LJN Newsletters

  • Proving Contributory Online Trademark Infringement

    The ubiquity of the Web on computers, mobile phones and tablets offers businesses the opportunity to connect with consumers throughout the world in ways they never could before. Unfortunately, along with the success of legitimate online commerce, the distribution and sale of counterfeit products through professional-looking websites has also increased dramatically, particularly in the clothing, consumer electronics, pharmaceutical and footwear industries.

    February 01, 2012Richard Raysman and Peter Brown

  • SOPA and PIPA Put on Hold

    Fueled by Twitter and Facebook postings, the public became more aware of SOPA and its sibling Senate legislation, PIPA (Protect IP Act) and took to e-mail and old-fashioned telephones to let their Congresspersons know how they felt. Whether those who sent messages read the Bills or knew what they really said, the word was out: these Bills would kill the Internet as we know it.

    February 01, 2012Steven Salkin

  • Google+ Pages

    Google+ Pages are similar to Facebook "fan" pages. These social media offer many similar benefits; however, Google+ Pages has had an inauspicious start, to say the least, and does not yet appear to be a serious Facebook challenger.

    February 01, 2012Bridget Labutta

  • Bit Parts

    Default Against iTunes in Artist's Download Suit Is Set Aside
    Michigan Gets Governmental Immunity in Tax Credit Case
    Translation Lyrics Suit Can Be Heard in New York Federal Court, Despite Appeal of Florida Litigation over Same Song

    February 01, 2012Stan Soocher

  • Recourse Strategies In the New Age of .XXX Domain Names

    As the dust settled following the close of Landrush, however, the last (and potentially most contentious) leg of the launch commenced. General availability began on Dec. 6, and .XXX domains are being allocated on a first come basis. Now is the time for trademark, domain name and brand owners to purchase .XXX domains to proactively race to stake a claim in their brand if only as a defensive measure to prevent other domain owners from registering/using their name in a .XXX context. It's a showdown at the .XXX corral.

    February 01, 2012Erin S. Hennessy and Jennifer R. Ashton

  • Misrepresentation Claim over Song in DVD Is Dismissed

    The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri dismissed an unusual "misrepresentation-by-implication" claim brought under the Lanham Act. In the case, the plaintiffs' composition "I Am the Greatest" had been included in the defendants' DVD AND1' Mixtape' X.

    February 01, 2012Stan Soocher

  • Unsettled Issues Are Raised By Bid to Terminate Copyright Grants in Village People Songs

    To complement our recent article on the termination of rights under copyright in sound recordings, we focus here on termination of rights under copyright in musical compositions ' and particularly on the pending lawsuit in California in which rights in some iconic songs made famous by the Village People are in dispute.

    February 01, 2012Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini

  • Technology Can Cap Internet Facilitators' Liability

    Advances in Internet technology have increased facilitators' capacity to ameliorate Internet bad acts automatically. Failure to employ such technology may result in more liability for Internet facilitators for preventing bad acts online.

    February 01, 2012Jonathan Bick