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Jan 18, 2012 |
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Peter and the Wolf Leave the Public Domain - Supreme Court Holds Copyright Restoration Law is Constitutional |
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Jan 17, 2012 |
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ROLEX vs. ROLL-X: TTAB Says that ROLL-X for X-ray Tables Does Not Dilute Famous ROLEX Mark |
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Jan 13, 2012 |
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False Advertising Claim Over Statements In Billing Letter To Patients Not Sufficiently Pled Under Lanham Act |
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Jan 05, 2012 |
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Using An Employee's Personal Social Media Accounts Without Her Authorization To Market Employer May Create Liability Under Trademark And Electronic Privacy Laws |
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Dec 27, 2011 |
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Stylish Baby Bottoms: Kimberly-Clark Wins Copyright Battle Over Diaper Jeans |
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Dec 13, 2011 |
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Judge In New Mexico Issues Temporary Restraining Order Against Research In Motion To Prevent Use Of BBX Mark At Conference In Singapore |
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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"Classic" Case of Trademark Infringement? Top Tobacco and North Atlantic Operating Company Argue Whether CLASSIC CANADIAN and CLASSIC AMERICAN BLEND are Confusingly Similar |
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Dec 06, 2011 |
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"WE THE PEOPLE" Should Avoid Trashing Our Own Trademarks |
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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E-Discovery In The Board: A Reasoned Approach |
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Nov 30, 2011 |
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Green Day Awarded Attorneys' Fees Against Artist After Defeating Copyright Infringement and Unfair Competition Claims With Fair Use Defense |
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Nov 28, 2011 |
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Total War: General Mills Successfully Opposes
Registration of "TOTAL" for Yogurt |
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Nov 22, 2011 |
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First Amendment Right To Anonymous Speech Trumps Right To Discover Identity Of Blogger Alleged To Have Infringed Copyrighted Works of Art Of Living Foundation |
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Nov 18, 2011 |
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If You Build It, Will the Lawyers Come? 3D Printing and Copyright Infringement |
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Nov 17, 2011 |
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Alibaba.Com Found Subject To General Personal Jurisdiction In Missouri - And Possibly In Any State |
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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You Say You Want a Revolution: RIAA Does Not Agree that ReDigi's "Legally Downloaded Digital Music" Marketplace Qualifies for First Sale Protection |
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Nov 14, 2011 |
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Second Circuit Rules That Presenting Covenant Not To Sue Eliminates Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Declaratory Judgment Action For Non-Infringement And Cancellation Of Trademark Registration |
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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Light Blue Color Mark for Tennis Racket Overgrips Held Valid but Not Infringed by Slightly Different Shade of Light Blue Grip Tape |
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Nov 08, 2011 |
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Trademark Protection in ICANN's New Generic Top-Level Domain ("gTLD") Space Will Require Diligence by Trademark Owners |
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Nov 03, 2011 |
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District Court Permits Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Claim To Proceed Despite National Arbitration Forum Decision Ordering Transfer Of Domain Name To Defendant |
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Oct 31, 2011 |
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Crash Dummies, Cyber-Ads, and the Internet Troika: Recent US Trademark and Unfair Competition Cases |
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Oct 26, 2011 |
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Protecting Your Company Brands Against Sexually Explicit and Pornographic .XXX Domain Names - Deadline for Sunrise Period for Blocking Registrations is October 28, 2011 |
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Oct 17, 2011 |
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District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction because Plaintiff Failed to Prove Irreparable Harm Despite Finding Literally False Advertising by Defendant |
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction because Plaintiff Failed to Introduce Evidence of Irreparable Harm - Declares Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Trademark Cases Dead
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Strives to Strengthen Protection for Copyright and Trademark Owners throughout the World Against Counterfeiting and Piracy of their Products by Attempting to Harmonize the Laws of Member Nations. But will it Work? |
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Oct 04, 2011 |
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The Ninth Circuit Finds that Re-registering a Domain Name Originally Registered Before a Trademark Owner Acquires Rights Does Not Constitute a Violation of the Anticybersquatting Protection Act |
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Sep 29, 2011 |
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On behalf of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, Pattishall Attorneys Thad Chaloemtiarana and Phillip Barengolts Met With a Delegation from the People's Republic of China to Discuss U.S. Trademark Law |
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Despite Prevailing on a Motion to Dismiss on the Merits of Plaintiff's Trademark Infringement Claims, the L.A. Times Could Not Recover its Attorneys' Fees Because the Plaintiff's Claims Were Not Exceptional Under the Lanham Act |
