The counterfeit lie
Ron Coleman"Cops? Robbers? Stealing? I don't know much about trademarks, but I know about those things. Judgment for plaintiff."
Best of 2012: Fees, won’t you stay
Originally posted March 30, 2012. The Second Circuit, just yesterday (March 29, 2012) has issued an opinion called Louis Vuitton v. Ly USA, Inc. (08-4483-cv(L)) sure to bring joy to…
Best of 2012: SOPA box
Originally published on January 18, 2012. 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,…
Fees, won’t you stay
The Second Circuit, just yesterday (March 29, 2012) has issued an opinion called Louis Vuitton v. Ly USA, Inc. (08-4483-cv(L)) sure to bring joy to the hearts of trademark counterfeiting…
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 those with a special interest…
Tidying up your Internet
I was writing about ways to get to non-compliant IP-infringing websites before it was fashionable. But eventually more and more law-enforcement folks and legislators have caught up with my visionary…
Best of 2010: Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due
Jane ColemanFirst posted July 12, 2010. This is an adaptation of a summary and analysis of the recent decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline Processing Corp., 2010 WL 2541367 (S.D.N.Y.),…
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 how Supreme Skateboard has…
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 contributory trademark infrintgement in the…
COICA: Big IP supersizes it
Everything I’ve written about here for the last five years, or just about everything, is about to get a lot worse, explains David Post: Congress is set to once again…
Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due
This is an adaptation of a summary and analysis of the recent decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline Processing Corp., 2010 WL 2541367 (S.D.N.Y.), discussed here casually earlier. Jane…
How Supreme Skateboard plays the edge
The new Case Clothesed blog out of New York Law School has a very interesting, if lightly sourced, piece about how Supreme Skateboard has managed for years to infringe a…
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 Milberg Weiss (in its pre-conviction days)…
Knock, knock!
Knock, knock! Who’s there! Your knockoff! I knockoff who? You knockoff yourself! No, don’t worry — it’s not so bad that LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® is about to invite you to…