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Tag: Counterfeiting & Piracy

Posted on February 15, 2023February 20, 2023 Roundups

Knockoff News

Counterfeit Chic’s 69th edition of the karnival of kounterfeits was posted last week! Originally posted 2009-10-05 14:36:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter 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 March 28, 2022 Litigation

Tanked?

Cartier sued Apple last week, and before I had a chance to figure it out, they either un-sued them or announced that they were about... Read more

Posted on March 11, 2022 Copyright Law

They always get their man

Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they?   A few years ago, criminal enterprise... Read more

Posted on November 16, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

Best of 2010: Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch

The Second Circuit, unsurprisingly according to most commentators, has affirmed the decision of the Southern District of New York refusing to find eBay liable for... 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 September 24, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Bringing big IP plaintiffs down a peg — or two

Mike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a Seattle Trademark Lawyer will do. He’s reporting about a default judgment and award the... Read more

Posted on July 27, 2021 Litigation

The counterfeit lie

"Cops? Robbers? Stealing? I don't know much about trademarks, but I know about those things. Judgment for plaintiff." Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy

Credit card companies get green light to profit from, enable Internet piracy

Reuters reports that in Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa Intl. Serv. Assn., 494 F.3d 788, 793 (9th Cir. 2007) the Ninth Circuit has affirmed (opinion here), 2-1, a... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

But, of course

Shoes are dropping all over Europe: L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics group, has launched legal action against eBay, alleging the online auctioneer does not do... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Gibson argues for brand on the merits

Since the beginning I’ve been blogging about the attempts by Gibson and Fender, the makers of fine guitars, to avoid copycat competition via the trademark... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Trademark Dilution Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on May 28, 2021 Enforcement

SOPA box

You don’t need a link to find out what’s going with the SOPA “Blackout,” or all that other stuff.  It’s all over the place, beyond... Read more

Posted on March 17, 2021 Roundups

Counterfeit Chic: Knockoff News 67

Read it and laugh. Or cry. Definitely laugh or cry. Then read this really good article on Counterfeit Chic which stands for the proposition that... Read more

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