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| 1 | Score One for the Brand Owners Andrea Anderson; Holland & Hart LLP; July 23, 2008 Score one for the brand owners. Their profits and brand cachet besieged by the world-wide counterfeiting epidemic, luxury brand owners have long complained that eBay, the world's premier consumer goods auction site, has not taken adequate measures to keep counterfeit goods off its site. |
| 2 | U.S. Supreme Court Confirms Applicability of Exhaustion Doctrine in Patent Licensing Scenarios Day Pitney LLP; July 23, 2008, previously published on July 1, 2008 On June 9, 2008, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision, Quanta Computer, Inc. v LG Electronics, Inc., No. 06-937, 553 U.S. ___ (June 9, 2008), that considered a doctrine known as patent exhaustion and sometimes referred to as the first sale doctrine. |
| 3 | Pending New York Right of Publicity Bill to Provide Protection for Deceased Celebrities Lindsay M. Schoen; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; July 18, 2008, previously published on June 26, 2008 Celebrities may soon be able to protect the commercial use of their persona after death in the state of New York. The Right of Publicity bill pending in Albany would expand the current protections available under state law. |
| 4 | Topps Aims for Upper Deck Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; July 18, 2008, previously published on June 26, 2008 Topps Co., the legendary baseball card manufacturer, has sued Upper Deck Co., charging its rival with trademark infringement over the planned use of the names and images of eight Hall of Famers. |
| 5 | Yahoo! Inc. Uses Trademark Law to Go After Spammers Christopher D. LeGras; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; July 14, 2008, previously published on June 30, 2008 It has been a rough year for Internet spammers. On March 14, the so-called "Spam King of Seattle," Robert Soloway, pleaded guilty to felony mail fraud and fraud charges in United States District Court in Seattle, Washington. |
| 6 | State Right of Publicity Claim Not Barred by Communications Decency Act Winston & Strawn LLP; July 12, 2008, previously published on Second Quarter 2008 The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire recently held that a state right of publicity claim against an Internet service provider was not barred by the Communications Decency Act (CDA). |
| 7 | Time Warner Loses Superman Copyright to Creator's Family John M. Conley, Nichelle N. Levy; Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.; July 11, 2008, previously published on June 2008 In a decision that has implications for both comic book fans and everyone who deals with copyrighted material, a federal court in Los Angeles has held that most of the copyright interests in the Superman character have been successfully recaptured by the family of the Man of Steel's creator. |
| 8 | For Starbucks, Cream and Sugar - But No Dilution Lawrence I. Weinstein, Brendan J. O'Rourke, Adam D. Siegartel; Proskauer Rose LLP; July 10, 2008, previously published on June 2008 Our last Client Alert discussed the recent federal district court holding that use of the VICTOR'S SECRET trademark by a purveyor of pornographic videos and sex toys is not likely to dilute the famous VICTORIA'S SECRET trademark by blurring, but is likely to dilute the trademark by tarnishment. |
| 9 | Another Reason for Clarity in IP Agreements -- You Could Lose the Right to Use Your Own Name Randy Lipsitz, Richard L. Moss, Aaron M. Frankel; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; July 10, 2008, previously published on June 2008 Joseph Abboud is a world-renowned menswear fashion designer, so much so that JA Apparel Corp. paid Mr. Abboud some $65 million for the exclusive right to use the Joseph Abboud name as a trademark. |
| 10 | Supreme Court Opinion in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. TOWNSEND and TOWNSEND and CREW LLP; July 10, 2008, previously published on June 11, 2008 On June 9, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of Quanta in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc, 553 U.S. __ (2008). |
