Trademark Law Briefs

a summary of recent 9th Circuit trademark decisions

Archive for the ‘statutory damages’ Category

Criminal Plea Bargain Leads to Civil Liability for Infringement

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Yash Raj Films (USA), Inc. v. Daljit Singh Sidhu, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25988 (E.D. Cal. 2010)

Plaintiff has the right to distribute Indian films in the United States.  Defendant admitted to copyright infringement in a criminal suit as to 4 of Plaintiff’s titles.  Photographs of the infringing DVDs bore Plaintiff’s trademark.  Plaintiff sought summary judgment as to infringement of 32 of plaintiff’s titles seized from Defendant as part of the criminal investigation based on defendant’s admissions.  Defendant, in the civil action, denied infringement.  The court granted summary judgment as to the 4 titles identified in the plea bargain and awarded plaintiff statutory damages and attorneys fees. (more…)

Posted in Counterfeiting, attorneys fees, statutory damages | 1 Comment »

Use it or lose it- Display the (R) symbol to get damages

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Coach, Inc. v. Asia Pacific Trading Company, et al. 2009 US Dist. LEXIS 110903 (N.D. Cal. 2009)

Plaintiff Coach, Inc. sued Defendant Sunglass Experts, Inc. for selling counterfeit goods.  Plaintiff sought summary judgment on the issue of counterfeiting.  Defendant sought summary judgment to limit damages.  The court granted summary judgment in part for Plaintiff and entirely for Defendant (more…)

Posted in Counterfeiting, statutory damages | No Comments »

Recent Microsoft Default Judgments

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Microsoft was granted 3 separate default judgments for trademark and copyright infringement lawsuits brought in California since March 2008.  (more…)

Posted in default judgment, statutory damages | No Comments »

    Avatar Legal
  • You are currently browsing the archives for the statutory damages category.

  • Pages

    • About Avatar Legal, PC
    • about the author
  • Archives

    • September 2010
    • August 2010
    • July 2010
    • June 2010
    • May 2010
    • April 2010
    • March 2010
    • February 2010
    • January 2010
    • December 2009
    • November 2009
    • October 2009
    • September 2009
    • August 2009
    • March 2009
    • February 2009
    • July 2008
    • June 2008
    • May 2008
    • January 2008
    • December 2007
    • November 2007
  • Categories

    • attorneys fees (7)
    • California law (10)
    • Cancellation (2)
    • Conflict of Interest (1)
    • consumer surveys (1)
    • Counterfeiting (7)
    • Cybersquatting (3)
    • Declaratory Action (2)
    • default judgment (6)
    • descriptive/suggestive (1)
    • dilution (3)
    • Discovery (4)
    • Distinctive (1)
    • Factual Analysis (6)
    • False Endorsement (2)
    • First Amendment (4)
    • First Sale (1)
    • Forum/Venue (2)
    • Functionality (3)
    • Genericism (4)
    • Injunction (5)
    • intent to use (1)
    • Jurisdiction (4)
    • Laches (5)
    • Licensing (4)
    • likelihood of confusion (10)
    • Procedure (6)
    • secondary meaning (6)
    • statutory damages (3)
    • trade dress (3)
    • Uncategorized (10)
    • Use (1)
    • Validity of Mark (4)

  • Syndication

    • RSS Feed
    • RSS
    • Atom
    • Comments RSS

Trademark Law Briefs is proudly powered by WordPress
Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).