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Sep 20, 2011 |
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Florida Appellate Court Issues New Ruling on Jurisdiction Through Internet Contacts; Questions Zippo |
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Aug 26, 2011 |
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Trademark Protection in the New Generic Top-Level Domain ("gTLD") Space ICANN Will Unveil on January 12, 2012, Will Require Diligence by Trademark Owners |
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Aug 18, 2011 |
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Protecting Your Company Brands Against Sexually Explicit and Pornographic .XXX Domain Names - Sunrise Registration Period for Trademark Owners Begins September 7, 2011 |
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Jul 12, 2011 |
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A website providing file-hosting or "cyberlocker" services to Internet users wins dismissal of Disney's direct copyright infringement claim, but Disney's claim for secondary copyright infringement through Hotfile users' copying and distribution of copyrighted material survives. |
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Jul 11, 2011 |
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Seth I. Appel joins the Pattishall team as an Associate. |
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Jul 08, 2011 |
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Copying a photograph openly available over the Internet constitutes copyright infringement, despite attempted fair use defense by appropriation artist. |
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Jun 10, 2011 |
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First Circuit: Supreme Court Decision Calls into Question Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Trademark Infringement Preliminary Injunction Cases |
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May 27, 2011 |
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Federal Court Determines that Filing of Opposition Along with Settlement Discussions Regarding Use of a Mark is Not Grounds for Declaratory Judgment |
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May 24, 2011 |
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The Seventh Circuit Upholds Finding that EVA'S BRIDAL Mark has been Abandoned through Naked Licensing between Family Members |
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May 16, 2011 |
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Federal Judge Rules Copyright Owner Cannot Pursue Discovery of ISP's to Learn the Identity of Owners of IP Addresses Accused of Illegally Downloading Pornographic Movies |
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Apr 28, 2011 |
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Successfully Defend Copyright Infringement Claim - Win Attorneys' Fees |
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Apr 22, 2011 |
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office Seeks Comments on whether the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board should become More Involved in Settlement Discussions |
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Apr 21, 2011 |
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.xxx Domain Names Going Live Soon, Brand Owners Prepare to Protect Their Trademarks in a New Online Space |
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Apr 08, 2011 |
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The Likely Impact of a Federal Government Shutdown on the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Copyright Office, and Federal Courts. |
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Mar 31, 2011 |
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Amending a Washington State Statute to Ignore Choice of Law Principles Could Not Gain Jimi Hendrix's Heirs a Post-Mortem Right of Publicity: Court Rules Amendment Unconstitutional |
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Feb 28, 2011 |
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Use of a Trademark in Metatags May No Longer Lead to a Nearly Automatic Finding of Trademark Infringement |
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Feb 01, 2011 |
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Website That Solicits Potentially Defamatory Content Cannot Take Advantage of Immunity Under Section 230 of the CDA for User-Submitted Content |
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Jan 25, 2011 |
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Jan 11, 2011 |
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Filing Requests With eBay That Improperly Allege Copyright Infringement Can Result in Liability Under Section 512(f) of the DMCA |
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Jan 04, 2011 |
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How to Analyze Substantial Similarity in a Copyright Infringement Claim: Susan Hassett's Self-Published Living with Celiac Disease versus Elisabeth Hasselbeck's The G Free Diet |
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Dec 14, 2010 |
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Amendments to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Alter the Disclosure Rules for Trademark Survey Experts |
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Dec 10, 2010 |
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The Seventh Circuit Clarifies what Constitutes an "Exceptional Case" under the Lanham Act and Calls for Uniformity among the Circuits |
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Dec 08, 2010 |
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Ninth Circuit Finds that Trademark Owner Did Not Exercise Adequate Quality Control Under an Implied License |
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Dec 03, 2010 |
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Fourth Time's the Charm: Fashion Designs May Soon Receive Copyright Protection |
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Dec 01, 2010 |
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Ninth Circuit Articulates Its Version of the Acquiescence Defense to Trademark Infringement |
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Nov 23, 2010 |
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A National Arbitration Forum Panel Ruled Against the New York Times in its Attempt to Recover From a Domainer, Suggesting That Laches Could Be a Defense to an Action Under the UDRP |
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Nov 19, 2010 |
