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Trademark
The Bitter Taste of Losing: Splenda Denied Bid for Injunction
"Suffering its third significant setback in court just this month, the manufacturer of Splenda, the nation's best-selling sugar substitute, has lost its bid for an injunction against the manufacturer of a generic version of its product over its use of ‘virtually identical’ packaging." Read the article on Law.com
Bank of America Offering NASCAR Checking Accounts
Now you can have the NASCAR logo on your checks, debit and credit cards, and account statements.
Read the article on FindLaw.com
Ford Motors v. Mustangs Unlimited
The dispute between Ford Motors and Mustangs Unlimited over their settlement agreement continues.
Read the case on USCourts.gov
Hershey Sues Man Who Made Pot Candy
The Hershey Company sues a man for trademark infringement and dilution for allegedly marketing marijuana goodies with similar names and packaging to Hershey’s Jolly Rancher, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Kit Kat candies.
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Shootout at the CA1 Corral: M4 Found Generic for a Certain Carbine Rifle
The court rejected the argument that “ownership of a federal registration for the mark M4 for rifles precluded summary judgment, i.e., created a per se issue of fact sufficient to defeat summary judgment.”
Read the article on TheTTABlog.BlogSpot.com
Wetsuit maker O'Neill Sells Trademarks to Dutch Company
"O'Neill Incorporation, the family-owned
wetsuit and clothing maker spawned from a San Francisco surf shop more than
50 years ago, has sold the rights to its trademarks to a Dutch company."
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the article on FindLaw.com
Trademark Licensor Liability for Defective Products Under U.S. Law
"Trademark licensors who do not actually manufacture the licensed product need to consider the various theories of products liability that U.S. plaintiffs might use to hold them liable when claimed defects in licensed goods give rise to personal injury litigation."
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Copyright
Music Downloads Not Subject to Performance Royalties, Judge Rules
"AOL and other online services do not have to pay royalties to members of one of the major U.S. performance-rights management organizations on music downloaded over the Internet, a New York federal judge has ruled in a case of first impression."
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Appeals Court Allows Orson Welles’ Daughter's Lawsuit
This case is centered on an agreement promising Welles twenty percent of future royalties from sales of movies, and whether DVD profits, not foreseen at the time of the agreement, should be included.
Read the article on SignOnSadDiego.com | Read the Case on FindLaw.com
Nevada Cracks Down on Sour Notes with Bill Regulating Musical Impostors
The U.S. state of Nevada “has become one of at least a dozen states to enact laws against fake groups promoting themselves as famed musicians.”
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Malaysia Seeks Sniffer Dogs from Ireland to Fight DVD Piracy
"Malaysia hopes to obtain special dogs trained in Ireland to sniff out bootlegged DVDs as part of growing efforts to combat movie piracy in a country accused of being among the world's top producers of illegal discs."
Read the article on FindLaw.com
Viacom Sells Famous Music to Sony/ATV
"Viacom said Wednesday it is selling Famous Music, a music publishing business whose catalog has more than 125,000 songs including 'Moon River' and 'Footloose,' to a unit of Sony for about $370 million.”
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Industry News
Top Spammer Arrested, Feds Say
"A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail."
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GoDaddy Agrees to Take Over Domain Names in Limbo from Troubled RegisterFly
"GoDaddy.com, the leading registration company for Internet addresses, has agreed to take over and manage more than 850,000 domain names belonging to customers of a troubled rival.”
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Growth Biz for IP Lawyers: Policing the Net
The head of Covington's Internet monitoring and investigation unit “uses multiple online personas to nail bad guys: sellers of counterfeit goods and pirated software, hackers, phishers, you name it.”
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Smaller Firms Are Finding Ways to Get Started in China
"While some of Philadelphia's largest firms are still looking for ways to navigate the onerous path to entering the Chinese legal market, two smaller firms have quietly found their place in the booming economy thousands of miles away.”
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