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LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Trademarks Legal News
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ESPN Wins Dismissal Of Lanham Act Claim In Missouri Federal Court
ST. LOUIS - Allegations of false designation of origin filed in connection with the unauthorized use of a copyrighted song in a basketball DVD were dismissed Jan. 17 by a Missouri federal judge, who deemed the theory an "impermissible workaround" of the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Dastar v. Twentieth...
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California Federal Judge Rejects Contributory Cybersquatting Claim
SAN FRANCISCO - Allegations by Petroliam Nasional Behad (Petronas), the national oil agency of Malaysia, that domain registrar GoDaddy.com is secondarily liable for fraudulent domain registrations were dismissed Jan. 1 by a California federal judge (Petroliam Nasional Behad v. GoDaddy.com Inc., No. 09-5939., N.D. Calif.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156)....
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Dismissal Denied In California Dispute Over 'Juniper' Trademark
SAN FRANCISCO - A cybersquatting defendant on Jan. 17 failed to persuade a California federal judge to dismiss on jurisdiction grounds its dispute with Juniper Networks (Juniper Networks Inc. v. Juniper Media LLC, No. 11-3906, N.D. Calif.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5180).
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Dismissal Of Counterclaims In Cyberpiracy Case Denied; Sanctions Partly Granted
PHOENIX - Even though an Arizona federal judge found that the declaratory counterclaims of alleged cybersquatting defendants would likely be resolved upon determination of the infringement and cybersquatting claims against them, in a Jan. 10 ruling, he held that the defendants sufficiently stated claims upon which relief can be granted...
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Lending Firm's Cybersquatting, Trademark Claims Dismissed Under Res Judicata
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A direct mortgage lending company's trademark infringement and unfair competition claims against an Internet marketing firm are barred by the doctrine of res judicata in light of the parties' 2006 settlement of claims in a previous lawsuit between them and a subsequent dismissal with prejudice of...
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