Blog Posts: https://xitter.cf/t.co/gPr2zSrGtl Roberto Ledesma: Trademark, Domain Name, Copyright, Intellectual Property Lawyer [email protected]
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The island brought in $32 million last year, more than 10 percent of its G.D.P., from companies registering domain names that end in “.ai”.
nytimes.com/2024/03/22/busin…
Another legal loss for trump. This time a UDRP action he initiated over the domain name <maralago.com>:
wipo.int/amc/en/domains/deci…
I represented the prevailing respondent/defendant via Lewis & Lin.
Hail to the Victors! #GoBlue
Amazing game and an incredible season! Congratulations to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, @UMichFootball! #GoBlue
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This Sports Illustrated story is wild.
The TLDR is that they bought AI-generated headshots and created fake writer profiles so they could publish AI-generated content and make it look real.
They then deleted the content when asked about it.
Super sad. SI used to be the best.
Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers trib.al/5BXhLb4
Dave Matthews Band (@davematthewsbnd) cover of “Just Breathe” from Pearl Jam (@PearlJam) — live from Madison Square Garden 11/17/2023
CAFC reverses TTAB decision applying Section 2(c) bar requiring consent of living individual named in a trademark, ruling the gov’t doesn’t have a privacy/publicity interest in restricting speech critical of public officials/figures, absent actual malice: cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-o…
Here, the trademark application at issue is for the mark TRUMP TOO SMALL for shirts. The CAFC notes its decision is on an “as-applied challenge,” meaning unconstitutional in this specific context, not in the statute. Section 2(c) lives, for now, but it’s not entirely clear how.
Section 2(c) protects a privacy interest that distinguishes the “Trump Too Small” case (Vidal v. Elster) from the recent SCOTUS trademark cases addressing trademark registration and First Amendment law. Oral argument at the Supreme Court tomorrow: scotusblog.com/case-files/ca…
"The purpose of requiring the consent of a living individual to the registration of his or her name, signature, or portrait is to protect rights of privacy and publicity that living persons have in the designations that identify them" tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/cur…
“The New York-based restaurant is named after a literal Google search, betting it can bring in customers with the power of SEO—the practice of making a business, website, or content more findable in search engine results.”
theverge.com/2023/10/26/2393…
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Dick was a football player personified. He played the game the way it’s supposed to be played. He will be missed by all the Chicago Bear family. RIP my friend!
USPTO backs down on appeal to district court and approves law firm’s trademark application for #LAW for legal services:
reuters.com/legal/litigation…
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Has anyone done more off a single work of IP than Jimmy Buffett? (song, book, beer, restaurant, hotel, casino, etc.)
The Supreme Court vacated the 9th Circuit’s ruling in Diece-Lisa, where Rogers was applied in a reverse confusion context.
The case was remanded for further consideration in light of Jack Daniel’s: supremecourt.gov/search.aspx…
The song “is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called Now and Then. The demo was one of several songs on cassettes labelled “For Paul” that Lennon made shortly before his death in 1980, which were later given to McCartney by Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono.” theguardian.com/music/2023/j…
A trademark application for DUMP TRUMP AND LOCK HIM UP for a blog about Donald Trump is in suspension on appeal at the TTAB pending the Supreme Court's decision in In re Elster.
TTAB record here: ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?…
“Trump Too Small” trademark fight gets US Supreme Court review: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
Rogers is supposed to be a balancing test btw 1st Amendment & Lanham Act interests. The 9th Cir's line of Rogers cases took its application beyond titles of expressive works in a way that created an imbalance against the trademark owner. The Supreme Court has now reset the scales