The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Graffiti artists Nekst and Bates have filed a lawsuit against Guess and Macy’s for incorporating their tags in various articles of clothing. Scott Hervey and James Kachma r discuss this case in the next installment of “The Briefing.” Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.

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The Fashion Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Playboy’s various enduring registrations for the costume specifically list the trade dress as consisting of “a three dimensional bunny costume worn by a woman,” which “includes a corseted bodice, bunny ears worn on the head, a bunny tail on the back of the bodice, a name tag on the front of the bodice, wrist cuffs and a bow tie collar.”).

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Tags: Communications Decency Act On Line Media defamation libel tourism speech act user generated content. Other US companies were facing liability for user generated content posted on their website that would be protected under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from libel actions in the United States.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Tags: Communications Decency Act On Line Media defamation libel tourism speech act user generated content. Other US companies were facing liability for user generated content posted on their website that would be protected under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from libel actions in the United States.

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LawTechnologyToday

AUGUST 29, 2023

Trackers similarly collect data for various purposes, including advertising, analytics, and personalization, but come in different forms, such as cookies, scripts, tags, and fingerprinting techniques. Over 18 class-action lawsuits have been filed against hospitals and counting, alleging they are sharing health data via online trackers.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 26, 2023

And firefighters allegedly uncovered the marijuana facility “in 4 conjoined upstairs units, and notified police who took away the plants and code enforcement who ‘tagged’ various unpermitted modifications for the grow installation.” Complaint, preamble.)

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

Tags: Intellectual Property march madness copyright march madness trademark olympics copyright olympics in advertising olympics trademark. Thus, just as we looked to Colbert for examples of how music licensing works , and on when a candidate becomes legally qualified , he illustrated another legal concept. Stay tuned.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 15, 2022

Unfriendly searching, tagging and organizing methods. Tracking lawsuits. All of these have limitations and annoyances: Temperamental formatting (Microsoft Word, anyone?). Lack of real-time collaboration. Difficulty inserting images, PDFs and the like. Overly cluttered, busy user interfaces. No easy way to create and track tasks.

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The Fashion Law

JULY 13, 2021

It turns out that as multi-million-dollar NFTs, MSCHF’s Satan Shoes ( and the short-lived lawsuit over them ), and brands’ first quarter revenue results were dominating headlines this spring, Chanel was somewhat quietly rolling out a couple of new initiatives.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Could owners have liability if their station maintains its own page on which friends and followers may post statements which are defamatory or which could otherwise give rise to a lawsuit? Can an employee's actions on his or her own pages be attributed to the station? What should you do?

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The Fashion Law

JULY 12, 2021

The post AMIRI Names Internet Service Provider in New Lawsuit Over Counterfeit-Selling “Outlet” Website appeared first on The Fashion Law. The case is Atelier Luxury Group LLC v. PEG Tech, Inc., 2:21-cv-05599 (C.D.Cal.).

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 13, 2022

There is an interesting lawsuit filed against the University of Oregon after Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley was blocked from a social media account. The lawsuit names Tova Stabin, communication manager for the university’s Division of Equity and Inclusion, as the sole defendant. Is that what you really meant?”.

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The Fashion Law

APRIL 22, 2021

Just a matter of days before the Farfetch-Alibaba-YNAP deal was confirmed, LVMH and Tiffany revealed that they had managed to put their rival lawsuits to bed and come to agreeable terms under which the famed New York-based jewelry stalwart could be brought under the ownership umbrella of the Paris-based luxury goods titan.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 23, 2021

New Balance has been named in a new lawsuit over its “Made in USA” marketing. The lawsuit comes on the heels of New Balance coming under fire this fall when Truth in Advertising, Inc. and are seeking monetary damages, as well as an order from the court that certifies their proposed class action.

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SquirePattonBoggs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

That relator had been the first to file a lawsuit involving such claims. But the Court also found support in the competing interests of the False Claims Act: at one end, incentivizing civilian involvement in qui tam actions to police false claims; at the other, limiting parasitic tag-along actions that overwhelm the policing of false claims.

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The Fashion Law

MAY 18, 2021

An Atlanta-based jewelry company is pushing back against the trademark lawsuit filed against it by Chanel in connection with its sale of costume jewelry made from “upcycled” Chanel buttons.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 24, 2022

Lacking such courage, they may secretly want a court to force them to do the right thing to avoid being targeted or tagged as racist by the mob. Here is the opinion: North Texas Lawsuit.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 19, 2022

According to the suit (discussed below), when Xcential returned to show its solution to the Akin Gump lawyer, the Akin Gump lawyer repeatedly “holy s**t”… but balked at the price tag. In addition to the petition, Akin Gump filed a lawsuit against Xcential and the named inventor ( here ).

