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Ron Paul 2012 v. Does 1-10
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: John Does 1-10Date: 01/13/2012Type of Party: OrganizationStatus: PendingType of Party: IndividualDisposition: Dismissed (partial)Location of Party:...
View ArticleCMLP ANNOUNCEMENT: Amicus Brief Filed Regarding Intersection of Trademark Law...
On January 18, 2012, the Citizen Media Law Project (under its new name, the Digital Media Law Project -- new website coming soon) filed an amicus brief in the Massachusetts Appeals Court in Jenzabar,...
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Ascentive v. Opinion Corp.
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Opinion Corp. d/b/a PissedConsumer.com, Michael Podolsky, Joanna Simpson, Alex SyrovDate: 09/24/2010Type of Party: OrganizationStatus: PendingType of...
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Fashion Faux Pas: Louis Vuitton Clashes With UPenn
So, have you heard about the little legal scuffle between Louis Vuitton and the UPenn Law School? The Penn Intellectual Property Group (PIPG), a student organization at UPenn Law, decided to put...
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Ron Paul Campaign Gets a Lesson on Civil Liberties
Ron Paul's presidential campaign has been having a rough go of it: He has yet to win a Republican state primary or caucus. But now his campaign's also-ran streak extends into the courtroom too, in a...
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Louis Vuitton v. Hyundai: Deconstruction of a Bad Trademark Decision
From the ever-growing file of trademark cases that are bad for free speech, Eric Goldman and Techdirt bring us an interesting case concerning a recent Hyundai ad. The ad is a series of brief vignettes...
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Kessler International v. Citizen Media Law Project
Threat Type: CorrespondenceParty Receiving Legal Threat: Citizen Media Law ProjectDate: 03/14/2012Type of Party: OrganizationType of Party: OrganizationLocation of Party: New YorkLocation:...
View ArticleJenzabar v. Long Bow: Oral Argument Focuses on Initial Interest Confusion and...
This morning Jeff and I had the pleasure of watching the Massachusetts Appeals Court argument in Jenzabar, Inc. v. Long Bow Group, Inc. As we mentioned once before on this blog, the CMLP filed an...
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DMLP files Amicus Brief Against Massachusetts's 'Anti-Counterfeiting' Law
Earlier this week the CMLP (under its new name, the Digital Media Law Project) sought leave to file an amicus brief in Boston Municipal Court in the case of Commonwealth v. Busa, which concerns a...
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DMLP Amicus Update: Narrow Victory in Massachusetts Anti-Counterfeiting Case
The DMLP recently appeared as an amicus curiae in Commonwealth v. Busa, a case brought in Boston Municipal Court under Massachusetts's anti-counterfeiting law, M.G.L. ch. 266 § 147 ("Section 147")....
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Hermès International v. Does
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: John Does 1-100; XYZ CompaniesDate: 02/29/2012Type of Party: Large OrganizationStatus: ConcludedType of Party: IndividualOrganizationDisposition:...
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Charles Carreon v. Matthew Inman, et al.
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: Matthew Inman, Indiegogo, Inc., National Wildlife Federation, American Cancer Society, and Does 1-100Date: 06/15/2012Type of Party: IndividualStatus:...
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Olympic Citius Altius Fortius Pan-American: The U.S. Olympic Committee's...
The U.S. Olympic Committee ("USOC") has a reputation for aggressively policing their exclusive rights to certain words, phrases, and symbols. And they have a special act of Congress to back them up....
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No, No, Nutella! A Trademark Dispute Over a Hazelnut Milkshake
In the Tip O'Neill spirit of all politics being local, here's an interesting trademark story from right down the road from our office: Anyone who went to college in Boston over the past decade probably...
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DMLP Victory! Mass. Appeals Court Finds No Trademark Infringement in Critical...
(This piece is co-authored by Jeff Hermes and Andy Sellars)The DMLP is pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled in favor of the result we advocated in an amicus brief in...
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Pinterest: Fair Use of Images, Building Communities, Fan Pages, Copyright
When using Pinterest (and Flickr and YouTube and Facebook and on and on), what copyright, fair use, trademark and other issues weigh on building communities and corporate use of fan pages and social...
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Copyright of “Public Facts”: Craigslist v. PadMapper
Craigslist was meant for the common good, or as founder Craig Newmark puts it, “doing well by doing good.” At least, that has been its announced mission since it began as an email distribution among...
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Craigslist v. 3taps
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: 3taps, PadMapperDate: 07/20/2012Type of Party: OrganizationStatus: PendingType of Party: OrganizationDisposition: Dismissed (partial)Lawsuit...
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Dardenne v. MoveOn.org
Threat Type: LawsuitParty Receiving Legal Threat: MoveOn.orgDate: 03/14/2014Type of Party: GovernmentStatus: PendingType of Party: OrganizationDisposition: Injunction DeniedLocation of Party:...
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National Security Agency v. McCall
Threat Type: CorrespondenceParty Receiving Legal Threat: Dan McCallDate: 03/15/2011Type of Party: GovernmentStatus: ConcludedType of Party: IndividualDisposition: Settled (total)Location of Party:...
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