Speeches and Presentations
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 29 Jul 2004 06:01 PM EDT
"Proceed with Caution: Seven Hidden Hazards in Standard Book Contracts," Of Dark and Stormy Nights Writers Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June, 2004
"Business and Work Product Protection," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Lexington, Kentucky, March, 2004
"The Effect of the Internet on Trademarks,"The Kent Law School IP Society, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2003
"Using Patents and Copyrights To Build Strong Brands," INTA Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 2003
"Dilution: Affirmative Defenses," INTA Trademark Dilution Forum, Arlington, Virginia, March 2003
"Trademark Licensing In a Corporate Transaction," AIPLA Spring Meeting, New York, New York, March 2003
Prevailing ACPA Defendant Awarded Attorneys Fees
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 29 Jul 2004 05:30 PM EDT
After losing a perliminary injunction motion, the plaintiff, a suburban Chicago car dealer, continued to pursue its case against the use of the domain names gurneevolkswagen.com and gurneevolkswagon.com used by a dissatisfied customer to post her complainant about her experience with the car dealer. Judge Holderman ruled that the car dealer did not own rights in the GURNEE VOLKSWAGEN mark and that the defendant's noncommerical use of the domain name to voice her complaints did not violate the ACPA. Concluding that the prosecution of the case was oppressive, the Court granted the defendant's motion for attorney's fees.
Rohr-Gurnee Motors Inc. ... more »
TERMINATOR4: Relief Denied Due to Lack Of Standing
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Mark VB Partridge
on Thu 29 Jul 2004 09:02 AM EDT
A recent ICANN UDRP decison by Panelist Paul Van Slyke involving the domain name terminator4.com denies relief to the production company for the well-known Terminator movies because it lacked ownership or an exclusive license in the TERMINATOR mark.
Intermedia Film Equities USA Inc. and AGV Productions, Inc. v. Varietydomains.com, Case No. D2004-0065 (WIPO July 23, 2004). The decision discusses the standing issue in detail with a good review of prior decisions.
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