Geekview IP Week(ish) in Review
TV One claims BET and MTV stole the essence of the Essence. TV one recently sued BET and MTV for stealing its show. Literally! According to TV One, first BET…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Pets sue for (fur) false advertising. Do people have an advantage over pets in litigation? Pamela Carthen hopes to find out, having recently filed a class action lawsuit alleging false…
Geekview IP week in Review — WTF Edition
I always suspected engaging in S&M might expose the participants to litigation. The accomplished photographer, artist and director, David LaChapelle, sued performing artist Rihanna for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, unfair…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Traverse City Shorts traverses Traverse City Film Festival. Though its name is longer, the shorts festival features films that are shorter than feature films (films that are 40 minutes…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Re-branding high fructose corn syrup "corn sugar" puts Corn Refiners in a sticky situation Most LOHAS consumers and other health conscious individuals do their best to avoid high fructose corn…
Geekview IP Week(s) in Review
Judge rolls away $1.3 billion barrel over which Oracle had SAP. Oracle sued SAP for copyright infringement, violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and various state-law claims…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Vegetarian lawyer sues Chipotle for porking him! If the fraud and false advertising claims in the class action lawsuit reported on here are accurate, then the ad above appears to…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Only in a trademark lawyer's fantasy . . . Parfums de Coeur, self-described as "a dominant marketer in the United States of women's and men's mass market fragrance brands under…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Comcast missed the goal when the Court declined to restrain DirecTV Soon on Sunday, they'll all be watching football. For now though the game is being played out in federal…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Wouldn't you sue if your late husband was the one who put Flint, Michigan on the map (of rap that is)? I began the first week in August with…