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“Better Call Saul” Episode Sparks “Sweet” Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

IPilogue

According to The Wrap , AMC Networks and Sony Pictures, the production companies behind Better Call Saul , are being sued for trademark and trade dress infringement by Liberty Tax. The episode in question (Season 6, Episode 2) portrays a business called “Sweet Liberty Tax Services,” shown below.

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AMC, Sony Rip Tax Biz's 'Better Call Saul' Defamation Suit

IP Law 360

Liberty Tax Service's lawsuit accusing AMC Networks and Sony of disparaging the company by depicting a similar business that stole customers' cash in "Better Call Saul" stretches trademark and defamation laws "beyond their breaking point" and should be thrown out, the show's creators told a New York federal judge Tuesday.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 10- January 16)

SpicyIP

Case: M/S Liberty Footwear Company vs M/S Liberty International on 10 January, 2023 (Delhi High Court). The Delhi High Court allowed the application filed by the defendant under Section 8 of the Arbitration Act concerning a trademark dispute on Plaintiff’s ‘LIBERTY’ mark infringement.

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Rounding Up the Supreme Court Briefs in NetChoice v. Paxton, the Challenge to Texas HB20’s Social Media Censorship Law

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Bias is evidence of expressive freedom, that we could be at liberty to have preferences, which we can then express. “The platforms are the twenty-first century descendants of telegraph and telephone companies: that is, traditional common carriers.” Moms for Liberty and Institute for Free Speech. ” Goldman.

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Black Canadians in Law: A Timeline

Nelligan Law

The Blackburns settled in Toronto, where they founded Toronto’s first taxi company. Desmond was convicted of tax evasion for failing to pay the full tax on her seat ticket. The Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada refused to extradite the Blackburns to the US, where they would once again be sold into slavery.

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Black Canadians in Law: A Timeline

Nelligan Law

The Blackburns settled in Toronto, where they founded Toronto’s first taxi company. Desmond was convicted of tax evasion for failing to pay the full tax on her seat ticket. The Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada refused to extradite the Blackburns to the US, where they would once again be sold into slavery.

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Monthly Wrap Up (May 12, 2023): Noteworthy Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Decisions, Posts and Articles

LexBlog IP

In JTH Tax, LLC d/b/a Liberty Tax Service v. Plescia , the defendant was able to sufficiently dispute whether the trade secrets in question–Excel templates used to estimate and prepare final budgets for client project bids–were created by another company in the late 1990s. Not surprisingly, both the U.S.