Patently-O

JULY 20, 2023

by Dennis Crouch TBL Licensing v. 2023) The Timberland Boot trade dress case is pending before the Fourth Circuit, raising some interesting questions about the role of product trade dress vs design patents vs copyright vs utility patents. The boot design is well recognized as an icon. Vidal (4th Cir.

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Designs Design Cease and Desist Design Patent 74

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 6, 2021

Evansville, Indiana – In 2004, the Coca-Cola Company launched its Full Throttle® energy drink brand, which was later apparently acquired by Monster Beverage Company (“Monster”) in 2015. Since 2015, Energy claims it has spent over $22.6 Energy also claims it has used a distinctive trade dress on its Full Throttle® products since 2004.

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Cease and Desist Trademark Branding Brands 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As usual in these types of cases, Ryanair sent cease-and-desist letters to Booking telling it to stop. 2015 WL 1289984 at 4 (N.D. March 20, 2015). That’s not what the statute is designed to prevent. Needless to say, it didn’t stop. When Booking didn’t stop, Ryanair sued for five different violations of the CFAA.

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Blogging Cease and Desist Business Litigation 90

IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

Often, the third-party sellers engage in selling, distributing and importing of patented product through Amazon channels without consent of the holder or license to sell that particular product. [2] Williams-Sonoma commented that Amazon’s own product line “Rivet” has infringed patents of furniture designs. [3] Amazon, 2015 U.S.

Patent Infringement 52

Patent Infringement Patent Cease and Desist IP 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. As far as the collective remuneration rules under Section 36 UrhG are concerned, there are two BGH decisions from 2015 that can be looked at ( here and here ).

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Contracts Copyright Law Cease and Desist 98

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

The issue arose from a dispute between Romag, a manufacturer of magnetic snap fasteners for leather goods, and Fossil, a designer and distributor of a wide range of fashion accessories. 2 Long ago, those parties entered into an agreement permitting Fossil to use Romag’s fasteners on Fossil’s handbags and other products. Conclusion.

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Intellectual Property Contracts Trademark Trademark Law 52