Federal Circuit Holds “Trademark Disparagement” Not A Claim Under the Lanham Act
Author: Irene HahnI. Facts and Procedural HistoryThe Freecycle Network (TFN) is a nonprofit Arizona corporation “dedicated to encouraging and coordinating the reusing, recycling, and gifting of its...
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Author: Robert Lopez Tiffany sued eBay under the judicially constructed doctrines of contributory trademark infringement and dilution. To define contributory trademark infringement the court examined...
View ArticleFirst Amendment Protects Modified Use of Strip Club’s Trademark in...
Author: Morgan Galland In E.S.S. Entertainment 2000, Inc. v. Rock Star Videos, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the makers of a popular video game did not...
View ArticleInternet Service Provider Potentially Liable for Copyright Infringement of...
Author: Allison Pedrazzi Helfrich Following an investigation and notification attempts, clothing distributor Louis Vuitton Malletier filed a complaint against several websites that it believed were...
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CIS Speakers Series - Sonia Katyal
February 23, 2012 12:50 pm to 2:00 pmRSVP for this free event today.Contrabrand: Art, Advertising and Property in the Age of Corporate IdentityIn her talk, based on her forthcoming book from Yale...
View ArticlePaul Levy, the Web Bully’s Worst Enemy
"“Until Paul Levy came on the scene, the trend was almost uniformly against defendants,” says Sonia Katyal, a Fordham University law professor who specializes in trademark law and the internet. “It was...
View ArticleUpdate: 'Dumb Starbucks' shut down by health officials after Comedy Central...
"But, he said, if Comedy Central is using the Starbucks name solely to draw attention to a show that has nothing to do with Starbucks, the coffee giant could make a credible trademark case against...
View ArticleTrademark Officials Must Distinguish Between Irony and Offens
Years ago, Justice Frankfurter observed, “the protection of trademarks is the law's recognition of the psychological function of symbols,” noting, further, “if it is true that we live by symbols, it is...
View ArticleT-shirt maker sinks rival with dubious trademark of 150-year-old nautical icon
"Another law professor, Annemarie Bridy of the University of Idaho, lamented gCaptain's situation."It's a shame, really, to see people with meritorious defenses give up solely because they can't afford...
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