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Love v. Sanctuary Records Group, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, International Law, Media Law
In an action by former Beach Boys member Mike Love against former member Brian Wilson for trademark infringement based on the promotion campaign for...

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. v. Tabari

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Transportation
In a trademark infringement action by Toyota involving defendants' use on their website of copyrighted photography of Lexus vehicles and the circular...

Mindys Cosmetics, Inc. v. Dakar

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement action, a denial of defendant's California anti-SLAPP motion is affirmed where defendant made a prima facie showing that...

Santa's Best Craft, LLC. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Contracts, False Advertising, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit against its insurer, arising from an underlying suit against the plaintiff over its marketing of Christmas lights for copying...

Visa Int'l Serv. Ass'n v. JSL Corp.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an action by Visa Corporation claiming that a company called eVisa was likely to dilute the Visa trademark, summary judgment for plaintiff is...

Amazing Spaces, Inc. v. Metro Mini Storage

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In an action alleging infringement of a star design that plaintiff claimed as a service mark, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part...

Deere & Co. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Intellectual Property, International Trade, Trademark
The judgment of the International Trade Commission finding that the sales of European version self-propelled John Deere forage harvesters in the U.S....

American Needle, Inc. v. Nat'l Football League

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trademark
In an antitrust action challenging the NFL's grant to Reebok of an exclusive license to create apparel incorporating the NFL's intellectual property,...

V Secret Catalogue, Inc. v. Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In plaintiff's trademark "dilution by tarnishment" suit against a small retail store that sells sex toys and other sexually oriented products,...

Fred Beverages, Inc. v. Fred's Capital Mgmt. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In plaintiff's action seeking to cancel a trademark in International Class 32 on the ground of abandonment, the decision of the Trademark Trial and...