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Category: Secondary Liability

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Posted on November 20, 2022 Domain Names Secondary Liability

Squatting not like tango; it doesn’t take two

Venkat Balasubramani, over at Eric Goldman’s place, reports on another court suggesting that there is no such thing as contributory cybersquatting, in a case that illuminates... Read more

Posted on October 21, 2022 Secondary Liability

eBay appeal: The gang’$ all here

Eric Krangel reports that Amazon and Google join in on the Tiffany v. eBay appeal: It’s not hard to see where the interest is coming... Read more

Posted on July 5, 2022 Secondary Liability

Secondary liability conference Stanford thing

What if they called a conference on secondary liability on the Internet and no one told … well, me? It happens.  I mean, that people... Read more

Posted on November 13, 2021 Secondary Liability

Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due

[stextbox id=”info”]This is an adaptation of a summary and analysis of the recent decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline Processing Corp., 2010 WL 2541367... 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 14, 2021 Secondary Liability

IP-Phone

Instapundit reports: DOES APPLE REALLY WANT TO CRIPPLE YOUR IPHONE? “The leading computer company plans to build a system that will sense when people are trying... Read more

Posted on June 18, 2021 Secondary Liability

Tiffany’s escalates it

Tiffany’s is, not surprisingly, appealing the decision dismissing its claims against eBay.   Originally posted 2014-10-26 19:37:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fashion Law Secondary Liability

Don’t Akanoc it if you… oh, never mind…

Word is out that the Ninth Circuit has just affirmed the opinion in Akanoc Solutions — which I first wrote about here — for the most part.... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Secondary Liability

Jane Coleman’s “Secondary Trademark Infringement”: Update for 2011-12

It’s here!  Jane Coleman on Secondary Trademark Infringement, the free (for now) online (for now) treatise has been updated for the coming year.  Whereas last... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Secondary Liability Trademarks and trademark law

EFF backs eBay in Tiffany spat

See, we don’t agree with Public Citizen all the time!  Read on, via the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): [EFF] along with Public Citizen and Public... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Secondary Liability

Pinching out the bad things

Scott Kirwin sends this along: Ron I would be interested to see you post on this [New York Times: “AT&T and Other I.S.P.’s May Be... Read more

Redbubble
Posted on April 14, 2021April 15, 2021 Secondary Liability

Ohio State v. Redbubble – Strategy scores in overtime

So it seems that was a tactical call by the OSU team, otherwise known as the Attorney General of the State of Ohio: Let's make the strong case for direct infringement instead of pleading a kitchen-sink complaint Read more

Posted on April 13, 2021May 25, 2021 Secondary Liability

Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch

Something about a judge loves a fence, I guess--and not only fences like eBay. Read more

Secondary Trademark Infringement Book
Posted on December 23, 2019 Secondary Liability

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)[1], another in a growing body of cases... Read more

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