11 Sunday Dec 2011
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Stories from the Week that Was – 12/4-12/10/11
Carrier IQ Drops Empty Legal Threat, Apologizes to Security Researcher
Seasteading: Cities on the ocean
‘Eat More Kale’ trademark flap more complex than simple slogan
Bob Marley Heirs Sue Half Brother Over Name Use
“It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.” – Clive James
04 Sunday Dec 2011
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Stories from the Week that Was – 11/27-12/3/11
USPTO releases 2011 Performance and Accountability Report
Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything
US judge orders hundreds of sites “de-indexed” from Google, Facebook
Governor Brownback apologizes to Emma Sullivan over Twitter tiff
The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit
Teen Tweeter Won’t Apologize To Kansas Governor
“As we’ve seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture.” -Lawrence Lessig
03 Saturday Dec 2011
Posted in Intellectual Property
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Breach of Contract, Denise K. LaRue, Federal Jurisdiction, Southern District of Indiana, Tanya Walton Pratt, Trademark Infringement
Court Case Number: 1:11-cv-01598-TWP-DKL
File Date: Friday, December 02, 2011
Plaintiff: Wine & Canvas Development LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: P. Adam Davis of Davis & Sarbinoff LLP
Defendant: Theodore Weisser, Christopher Muylle, YN Canvas CA LLC, Art Uncorked, www.art-uncorked.com
Cause: Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act), Breach of Contract, Federal Jurisdiction
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Tanya Walton Pratt
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue
Notice of Removal from Hamilton County Circuit Court below.
02 Friday Dec 2011
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Denise K. LaRue, Federal Trademark Infringement, Litigation Update, Richard L. Young, Trademark Dilution, Unfair Competition, Unigroup, Wheaton Van Lines
Plaintiff alleges that it’s WE MOVE YOUR LIFE trademark is infringed by Defendant’s domain name, www.yourlifeonthemove.com.
Court Case Number: 1:11-cv-01590-RLY-DKL
File Date: Thursday, December 01, 2011
Plaintiff: Wheaton Van Lines Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: S. Andrew Burns of Cox Sargeant & Burns PC
Defendant: Unigroup Inc., United Mayflower Container Services LLC
Cause: Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal and State Unfair Competition, Trademark Dilution
Court: Southern District Court of Indiana
Judge: Judge Richard L. Young
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue
02 Friday Dec 2011
Posted in Federal Initiatives, Intellectual Property, Legislation
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has released its annual Performance and Accountability Report for fiscal year 2011. Full text below.
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