Recently, a YouTube video attacking ex-presidential contender Jon Huntsmen surfaced on the Internet. The insulting footage refers to Huntsmen as the “Manchurian Candidate,” while playing “Chinese style” music in the background; it shows Huntsmen doing Chinese activities (speaking Chinese, interviewing with the chinese media…) and asks whether the candidate’s true country of allegiance is the [...]
The Louboutin/YSL case has become a very hot topic for fashionistas and IP enthusiasts alike. Appealed Tuesday in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the judge seemed to show support for the Louboutin side, which would mean a possible overturning of the lower court decision to deny a preliminary injunciton. Much of the argument is [...]
The oldest bottler of Dr. Pepper has sold its distribution rights to Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. in a trademark dispute settlement. The bottler was accused of diluting the brand and selling outside the area allowed by its licensing agreement. Meanwhile, the town of Dublin, Texas is worried about losing its identity along with this [...]
Although Warner Brothers may have settled the lawsuit with Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist over the use of Tyson’s tattoo in the movie, The Hangover Part II, they are now facing a new lawsuit from Louis Vuitton. Perhaps, you remember Zach Galifianakis’s line, “Careful, that is a Louis Vuitton,” in the movie. Turns out that executives [...]
IPLJ BLOG FEATURE: From the Desk of the Editor Each month, Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline McMahon weighs in on topics and legal issues covered in the IPLJ. This month Jacqueline looks back on the key stories the IPLJ focused on this past year. “In keeping with the situation”… what better time to recap the exhaustive year of [...]
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