by FriedlandVining | Mar 1, 2013 | Intellectual Property Blog
What happens when a trademark owner waits over 30 years to enforce its trademark? The Fifth Circuit recently addressed this question in an opinion regarding a dispute between a maker of decorative sorority and fraternity paddles and several Greek organizations. ...
by FriedlandVining | Nov 13, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
Big brands win big battles this week in the ongoing war against counterfeit goods as Coach Inc. and Tory Burch LLC steamroll websites selling fake products. The iconic fashion designers separately went head to head with hundreds of domain owners allegedly infringing...
by FriedlandVining | Oct 17, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
Yves Saint Lauren SAS is throwing in the towel, or shoe technically speaking, and relinquishing its counterclaims against rival Christian Louboutin. After the Second Circuit held that YSL’s monochromatic red shoe did not infringe Louboutin’s trademark, only YSL’s...
by FriedlandVining | Oct 3, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
Only a month after a United States Court of Appeals issued the emphatic opinion in Christian Louboutin S.A. v. Yves Saint Laurent America Holding, Inc., No.11-3303-cv (2d Cir. September 5, 2012) preserving a place for single colors in the world of trademarks, Europe...
by FriedlandVining | Sep 12, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
The highly anticipated ruling involving high-fashion shoe designer Christian Louboutin came yesterday from the Second Circuit. Reversing in part, the appeals court ruled that a single color could in fact serve as a trademark in the fashion industry- Louboutin’s...
by FriedlandVining | Aug 28, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
On August 24, nine jurors awarded Apple Inc. more than $1 billion in damages against Samsung Electronics Co. in connection with the complex and high-stakes patent dispute. The jury found that Samsung infringed six of Apple’s patents at issue, including three covering...
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