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Strives to Strengthen Protection for Copyright and Trademark Owners throughout the World Against Counterfeiting and Piracy of their Products by Attempting to Harmonize the Laws of Member Nations. But will it Work? |
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Nov 05, 2010 |
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Use of a Domain Name, Originally Registered with a Trademark Owner's Permission, to Extract Payment from the Trademark Owner Violates the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act |
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Oct 27, 2010 |
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USPTO Registers Unique "Non-Traditional" Service Mark: A 109-Word Narrative Story -- Registration of The Peabody Hotels' "Legend of the Ducks" Follows Earlier Motion Mark Registration of its Iconic Duck March |
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Oct 18, 2010 |
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Trademark Owners Must Exercise Sufficient Control over the Quality of Licensed Merchandise or Risk Losing Rights in Their Valuable Brands |
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Oct 08, 2010 |
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FTC Issues First Proposed Revision to Green Guides Since 1998 |
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Oct 04, 2010 |
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Seventh Circuit Rules Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act Does Not Confer StubHub! Immunity from Chicago Tax Law |
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Sep 30, 2010 |
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Thad Chaloemtiarana was recognized as one of the "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch" for 2010 by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, publishers of Chicago Lawyer and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. |
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Sep 27, 2010 |
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One Court's View on the Fight over Athlete Endorsers: "Exclusive" Doesn't Necessarily Mean What We Think It Does |
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Sep 23, 2010 |
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You Are Now Free to Use Crinkly Paper Towels: Eighth Circuit Affirms Finding that Sale of Generic Paper Towels Designed to Fit Branded Dispensers is Not Contributory Trademark Infringement |
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Sep 17, 2010 |
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Protecting Product Configuration through Trademark Law: The Seventh Circuit Explains Functionality under the Lanham Act and the Interplay Between Patent and Trade Dress Protection |
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Sep 14, 2010 |
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Franchisors Must Take Control of Their Trademarks When Faced with a Failing Franchisee: Billboard Displaying a Formerly Licensed Mark Found not Actionable under Lanham Act |
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Sep 09, 2010 |
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Is that COHIBA from Cuba? Not if it's Sold in the U.S.: Second Circuit Reverses Ruling that U.S. Company Misappropriated the Cuban COHIBA Brand |
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Sep 02, 2010 |
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Pattishall McAuliffe Featured in the IP Supplement of The American Lawyer in an Article Highlighting IP Boutiques
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Aug 27, 2010 |
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First Circuit Affirms Trademark Owner's Ability to Stop Former Franchisee's "Holdover" Use Despite Disclaimer |
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Aug 17, 2010 |
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Government Filings Made Publicly Available Through Government Web Sites May Maintain Copyright Protection |
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Jul 20, 2010 |
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New .co Domain Names Now Available |
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Jun 23, 2010 |
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New Virginia Promotions Statute to Take Effect on July 1, 2010 |
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Jun 16, 2010 |
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Google's Alleged Licensing of Domain Names as Part of its AdSense Program may Subject it to Liability under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act |
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Jun 03, 2010 |
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Ashly Iacullo awarded the David C. Hilliard Award
for Outstanding Committee Chair |
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May 25, 2010 |
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Supreme Court Makes the Call: NFL Not Exempt from Antitrust Law when Licensing Team Trademarks for Merchandise |
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May 06, 2010 |
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Second Circuit Rules against J.D. Salinger, Finds Presumptions of Irreparable Harm No Longer Applicable for Granting Preliminary Injunctions in Copyright Cases |
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Apr 27, 2010 |
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Supreme Court to Examine Application of Copyright Law's First Sale Doctrine to Importation of Gray Market Goods |
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Apr 13, 2010 |
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Pattishall Attorneys Win Summary Judgment for The John W. Carson Foundation, Defeating Application to Register HERE'S JOHNNY as a Trademark for Portable Toilets |
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Apr 09, 2010 |
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Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens to Retire: An Important Contributor to Copyright, Trademark, and First Amendment Law Steps Aside |
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Apr 06, 2010 |
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D.C. Circuit Rules that FCC Lacks Authority to Enforce Net Neutrality |
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Apr 01, 2010 |
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Second Circuit Largely Affirms Tiffany v. eBay Judgment that eBay Did Not Infringe or Dilute the TIFFANY Trademark by Using it in Auctions |
