Category Archives: defamation

oral copyright license equals uncertainty in business dispute

Posted on February 6, 2014 by rtushnet

Yong Ki Hong v. KBS America, Inc., 951 F. Supp. 2d 402 (E.D.N.Y. 2013) Plaintiffs, who operated a video rental store catering to customers seeking Korean videotapes, sued KBSA, one of the three main sources for Korean programs, for antitrust … Continue reading →

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falsely claiming continued TM ownership leads to liability

Posted on January 21, 2014 by rtushnet

C=HOLDINGS B.V. v. Asiarim Corp., 2013 WL 6987165, No. 12 Civ. 928 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2013) C= sued Asiarim for infringement of Commodore trademarks (“a brand long associated with the 8–bit gaming computer popular in the early 1980s”) and related … Continue reading →

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Publisher can’t maintain Lanham Act claim against satirical blog post

Posted on December 2, 2013 by rtushnet

Farah v. Esquire Magazine, No. 12–7055, 2013 WL 6169660, — F.3d – (D.C. Cir. Nov. 26, 2013) Mark Warren wrote a blog post on Esquire Magazine’s Politics Blog.  The entry was posted one day after the release of Jerome Corsi’s … Continue reading →

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defamation via Twitter, TM infringement via LinkedIn

Posted on November 18, 2013 by rtushnet

AvePoint, Inc. v. Power Tools, Inc., 2013 WL 5963034, No. 7:13CV00035 (W.D. Va. Nov. 7, 2013) AvePoint sued Power Tools (aka Axceler) and Burns (Axceler’s regional VP of sales for Western North America) for defamation, breach of contract, trademark infringement, … Continue reading →

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Surveys in defamation cases?

Posted on November 13, 2013 by rtushnet

Eriq Gardner at THR Esq. rightly flags this tantalizing tidbit about Tom Cruise’s pending defamation lawsuit(okay, I have a very specific definition of tantalizing; don’t judge me).  Cruise conducted a survey to figure out how readers would interpret the claims … Continue reading →

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photos can be false by necessary implication

Posted on October 17, 2013 by rtushnet

Veve v. Corporan, No. 12–1073 (GAG), 2013 WL 5603263 (D.P.R.| Oct. 11, 2013) Plaintiffs Veve and his business Batey Zipline Adventure sued defendants, Corporan and Atabey Eco Tours, for trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, false advertisement, and product disparagement.  They … Continue reading →

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