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Being famous vs. proving fame: evidentiary pitfalls revealed by Coach v. Triumph Learning

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 26 2012

Proving fame for trademark dilution purposes requires satisfying a heavy burden

District court permits reverse domain name hijacking claim to proceed despite National Arbitration Forum decision ordering transfer of domain name to defendant

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 3 2011

Marc Lurie loved indoor skydiving so much he invested in it

Hear this: court denies motion for summary judgment in dispute over headphone trademarks between Dolby Labs and Monster, Inc.

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

From a dispute involving trademarks used in connection with headphones, we are reminded how inherently difficult it is to defeat a

You say you want a revolution: RIAA does not agree that ReDigi’s “legally downloaded digital music” marketplace qualifies for first sale protection

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 16 2011

Two potentially revolutionary “disruptive technologies” were back in the news this week

Tactical use of covenants not to sue headed for Supreme Court

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court recently took up a trademark issue and granted certiorari in Already LLC dba Yums v. Nike, Inc., No. 11-982, U.S. , 2012 WL 425184 (June 25, 2012

Publication of Noelia’s secret wedding photos not fair use, Ninth Circuit finds

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 27 2012

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a gossip magazine’s publication of photographs of a secret celebrity wedding did not constitute fair use under the Copyright Act

If you build it, will the lawyers come? 3D printing and copyright infringement

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 18 2011

As I previewed earlier this week, I want to talk about the copyright implications for 3D printers

When does the First Amendment trump trademark law? 11th Circuit adopts Rogers v. Grimaldi test

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 10 2012

In 1989, the Second Circuit adopted a balancing test to weigh the value of an artist’s First Amendment rights against the value of trademarks depicted in the artist’s work

Fourth Circuit reverses grant of summary judgment in Rosetta Stone v. Google: Google’s AdWords program to be put on trial

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2012

Rosetta Stone, a leading language-learning software producer, sued Google for trademark infringement and dilution based on Google’s sale of Rosetta Stone’s marks as keywords

100 years of seeing RED-a historical perspective on the Second Circuit's red-sole shoe mark decision in Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 2 2012

The Color Red lives for another day