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17 Articles match "2006","Issues","Trademark"
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Entertainment Law Update Podcast, Episode 10
Replicas, trademark, copyright, etc. court in 2006 against British prop designer, Andrew Ainsworth, for copyright and trademark infringement of the Star Wars’ “Storm Trooper” design. Big Boys claims trademark infringement, copyright infringement and unfair trade. Also, issues of common origin, idea v. link]. link].
Gordon P. Firemark
- Thursday, April 1, 2010
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I feel prescient. Apple defends "Pod."
Apple is claiming the word "pod" as its own trademark in all situations. The worry is that any use of "pod" in a trademark could dilute the "iPod" mark. Let's start with what trademark dilution is. As I defined it on my trademark website of NYCTrademarks.com , "Trademark dilution. is reserved for strong trademarks.
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Mene Gene Redux - Though it is not Over
Hot Stuff applied for federal trademark registration on April 14, 1998 and the mark registered on March 14, 2000. It makes me wonder if they even consulted a trademark attorney. The lesson - ALWAYS register your trademarks.) The judge has asked for more briefs in order to rule fully on the issues of the case.
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Congress passes the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005
109-235 (2006), available at [link] Video-gamer Blizzard Entertainment and Blizzard Records do not infringe one another’s trademarks. Blizzard Entertainment and Blizzard Records can both employ the “Blizzard” trademark; even though they are not related companies and both market recorded music. Penalties are assessed by the FCC.
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Welcome!
Welcome to the Trademark, Copyright, and Entertainment Law Forum. This forum is for the discussion and review of current issues in trademark, copyright, and entertainment law - the practice areas of the Law Firm of Anthony Verna. The Law Firm of Anthony Verna can be found at [link]. Thank you! Anthony M.
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Option Agreements
The Director’s Chair , April 26, 2006 Sometimes producers who wish to acquire the movie or television rights may either immediately purchase the rights or they may wish to enter into an option agreement with the original writer in order to keep development costs as low as possible. copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, etc.).
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Kanye West, Ludacris win copyright trial
Here is a link to the AP account on this judgment: [link] According to the article, "At issue at trial were the words 'like that,' repeated more than 80 times in each song, though one song precedes the phrase with 'straight' while the other precedes it with 'just.'" Cases like this come down to a determination of facts. Harrisons Music, Ltd.
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Lieutenant Dan Got Me Invested in Some Kind of Fruit Company.
Cisco and Apple finally settled their dispute over the use of the trademark "iPhone." That's from the description in the trademark registration.) They added that the products and markets they serve are currently so dissimilar there's little likelihood of future trademark tangles." I agree that the "future" argument is weak.
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Moore Rolls the Tide: Sports Artist Daniel Moore Prevails Against the University of Alabama’s Trademark Infringement Claim
After a legal battle stretching over the past four years , a federal judge has ruled that well-known sports artist Daniel Moore did not commit trademark infringement by painting notable scenes at University of Alabama football games. Specifically, UA alleged that the players’ uniforms are trade dress protected under trademark law.
JetLawBlog
- Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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YOU CREATE. WE PROTECT. confusion with CREATE PROTECT
The TTAB ruled today there is a likelihood of consumer confusion between the trademark YOU CREATE. Our trademark application was filed on November 10, 2005 and the registration issued on October 31, 2006. on August 1, 2005 and he filed a federal trademark application on June 5, 2006. By Tamera H. Bennett.
Current Trends
- Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Entertainment Law Update Podcast – Episode 9, Olympic trademarks, album integrity, and more.
invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication or exhibition or utterance, such as any one issue of a newspaper or book or magazine or any one presentation to an audience or any one broadcast over radio or television or any one exhibition of a motion picture.” This one will be limited to the issue of damages.
Gordon P. Firemark
- Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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