Princess-Di-as-trademark case
If you want to get justice against a bad lawsuit, notes Ron Coleman, you might need to own a Mint. Tweet Tags: bullying businesses, trademarks Princess-Di-as-trademark case is a post from Overlawyered...
View Article“Fight with student may wreck tow firm”
The lawsuit against Justin Kurtz over his Facebook page “Kalamazoo Residents Against T&J Towing” hasn’t been working out so well for T&J. [Detroit Free Press, earlier] Tweet Tags: bullying...
View ArticleAugust 6 roundup
“Vision Media Suit Over Criticism on 800Notes Dismissed” [Paul Alan Levy, Consumer Law & Policy, more; earlier here and here] “In Search Of a Definition for the term ‘Patent Troll’” [Gene Quinn,...
View ArticleRedskins owner sues Washington City Paper
“Indeed, the cost of litigation would presumably quickly outstrip the asset value of the Washington City Paper,” wrote one Redskins official in a lawsuit-threatening letter to an investor in the...
View Article“I really don’t care what the law allows you to do…”
“…It’s a more practical issue. Do you want to send your attorney a check every month indefinitely as I continue to pursue this?” [Paul Alan Levy, CL&P, on a business's threats against the...
View ArticleDonald Trump, litigation bully
At Cato at Liberty, I recall a couple of the tycoon’s ventures into the use of defamation litigation to intimidate critics — Reason #1,001 for thoughtful voters to stay well away from him. P.S. And...
View Article“Media industry awash in cease-and-desist letters”
“Spin magazine slapped Eric Rice, a Portland, Oregon Twitter user, with a cease-and-desist over his ‘@Spin‘ Twitter handle…. Spin, however, may just be following the precedent set by other magazines....
View ArticleForever 21 chain vs. critical blogger
“When people like Rachel Kane stand up to bullies, it makes it a little bit easier for each and every one of us to stand up to bullies,” writes Ken at Popehat about the blogger who runs a site making...
View ArticleAugust 1 roundup
“Animal activists’ terror tactics drive staff out of laboratories” [Guardian, U.K.] Labor Dept. had already shelved unpopular measure: “House acts to stop rules for child labor on farms” [CBS] Dole...
View ArticleShould companies turn suing into a “profit center”?
For good reasons, most large companies have been reluctant to launch ambitious offensive litigation programs as plaintiffs: doing so can distract from productive missions, destroy valued business...
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