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Recent Posts from Las Vegas Trademark Attorney

• Smiley Company Frowns On Court’s Decision to Deny Motion to Dismiss

  An Illinois district court has denied a motion to dismiss filed by Franklin Loufrani and The Smiley Company SPRL (together “Smiley”) seeking dismissal of numerous counterclaims brought by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”) in Smiley’s action…

• Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Gets TRO Against Domain Name

  (Photo credit: Freelasvegasphotos.com)Another week, another Las Vegas resort and casino cybersquatting case.This week, it is OpBiz, LLC (“OpBiz”) – the owner of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas – going after Unister…

• Cybersquatting or Domain Name Hijacking? You be the judge.

  New York-New York Hotel & CasinoOn November 6, 2009, New York-New York Hotel & Casino, LLC (“NY-NY”), the company which owns the New York New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegsa, brought a lawsuit…

• Two more high profile trademark infringement lawsuits end with confidential settlements

  McDonald’s reached a confidential settlement with the Lion's Tap – an Eden Prarie, Minnesota restaurant which claimed trademark rights to the mark WHO’S YOUR PATTY in connection with restaurant services (registration application applied for on…

• Weekly Wrapup of Nevada District Court Trademark Lawsuits

  It was a busy week for trademark related lawsuit filings in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (and not a single one of them filed by me).Price Products, LLC v. Juvenile Solutions,…

• Nevada District Court dismisses some of Texas Domainer’s counterclaims against World Market Center

  In a case that pits the World Market Center against Texas’ most notorious domainer, Texas International Property Associates (“TIPA”), the Nevada District Court granted World Market Center Motion to Dismiss (with leave to amend) several…

• Local Las Vegas companies in a trademark feud over “Appliance Doctor”

  The Las Vegas Sun ran a story today (link here) about a dispute between two appliance repair businesses in the Las Vegas valley using the name “Appliance Doctor” to identify their businesses. Samuel and Mary…

• Nevada District Court rules that “The Rat Pack” is Generic in connection with “Rat Pack” tribute shows

  I previously posted (link here) about the trademark infringement lawsuit brought by TRP Entertainment, LLC (“TRP”) – the production company behind the “Rat Pack” tribute show “The Rat Pack is Back” playing at the Plaza…

• Potential Buyer of “Crazy Horse Too” Strip Club Wants “Crazy Horse 3” To Change Its Name

  How many times has a client wanted to buy a strip club that was seized by the federal government as part of a racketeering and tax evasion investigation into the club’s owner -- Rick Rizzolo,…

• Fish & Richardson Files Foreclosure Action to Let the World Know “Who’s Your Daddy”

  Fish & Richardson, the powerhouse intellectual property law firm, filed an action in federal district court against Who's Your Daddy, Inc. (“WYD”) in order to foreclose on security interests the firm obtained on several trademark…