TRADEMARK LEGAL NEWS

The Trademark Blog Updated : Send In Your Nominations For Copyright Czar Cnet: "House Wants Copyright Czar, New Piracy Penalites": By a 410-10 vote, the House approved the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property, or Pro-IP, Act, which is backed by the entertainment industry and other major copyright holders. . .... Author : Marty Text of Adidas Payless Verdict - Photos Of Infinging Sneakers There were approximately 290 different models of striped sneakers involved in the Adidas case. In a quick scan I only saw one model that the jury didnt' find to be infringing. This verdict clearly suggests that Adidas ' trademark rights... Author : Marty Is $305 million the largest US Trademark Verdict Ever? Pfizer/Trovan was $143m (initially) after trial, maybe 12 years ago. I can't remember anything that has come close since until this. Adidas was just awarded $305 million against the operator of the Payless store chain, for a three stripe infringement.... Author : Marty Validity Of TTAB Judges? NY Times: "In One Flaw, Questions on Validity of 46 Judges" (they could have written a better headline): But John F. Duffy, who teaches at the George Washington University Law School, is a different kind of law professor. He has... Author : Marty %) Greatest Commercial Parodies Of All Time Boing Boing: 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies Of All Time... Author : Marty Vuitton v Darfur T-Shirt con't Some websites are reporting that Vuitton actually sued the artist who created the Darfur t-shirt (background here), soemthing I have been unable to confirm. Here is an interesting analysis from a brand analyst from Forrester Research as to what Vuitton's... Author : Marty

"Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Over Lawyer's Advertising" MetNews.com: Court Upholds Dismiss of Suit Over Lawyer's Advertising A libel action by a manufacturer against an attorney who published a newspaper advertisement stating that users of that manufacturer’s product “may” have claims to relief constituted a strategic lawsuit against... Author : Marty BlogFest Berlin Blogger Attendees Afro-IP Catch Us If You Can !!! Class 46 IMPACT IP Finance IPEG IPJUR IPKat Lucentinus Naked Law Petit Musee des Marques Peter Groves Rychlicki.net Seattle Trademark Lawyer SOLO IP Spicy IP The Trademark Blog Transblawg TTABlog... Author : Marty Excerpt From Adidas Verdict - Photo Of Non-infringing Model This is an excerpt from the verdict (see below). A 'yes' check indicates that the jury found for Adidas.... Author : Marty Adidas Wins $76.5m per Stripe Against 4 Stripe Shoe Oregonian coverage here. Info Law comments here. One colleague's reaction: "Yikes!" Excellent pre-trial discussion by 43(B)log, including discussion of use of opinion by trademark counsel to negate willfulness here.... Author : Marty

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