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JERRY'S FAMOUS DELI, INC. v. PAPANICOLAOU

Intellectual Property, Sanctions, Trademark
In a trademark dispute over deli-style restaurants, defendant's civil contempt for violation of a stipulated injunction governing trademark use is...

POLAR BEAR PRODUCTION, INC. v. TIMEX CORP.

Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A plaintiff in a copyright infringement action must establish a sufficient causal connection between the infringement and the infringer's profits it...

COCA-COLA CO. v. PURDY

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
First Amendment does not protect the use of another's trademark in a domain name to attract an unwitting and unwilling audience to the message of the...

VAIS ARMS, INC. v. VAIS

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute, summary judgment is granted to plaintiff where defendant abandoned his rights to the mark at issue by selling his business to...

SOCIETE DES HOTELS MERIDIEN v. LASALLE HOTEL OPERATING P'SHIP

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is reversed where plaintiff's stated claims under the Lanham Act,...

THE SCOTT FETZER CO. v. HOUSE OF VACUUMS, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case, summary judgment was granted to defendant as no reasonable jury could conclude that defendant misappropriated...

NISSAN MOTOR CO v. NISSAN COMPUTER CORP.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is granted on its infringement claim but reversed regarding its dilution...

IN RE CHATAM INT'L INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's refusal to register plaintiff's mark is affirmed where it correctly determined that there is a likelihood of...

FLYNN v. AK PETERS

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where plaintiff's claim that defendant violated the Lanham Act failed because 1) the evidence did...

BRENNAN'S INC. v DICKIE BRENNEN & CO.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Plaintiffs' award of $250,000 in damages on its breach of contract claims is affirmed, along with the denial of the plaintiffs' motion for judgment as...