Some of the latest copyright and trademark happenings from around the Internet:
- As Wendy Davis reports, Righthaven is suing other newspaper publishers—its prospective customers. Hasn’t Righthaven learned from the RIAA that suing prospective customers doesn’t improve future sales? (via Eric Goldman)
- InternetShopsInc.com v. Six C Consulting, Inc., 2011 WL 1113445 (N.D. Ga. March 24, 2011):
- Trademark Owner Gets Injunction Against Keyword Ad Campaign That Generated No Sales for the Advertiser from Technology & Marketing Law Blog by Eric By Eric Goldman
- RIAA request for trillions in LimeWire copyright case is ‘absurd,’ judge says. By Jaikumar Vijayan at ComputerWorld
- FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY! Rebecca Black Sues Ark Music Factory Over ‘Friday’ Copyright
- Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sued For Trademark Infringement
- Overview of latest disputes at TTAB: TTABlog Quarterly Index: January – March 2011 from The TTABlog® by John L. Welch
- Copyright troll Righthaven achieves spectacular “fair use” loss. By Nate Anderson at Ars Technica
- Call of the Wild Movie v. Does 1 – 1,062 — F.Supp.2d —, 2011 WL 996786 (D.D.C. March 22, 2011): A complaint for the alleged illegal downloading of the film Call of the Wild 3-D, originally against 358 unnamed defendants but subsequently amended to increase the unnamed defendants to 1,062. Blog post by By Evan Brown at Internet Cases blog.
- Tenenbaum challenges copyright damages in illegal downloading case
- The TTAB has issued a nine-page pre-trial order (here) in Blackhorse v. Pro Football, Inc., Cancellation No. 92046185, the latest chapter in the battle over the REDSKINS trademark registrations. More at the TTABlog.
- Oprah Winfrey dodges $100M copyright lawsuit
- Turns out that sending a whole bunch of Cease and Desist letters doesn’t qualify as putting someone on notice. Wolk v. Kodak Imaging Network, Inc., 2011 WL 940056 (S.D.N.Y. March 17, 2011). Photo Hosting Site Gets DMCA 512 Safe Harbor by Eric Goldman.