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Cable service provider engaged in reverse passing off of DirecTV signal (and other bad acts)

Posted on April 29, 2019 by rtushnet

Northeast Cable Televis., LLC v. DirecTV, LLC, 2019 WL 1767066, No. 18CV2559 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 22, 2019) DirecTV’s satellite television service provides hundreds of channels. For certain kinds of multiple-unit properties (usually a hotel or motel, hospital, college dormitory, or … Continue reading →

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Allegations of patent infringement could be defamatory but not false advertising

Posted on April 26, 2019 by rtushnet

GeigTech East Bay LLC v. Lutron Electron. Co., 2019 WL 1768965, No. 18 Civ. 5290 (CM) (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 4, 2019) “What started as a garden-variety intellectual property dispute has morphed into something less conventional.” GeigTech initially sued Lutron, alleging that … Continue reading →

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advertisers’ claim against Google for insufficient credits for bad clicks continues

Posted on April 26, 2019 by rtushnet

Adtrader, Inc. v. Google LLC, 2019 WL 1767206, No. 17-cv-07082-BLF (N.D. Cal. Apr. 22, 2019) Advertisers buy ad space on Google’s AdX, while website publishers (or network partner managers (NPMs) who act for them) use AdX to sell ad space … Continue reading →

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Shades of the Boston Marathon cases

Posted on April 22, 2019 by rtushnet

Seen at the airport: 43(a) violation? Sign: Run Boston Run!  Shirt: Runner with “26.2 Boston” from Blogger http://bit.ly/2DqXEow

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Copyright Office event on copyright & sports

Posted on April 22, 2019 by rtushnet
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TMSR, part 3

Posted on April 15, 2019 by rtushnet

Session 3: Defining Marks in Trademark Law vs. Defining Subject Matter in Adjacent Areas of IP In formulating rules about defining marks in trademark law, what (if anything) can be learned from the longstanding debate about defining pictorial, graphic, and … Continue reading →

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TMSR, part 2

Posted on April 13, 2019 by rtushnet

Session 2:  Defining Markets: Doctrinal Settings for Market Analysis in Trademark Law Trademark law clearly already undertakes market definition in the analysis of genericism and also for functionality. Are current approaches adequate? Are markets defined the same way, through the … Continue reading →

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Non-party video provides plausibility to falsify claim that hose is “tough enough to tow a truck”

Posted on April 12, 2019 by rtushnet

Telebrands Corp. v. Ragner Technol. Corp., No. 16-3474 (ES) (MAH), 2019 WL 1468156 (D.N.J. Apr. 3, 2019) “The dispute between these parties spans multiple lawsuits, multiple jurisdictions, and even multiple countries.” Ragner owns patents for expandable hoses.  Telebrands sells expandable … Continue reading →

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Eleventh Trademark Scholars Roundtable: Defining Marks and Markets

Posted on April 12, 2019 by rtushnet

Session 1:  The Process for Defining Marks (Registered, Unregistered) What are the different ways to define marks? What are/should be our goals in defining marks? What are the costs of permitting fuzzy definition? Are there costs to  imposing  strict requirements … Continue reading →

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Virginia State Bar IP writing competition for law students

Posted on April 11, 2019 by rtushnet

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION (2019) Sponsored by the Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section The Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section is seeking papers written by law students who are attending law school in Virginia or … Continue reading →

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