By: C. Briccetti In January of 2007, it became public that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) intended to trademark “Katonah” to be used for a line of furniture, paints, and other home furnishings.i Katonah is the name of a tony Westchester County hamlet of the Town of Bedford located about 40 miles north of New [...]

By: A.M. In 1999, the Ninth Circuit in Brookfield Communication v. West Coast Entertainment held that the intentional use of a company’s trademark as a metatag on a competitor’s website constituted trademark infringement. This landmark case relied upon the doctrine of initial interest confusion, as articulated by the Second Circuit in Mobile Oil Corporation v. [...]

By Kathryn Newman Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. has filed suit against eBay Inc., alleging that eBay has failed to properly police its online auction Web site to stop the sale of counterfeit Tiffany jewelry, since being put on notice about the sale of counterfeit jewelry in 2003.i Tiffany argues that eBay has a responsibility [...]

By: Kellie Kroyer On November 5, 2007, over 12,000 television and film writers went on strike, crippling productions and, as of the date of this writing, costing the industry upwards of $1 billion. The strike was the result of three key points of contention which arose during contract negotiations between the Writers Guild of America [...]