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The Fashion Law

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This falls neatly in line with the assertion that Chanel made in the lawsuit that it filed against The RealReal that the “only way for consumers to ensure that they are in fact receiving genuine CHANEL products is to purchase such goods from Chanel or from an authorized retailer of Chanel.”).

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2009

To protect your intellectual property in the easiest manner possible (without the need for costly infringement lawsuits of other actions), companies should take advantage of the procedures outlined by Facebook itself, and register with the company. A couple of caveats: User names have to be at least five alphanumeric characters.

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CARET Legal

JULY 19, 2024

This can lead to costly lawsuits that can drain your resources, damage your reputation, and even result in the loss of your license to practice law. With powerful search and tagging features, you can quickly find the information you need, saving valuable time and increasing productivity.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 30, 2023

Plaintiff tagged @uoregon and @UOEquity in his re-tweet. What was notable is that the General Counsel’s office took action to defuse the situation but only after the filing of the lawsuit. The University’s Office of General Counsel learned of the lawsuit the following day.

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Patently O

APRIL 2, 2024

The claimed invention involves three key steps: (1) tagging cfDNA with universal adaptors, (2) amplifying 25-2,000 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci in a single reaction volume, and (3) performing massively parallel sequencing. The central issues include: 1.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 14, 2021

She has now filed a lawsuit that claims that she was effectively forced out of her job by fellow lawyers and the union. Few young lawyers would risk being tagged as a racist — a career ending event. That led to her colleagues labeling her a racist and demanding her removal.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 27, 2022

Diptyque may have settled the advertising-centric lawsuit that it filed against Italic last year, but it appears to have paved the way for a similar suit, which has since been waged by buzzy activewear company ALO. A rep for Italic was not immediately available for comment.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

” There is even a lawsuit on the issue. Hanssen notes how faculty members across the country have been silenced by the fear of being tagged as racist or insensitive in fights over academic freedom. There is now an interesting case brewing at the University of Dallas.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in a challenge to a Pennsylvania law that allows any company doing business in the state to be sued there – even if the corporation is not headquartered there and the conduct at the center of the lawsuit occurred somewhere else. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a major dispute over personal jurisdiction – a court’s power to hear a lawsuit against a defendant. is whether a Pennsylvania court can hear a lawsuit brought against a Virginia-based railroad company by a Virginia man who worked for the railroad in Virginia and Ohio.

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Above The Law

MAY 13, 2025

Because many such conditions are systemic and hard to diagnose, treatments that are effective are often of very high value — both in terms of costs to patients, as well as with respect to the return to normalcy they can sometimes deliver alongside their high price tags. A federal xircuit appeal of that injunction decision followed.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 25, 2021

While die-hard Louis Vuitton and/or Virgil Abloh fans are likely to go wild over the latest offerings, for the legally-minded, the bag is proving an interesting one given a certain lawsuit that Louis Vuitton initiated back in 2010. In his March 2012 order dismissing Hyundai’s motion, Judge Kevin Castel of the U.S.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 9, 2022

For physicians and hospitals, those who are more prone to malpractice lawsuits see increases in their insurance premiums. Moreover, he added, putting a price tag on accountability will “ultimately reduce police killings and police use of force.”. Police departments can operate similarly.”. Rashawn Ray, Ph.D.,

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2009

The FCC once had a rule against dangerous or disruptive contests , but did away with it as part of their proceedings getting rid of " regulatory underbrush " in the 1980s, feeling that such issues were best left to civil lawsuits.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 25, 2024

We previously discussed the free speech lawsuit of Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley who was blocked from the Twitter account of the University of Oregon’s Division of Equity and Inclusion after tweeting “All men are created equal.” Plaintiff tagged @uoregon and @UOEquity in his re-tweet.

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LexForti

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In the 90s, India had to contest a persistent battle against some American businesses to protect the name ‘Basmati’ rice despite the critical claims to GI-tagging. The best recourse for impacted groups that have a trademark/collective mark registration (as mentioned in point 1) is to file a trademark infringement lawsuit.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 10, 2021

The company had also been on the receiving end of an array of lawsuits in recent years, both from former employees, who have all cited various forms of discrimination , and intellectual property rights holders, including jewelry designer Pamela Love , who filed a copyright infringement suit against Nasty Gal in summer 2016.

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The Crime Report

JULY 20, 2023

The brutal heat inside Texas’ uncooled prisons has killed prisoners, sickened guards and cost the state millions of taxpayer dollars in wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits. His mother appeared before lawmakers and the press Tuesday wearing his TDCJ ID tag and “prison whites,” the common name for TDCJ-assigned clothes.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Indeed, a civil lawsuit against one of Epstein’s former executive assistants by a “Jane Doe” victim was also voluntarily dismissed. Jane Doe asked for her lawsuit to be dismissed with prejudice after the Maxwell verdict. The Justice Department’s filing seems more of a coincidence of timing vis-a-vis the Maxwell case.

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