The French fashion house filed suit last year against the recording company for allowing several of its artists to display unauthorized Louis Vuitton trademarks in their music videos and on CD literature. The matter has reportedly been settled for about $156,000. Fashionphile has managed to capture stills from the infringing videos. In Britney Spears’ music…
It seems like just yesterday a kid’s birthday party could be put over the top by the appearance of a regular old birthday clown. Some of the kids would be entertained, most would be petrified, and the party would be a success regardless. These days, writes Katherine Rosman of the Wall Street Journal, the perfect…
Florida corporation Psystar Corp., owned by brothers Rudy and Robert Pedraza, has been sued by Apple Inc. for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and breach of contract. Psystar builds and sells so-called “cloned” computers which run on Apple’s most recent operation system, Mac OS X “Leopard.” In the complaint, filed last month in U.S. District Court…
A federal court ruling last week absolved EBay, Inc. of any liability for contributory infringement of Tiffany & Co.’s registered trademarks. The lawsuit, in which Tiffany alleged that most of the supposedly genuine Tiffany jewelry appearing for sale on eBay were in fact fakes, was initiated in 2004. Judge Richard Sullivan, a U.S. District Judge…
Rosetta Stone Ltd provides software programs which help people learn new languages. Courses of varying difficulty are available, in numerous languages, and are marketed to consumers in bright yellow boxes via print ads (who could forget the plight of the hardworking farm boy, who must quickly learn Italian to impress a supermodel?), and of course…
An earlier post cautioned trademark owners about official-looking correspondence that appears to be from the USPTO. These mailings are in fact solicitations for enrollment in optional trademark services, some of which may have some value to some owners, but most of which are purely superfluous. Recently, our clients have received a different species of these…
Assignment of Rights Doesn’t Suit Joseph Abboud Story here] The injunction also On June 5, JA Apparel Corp. announced that it had secured a permanent injunction confirming its ownership of all the trademark rights associated with the brand name Joseph Abboud. confirmed JA Apparel’s position that Abboud had violated the noncompete agreement executed when he…
It is important to remember that the records kept by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are public. Anyone with the time and inclination to search the USPTO’s database is free to call up information related to any registered trademark or pending application – information which includes the trademark owner’s name and address. Several private…
In our November 2007 newsletter, located we discussed the protectability of fashion designs in light of the introduction of the Design Piracy Protection Act (the “DPPA”), Congress’s proposed legislation to give fashion designers a clearer path to securing protection for their designs and compensation for infringements of those designs. As readers of our newsletter and…
The town of French Lick, Indiana has just one claim to fame. But it’s a big one – about 6’9. ” French Lick is NBA Champion and Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird’s hometown. The Anchorage Daily News reports that a couple from Alaska had hoped to capitalize on Bird’s fame by purchasing his childhood home in French Lick…