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LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Trademarks Legal News
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9th Circuit Vacates Equitable Relief In Bratz Trademark, Copyright Case
SAN FRANCISCO - Citing a series of errors by a federal judge in California, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 22 vacated an order that awarded Mattel Inc., maker of the iconic Barbie doll, near total control over a competitor (Mattel Inc. v. MGA Entertainment Inc. and...
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6th Circuit Affirms Rulings In Seventh-Day Adventist Trademark Dispute
CINCINNATI - A federal district court did not lack subject matter jurisdiction to hear a trademark dispute over the terms "Seventh-day Adventist" and "Adventist," the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Aug. 10 (General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists et al. v. Walter McGill, No. 09-5723, 6th Cir.; 2010...
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Dismissal Of Counterfeiting Claims Vacated By 2nd Circuit Panel
NEW YORK - The act of shipping a single counterfeit item into New York, combined with an affiliated business's substantial activity involving New York, gave a New York federal court personal jurisdiction over the shipper, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Aug. 5 (Chloe S.A. v. Queen Bee...
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Judge Grants Judgment To Google In Rosetta Stone Trademark Case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - One day after granting Google Inc. summary judgment on an unjust enrichment claim, a Virginia federal judge on Aug. 4 issued an opinion granting the Internet giant partial summary judgment on liability on trademark claims related to its AdWords advertising program (Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google Inc.,...
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Unjust Enrichment Count Dismissed In Rosetta Stone's Complaint Against Google
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia federal judge on Aug. 2 granted a motion for partial summary judgment by Google Inc., finding that a language software maker did not set forth sufficient facts to support its unjust enrichment claim (Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google Inc., No. 1:09cv736, E.D. Va.; See related...
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