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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
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January 31 2013

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

Motley Crue successfully moves for dismissal of suit involving copyright in “Too Fast for Love” album artwork

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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USA
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October 15 2012

On October 9, 2012, Judge Grady, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, dismissed a copyright-infringement action against rock band Mötley Crüe for lack of personal jurisdiction

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

Who owns a trademark? Jeremy Lin wins Linsanity, as Anthony Davis fights for his unibrow

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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USA
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July 25 2012

THREE-PEAT is a well-known term that refers to a sports team’s third consecutive championship

Hey ya! District court dismisses copyright lawsuit against André 3000's “class of 3000"

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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USA
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April 27 2012

In 1997, Timothy McGee pitched an animated TV series, “The Music Factory of the 90s,” to The Cartoon Network

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
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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

Court deals blow to Hasbro in dispute involving Transformers trademark

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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USA
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March 28 2012

The storyline developed to market the “Transformers” line of toy robots that transform into vehicles and other objects is probably familiar to any child of the ’80s and certainly to anyone who contributed to the box-office success of the 2007 Transformers movie and its sequels

Bare trademark rights? Naked Cowboy’s infringement action against CBS dismissed

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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USA
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March 16 2012

Robert John Burck has made a career as a New York street performer

Sky diving for dollars: Ninth Circuit upholds jury’s $6 million award to Skydive Arizona for defendants’ trademark infringement, false advertising, and cybersquatting

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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USA
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March 14 2012

Skydive Arizona sued a group of defendants, collectively called “Skyride” by the court, for trademark infringement, false advertising, and cybersquatting

Using an employee’s personal social media accounts without her authorization to market employer may create liability under trademark and electronic privacy laws

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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USA
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January 5 2012

We’ve all been taught that our work e-mail and social media accounts are owned by our employers, so watch what you say and realize that you have no expectation of privacy in those accounts