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It is to laugh
In mid-December I wrote about the chuckles unintentionally provided to the Second Circuit during oral argument of the appeal by Louis Vuitton of the rejection of its claims in the…
Chewier than ever
Notwithstanding my own bouts of sympathy for the blighters, you have to admit it just looks like the folks at Louis Vuitton are getting so bad at taking a joke…
Best of 2007: Trademark “crime”?
Published November 20, 2007. Anthony Tambourino reports this odd item: Hershey, the largest candy maker in the U.S., has filed suit inIndianapolis, charging a Pennsylvania apparel-maker with infringing on its…
Whistle while you cringe
Dave Wieneke asks: Can the Seven Dwarfs of Menopause not be infringement? Note that this (below) is the version up on Dave’s site. There are others out there, relatively less…
Ruff times for Vuitton
Ron ColemanIP Law Chat reports that LVMH has lost its appeal (decision here) of the “Chewy Vuitton” decision. Here’s an interesting sidelight, and one that may have reverberations beyond this case:…
Trademark “crime”?
Anthony Tambourino reports this odd item: Hershey, the largest candy maker in the U.S., has filed suit inIndianapolis, charging a Pennsylvania apparel-maker with infringing on its trademark. Bloomberg News reports…
Jew eat yet?
Some people are so paranoid! (Who can blame us?) UPDATE: This Randazza slings a pretty good Yiddish. Who knew?
Litigation guy
Ron ColemanSeems we just get started and before you know it, comes the time we have to say, "So long."
Best of 2007: Litigation guy
Seems we just get started and before you know it, comes the time we have to say, "So long."
Trademark suit threats to shut down free speech? Shocking.
Kansas City infoZine News reports (link added): The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warned the Chicago Auto Show to back off attempts to muzzle protestors who posted a parody of the…
Disclaimer for the slow-witted, the vicious and the greedy
I have added a disclaimer to the navigation bar as the winds of oppression howl about me. It’s preposterous to think that this is really necessary, but here we are.…
Evel Knievel not dead
But the Evel One‘s hopping mad and serving papers on Kanye West, the rapper. It sounds like something in the color of trademark dilution, i.e., tarnishment: Knievel, who is seeking…
Can’t win for chewing
Louis Vuitton Malletier loses one on parody grounds. I guess you had to be there — sounds like this is on the wrong side of parody to me. And how…