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Mar 31, 2010 |
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Federal Circuit Reverses ITC: Over-Reliance on Verbal Description of Design Patent Claim Unduly Emphasizes Particular Features Instead of Overall Design |
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Mar 26, 2010 |
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Gripe Site Survives ACPA and Trademark Infringement Claims |
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Mar 24, 2010 |
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European Court of Justice Rules on Google's AdWords Program |
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Mar 12, 2010 |
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E-Discovery Guidelines and the Seventh Circuit's Pilot Program |
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Mar 09, 2010 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Copyright Infringement Claims for Unregistered Works: Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick |
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Mar 01, 2010 |
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Court Limits Copyright Statutory Damages to Number of Registrations Owned |
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Feb 25, 2010 |
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Pattishall, McAuliffe's Newest Partner |
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Feb 19, 2010 |
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Federal Judges' Practice Tips for Young Lawyers |
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Feb 17, 2010 |
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Pattishall, McAuliffe Ranks 7th... |
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Feb 16, 2010 |
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Defamatory "Tweet" Complaint Dismissed |
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Feb 11, 2010 |
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Owners of Copyrights in Foreign Works Must Register
Their Works in the U.S. to Seek Statutory Damages
and Attorneys' Fees in a Lawsuit - Berne Convention
Does Not Supersede Section 412 of the Copyright Act |
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Jan 26, 2010 |
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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Provides Post-Bose Guidance for Pleading Fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office |
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Jan 15, 2010 |
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Federal Circuit Overturns Patent and Trademark Office Requirement That Applicant Provide a Picture of a Good Sold Over the Internet as a Specimen Supporting A Trademark Application |
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Jan 01, 2010 |
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Pattishall, McAuliffe's Newest Partners |
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Dec 01, 2009 |
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Pattishall recognized in New York's Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts "VLA Pro-Bono Story of the Month" |
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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Pattishall Client Wins Summary Judgment Defending Against Trademark Infringement Claim |
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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As a Firm, we are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague, Mel Silver.
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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Online Service Provider's Ownership of User Content Held Not to Eviscerate CDA Immunity |
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Oct 30, 2009 |
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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Holds that a Formerly Registered Mark is Not Automatically Entitled to Re-Registration |
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Oct 23, 2009 |
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FDA Announces Intent to Target Nutritional Claims on Food Packaging |
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Does the Commercial General Liability Policy Cover Trademark Infringement? |
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Oct 14, 2009 |
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Defending a New York company and its officers in a trademark infringement action, Phillip Barengolts, J. Michael Monahan, and Scott T. Lonardo successfully transferred the litigation to their clients' home district, resulting in the plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit. More Cupcakes, LLC v. Lovemore LLC, et al., Case No. 09-cv-3555 (N.D. Ill. 2009). |
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Oct 09, 2009 |
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ICANN Outlines Proposed Trademark Protection Measures in Preparation for the Introduction of New gTLDs in Early 2010. |
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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FTC Announces Revised Guides on the Use of Endorsement and Testimonials in Advertising |
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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Pattishall Mediation |
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Sep 21, 2009 |
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Ninth Circuit Rules That Paris Hilton May Proceed with Her Right of Publicity Claim Despite Hallmark's Free Speech Challenge
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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Putting the Intent Back Into Fraud: The Federal Circuit Overturns the TTAB's Should Have Known Standard |
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Aug 14, 2009 |
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Is That Bag Prada or Prado?: Protecting Fashion Industry Intellectual Property |
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Aug 06, 2009 |
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Chicago Design Patent Attorney Explains How An Obviousness Challenge Can Trump a Motion for Preliminary Injunction in a Design Patent Case |
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Jul 09, 2009 |
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Sanjiv Sarwate, Chicago Trademark Attorney, Details Recent Eighth Circuit Decision Denying Preliminary Injunction in Trade Secret Litigation |
