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Remember Vuitton v. Dooney? It’s over. Reports the Shiny Style blog: A judge ruled in favor of Dooney & Bourke in the trademark dispute involving... Read more
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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
Google a utility? Not the way we thought
I asked the following question more than a little while back in connection with the Kinderstart lawsuit against Google, which asserted a supposed right to a... Read more
Default of da system? Or, “Tally Ho!”
Via this patently entertaining post I was alerted to this somewhat more analytical one by Venkat Balasubramani, with Eric Goldman riding shotgun, decrying the $100 million default judgment... Read more
Giving up the Web
ClickZ News says lawyers are “Giving Up on Web Trademark Infringement”: “Trademark dilution is death by a thousand cuts,” said Joe Dreitler, partner at Frost... Read more
Best of 2013: ROLEX v. ROLL-X: Permanent vacation, and sideways vindication
First published February 6, 2013. The TTAB recently ruled, based on internal reasoning that is entirely justifiable, that if you can’t afford to litigate —... Read more
Trademarks are forever?
No, not necesarily, but the DeBeers name is still pretty good currency when it comes to selling diamonds: A New York diamond merchant acted in... Read more
Louis Louis
Steve Baird makes some great points about the Louis Vuittion / student activities flier kerfuffle: There has been quite a flap surrounding the poster and invitation used... Read more
Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch
Something about a judge loves a fence, I guess--and not only fences like eBay. Read more
Likelihood of Confusion Not So Simple!
Likelihood of confusion isn’t quite so simple, judges and people! To wit: While a district court’s simultaneous comparison of two products is not an inappropriate... Read more
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... Read more
Googley eyes
From Reuters: Google Inc. has knocked Microsoft Corp. from its perch as the world’s top-ranked brand, according to findings released on Monday. The rankings, compiled... Read more
Who is Malletier?
In 2009 I did a post whose title — “Excuse Me While I Kiss this Guy” — was an homage to the great modern institution... Read more
The Nutty Ninth
Michael Atkins: The Ninth Circuit yesterday addressed the question: “whether an award of statutory damages for trademark counterfeiting under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c) precludes an... Read more