With the January 1, 2020 implementation date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA” or “Act”) fast approaching, businesses should start thinking not only about the steps toward compliance, but also the risks associated with non-compliance. Particularly in light of the introduction of SB 561, continue reading...
Recent articles in Forbes and National Law Review highlight that the Federal Trade Commission continues to have advertising agencies in its sights when it comes to the role that agencies play in creating deceptive ads. While the FTC’s enforcement activity against businesses whose products or continue reading...
One year ago, I wrote a post about the Lohan v. Take-Two Interactive case in which Lindsay Lohan thought she recognized her image in Take-Two’s Grand Theft Auto V (“GTAV”) video game. Many people who notice that they resemble a character in a game populated continue reading...
Can a licensee sue for trademark infringement under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act? On April 1, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit issued its decision in Kroma Makeup EU, LLC v. Boldface Licensing + Branding, Inc. et al., and held that the answer to this question continue reading...
On March 25, 2019, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of Nike’s successful dismissal of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by photographer Jacobus Rentmeester against Nike’s ubiquitous Jordan Brand Jumpman Logo, ending a four-year legal battle. Background In 1984, in the lead up continue reading...
Many practitioners take for granted the fact that any TTAB deadlines that fall on a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday are automatically extended to the following business day. As it turns out, this isn’t always the case. A recent decision on a Petition to the continue reading...
Are you a trademark owner with an infringer to sue but you do not have U.S. registration? Do you need a U.S. registration to record with U.S. Customs to have counterfeit shipments seized? If so, you may be able to go to the head of continue reading...
It’s been an annual tradition here at The TMCA to write about a trademark and copyright dispute between Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. and My Other Bag, Inc. (“MOB”) over a line of canvas tote bags that parodied Louis Vuitton’s iconic designer handbags. We wrote about continue reading...
It has been an interesting several weeks in the trademark world that have transported me back to my halcyon days of high school metal and college grunge (but mostly I was a new wave guy). The years-long litigation going “round and round” among the members continue reading...
The dispute over the bitcoin named Alibabacoin is apparently over. Last year, Chinese tech giant Alibaba sued Belarus- and Dubai-based ABBC Block Chain IT Solutions LLC in New York federal court for trademark infringement based on ABBC’s Alibabacoin bitcoin. Several sources have reported that the continue reading...
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