27 Sunday May 2012
Posted in Privacy, Social Media
Stories from the Week that Was – 5/20/12-5/26/12
The Failures of the Facebook Generation in the Arab Spring
IP-Address Can’t Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules
Drones Take Flight For Civilian Use
7 Ways To Get Yourself Detained Indefinitely
UK ‘cookie law’ takes effect: What you need to know
“A patent is property carried to the highest degree of abstraction—a right in rem to exclude, without a physical object or content.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes
26 Saturday May 2012
Posted in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark
Tags
Common Law Trademark Infringement, Dennis J. Hubel, Federal Trademark Dilution, Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Injury to Business Reputation, Marco A. Hernandez, State Trademark Dilution, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices, Unfair Competition
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00945-HZ
File Date: Friday, May 25, 2012
Plaintiff: adidas America, Inc., adidas AG
Plaintiff Counsel: Stephen M. Feldman of Perkins Coie LLP
Charles H. Hooker III, R. Charles Henn Jr. of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Defendant: Wolverine World Wide Inc.
Cause: Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Federal Trademark Dilution, State Trademark Dilution, Injury to Business Reputation
Court: Oregon District Court
Judge: Magistrate Judge Dennis J. Hubel, Judge Marco A. Hernandez
20 Sunday May 2012
Posted in Trademark
Stories from the Week that Was – 5/13/12-5/19/12
Kodak Had a Secret Nuclear Reactor Loaded With Enriched Uranium Hidden In a Basement
Google revamps search, tries to think more like a person
McDonald’s tries to rebrand itself, in Berkeley, of all places
“No backroom deals to regulate the Internet. Speak out now against TPP, the new ACTA.” – Electronic Frontier Foundation
18 Friday May 2012
Posted in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark
Tags
Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Defamation, Intentional Interference with Economic Relations, Paul Papak, Trademark Infringement
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00887-PK
File Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Plaintiff: Peace for Paul Foundation, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: David L. Silverman – Attorney at Law
Defendant: Mr. Andrew Young
Cause: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act, Trademark Infringement, Defamation, Intentional Interference with Economic Relations
Court: Oregon District Court
Judge: Magistrate Judge Paul Papak
16 Wednesday May 2012
Posted in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark
Tags
Common Law Trademark Infringement, Dennis J. Hubel, Federal Trademark Dilution, Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Injury to Business Reputation, Paul Papak, State Trademark Dilution, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices, Unfair Competition
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00859-PK
File Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Plaintiff: Adidas America, Inc, adidas AG
Plaintiff Counsel: Stephen M. Feldman of Perkins Coie LLP
Defendant: World Industries, Inc., Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Cause: Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Federal Trademark Dilution, State Trademark Dilution, Injury to Business Reputation
Court: Oregon District Court
Judge: Magistrate Judge Dennis J. Hubel, Magistrate Judge Paul Papak
13 Sunday May 2012
Stories from the Week that Was – 5/6/12-5/12/12
A mid-week election saw Richard Mourdock topple long-standing Republican Senator Richard Lugar. Has anybody bothered to ask Mourdock or (Democrat rival) Joe Donnelly’s thoughts on legislation like CISPA and SNOPA? Not this week, when all the talk was about Zuckerberg’s hoodie and President Obama’s evolution on same-sex marriage.
Why the New gTLDs Don’t Matter
Clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook Is Not Protected Speech, Judge Rules
Property rights in the cloud: Your data or theirs?
Twitter Defends User In Court Over Occupy Tweets
Think That Email Isn’t a Contract? Think Again
Facebook bans Grooveshark over copyright complaint
How Should We Measure Damages for Defamation Over Social Media?
Mars Rover Opportunity Rolling Again After Winter Break
New NDAA Would Give the Military Clandestine Cyberwar Powers
“All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.” – Mark Zuckerberg
10 Thursday May 2012
Posted in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark
Tags
Common Law Trademark Infringement, Federal Trademark Infringement, Thomas M. Coffin, Trade Dress Infringement
Court Case Number: 6:12-cv-00834-TC
File Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Plaintiff: Too Marker Products, Inc., Imagination International, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Jacob S. Gill, Timothy S. DeJong of Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter, PC
Defendant: CC International LLC, Hot Off The Press, Inc.
Cause: Federal Trademark Infringement, Trade Dress Infringement, Common Law Trademark Infringement
Court: Oregon District Court
Judge: Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Coffin
08 Tuesday May 2012
Posted in Copyright, District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon
Court Case Number: 6:12-cv-00806-AA
File Date: Monday, May 07, 2012
Plaintiff: CBT Nuggets, L.L.C.
Plaintiff Counsel: E. Bradley Litchfield of Hutchinson Cox Coons & DuPriest
Defendant: Charles Casciotta, Productforless LLC, productforless.biz
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Oregon District Court
Judge: Chief Judge Ann L. Aiken
06 Sunday May 2012
Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Patent, Privacy, Social Media, Trademark
Tags
Stories from the Week that Was – 4/29/12-5/5/12
Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?
U.S. Copyright Office Seeks to Raise Rates
Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)
Feds held seized website Dajaz1.com for a year without proof of copyright infringement
“My words and my ideas are my property, and I’ll keep and protect them as surely as I do my stable of unicorns.” ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
29 Sunday Apr 2012
Posted in Intellectual Property, Legislation, Patent, Privacy, Social Media, Trademark
Stories from the Week that Was – 4/22/12-4/28/12
US says intellectual property supports 40 million jobs
How CISPA will affect us [infographic]
Facebook Signs $550M Patent Deal
Judge Adds #Hashtags To Twitter Ruling
House passes CISPA with a vote of 248 to 168
Will ’emoticon defense’ disprove cyberbullying?
“If you value liberty, privacy and the Constitution, then you will vote no on CISPA.” – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga)
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