a federal lawsuit was commenced in the United States District Court for... Read more
Cardiac counterfeiting
It’s not a defense to trademark infringement or counterfeiting that your heart is full of good intentions. Originally posted 2012-12-30 15:00:15. Republished by Blog Post... Read more
He’s the genuine item, all right
He’s already the most sincere, if not the swiftest, trademark counterfeiting defendant* of 2009, and though it’s only early February it may be hard to... Read more
Vikings and pirates at sea, and you don’t need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows
Pirate Bay, the massively growing file-stealing file-sharing website, is on trial in Sweden: Four men linked to The Pirate Bay were charged early last year... Read more
Best of 2011: Poor eBay!
First posted April 27, 2011. News item: eBay Beats The Street; Revenue Up 16 Percent To $2.5B; Net Income Up 12 Percent eBay just reported first... Read more
China’s feelings hurt
We’ve been following the domestic story of when trademarks hurt. (And get ready for this one, homey!) But we’re not the only sensitive ones out... Read more
“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
Even Hippies Have their Limits
Reuters “news” service reports: Facing a revolt by its famously faithful fans, The Grateful Dead backed away on Thursday from a move to block “Deadheads”... Read more
Olympian irony
China, faced with loss of revenues from the sale of “unauthorized” Olympics merchandise in connection with its “Berlin for the 21st Century” games, has suddenly... Read more
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