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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MasterCard Prevails in Cybersquatting Dispute |
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Jun 17, 2009 |
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ICANN's Expansion of the Domain Name Space - A Primer |
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Jun 12, 2009 |
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New Federal Law Requires Gift Cards And Gift Certificates To "Clearly and Conspicuously" Disclose Fees and Expiration Terms |
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Jun 08, 2009 |
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Pattishall Partners Author New Essential Books |
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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Federal Circuit Oral Argument - Bose v. Hexawave: Have the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's Medinol Fraud Cases "Crossed a Very Fundamental Line"? |
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May 22, 2009 |
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FTC to Study How Consumers See "Green" Marketing |
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May 13, 2009 |
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Chicago trademark litigation attorney, Belinda Scrimenti, and her Pattishall, McAuliffe colleagues successfully conclude Federal court litigation to protect the Peabody Hotels' Peabody name and famed marching ducks. |
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May 12, 2009 |
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Chicago trademark lawyer Sanjiv Sarwate explains how trademark applications filed by foreign entities may be void if applicant cannot document its intent to use. |
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May 02, 2009 |
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Fraud on the Trademark Office in the U.S. and Canada |
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May 01, 2009 |
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Gift Card Issuers Traverse Shifting Legal Terrain:
Recent Developments in Gift Card Litigation and Legislation |
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Apr 17, 2009 |
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Pattishall McAuliffe Meets with Russian IP Delegation |
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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Pattishall, McAuliffe was recognized by Managing Intellectual Property as a U.S. top tier firm |
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Mar 18, 2009 |
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Pattishall, McAuliffe Hosts Client Strategy Meeting |
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Mar 13, 2009 |
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California Passes Amended Sweepstakes Law |
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Feb 23, 2009 |
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Pattishall lawyers win victory for American College of Trial Lawyers |
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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$2 Million Award for Pattishall Client |
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Pattishall Attorney Weighs-in On Sasha and Malia Dolls |
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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Pattishall Client Prevails in Ground-Breaking Domain Name Class Action |
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Dec 18, 2008 |
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Chicago Trademark Lawyers Comment on New Domain Name Scheme |
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Dec 17, 2008 |
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Pattishall, McAuliffe Pro Bono Success |
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Dec 05, 2008 |
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Chicago trademark attorney presents "Your Association is a Brand -- Protect it Like One" |
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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Pattishall Client Awarded $4.5 Million in Trademark Infringement and Telemarketing Fraud Suit |
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Oct 29, 2008 |
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ICANN Plans for gTLD Expansion Will Impact Brand Owners |
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Oct 13, 2008 |
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New Copyright Law Creates Federal Copyright Czar |
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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Chicago trademark attorney to speak on Trademark Basics |
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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Brett August will be attending the biennial congress of AIPPI as the U.S. delegate to the Committee on Trademark Harmonization. |
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Sep 02, 2008 |
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Past, Present and Future: Pattishall Supports the AIPPI |
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Aug 25, 2008 |
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MASTERCARD Mark Found "one of the most famous in the world" |
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Jul 31, 2008 |
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FORD declared a "well-known trademark" in India |
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Jul 16, 2008 |
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Six trademark practitioners--the highest proportion in Chicago--recommended in the 2008 Edition of Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. |
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Oct 23, 2007 |
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Settled Case Doesn't End National Keyword Debate: Commentary by Joseph N. Welch II |
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Oct 01, 2007 |
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Supreme Court declines review of decision rejecting the "famous marks" doctrine |
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May 25, 2007 |
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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Clarifies Requirements for Proving "Bona Fide Intent to Use" a Mark |
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Mar 13, 2007 |
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Viacom Sues YouTube Seeking $1 Billion for Copyright Infringement |
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