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  • DEFINING THE ARENA OF PARALLEL GOODS, AKA GRAY GOODS - PART 2

    The United States Supreme Court defined a parallel import, commonly referred to as "gray market" goods or simply gray goods, to be, "a foreign-manufactured good, bearing a valid United States trademark, that is imported without…

  • GUCCI DEFENDS THE PRICE OF FAME

    Gucci America, Inc., Balenciaga, S.A., and Balenciaga America Inc. (collectively the "Plaintiffs") are alleging that Curveal Fashion, doing business as ReplicaSi.com and Semelur.com, is using these websites to sell counterfeit products that infringe on Plaintiffs'…

  • SHARK EXPERT LOOKS TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF INTELLECTUAL CRIME

    Richard Ellis is an author, lecturer, and visual artist.  In 1991, Mr. Ellis illustrated an co-authored a work of non-fiction entitled "Great White Shark," which is a complete, definitive, and scientific account of the great…

  • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GETS SUED BY FORMER STUDENT

    Fleurimond was a student employee working as an equipment room clerk back in 2007 when she was propositioned by the associate director of the athletic department to create a feline mascot. She developed a caricatured…

  • DEFINING THE ARENA OF PARALLEL GOODS, AKA GRAY GOODS - PART 1

    The first segment of this series will discuss how the sale of Gray goods can occur when a domestic entity purchases the rights to register and use a foreign entity's trademark in the United States…