Chilling Effects Weather Reports

Who Dat Trademark Belong To?

Blake Reid, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, February 3, 2010
Abstract: It's sunny and warm in south Florida as the New Orleans Saints head to the Super Bowl for the first time in the team's 42-year history. Back in New Orleans, though, a cold front is blowing through as the National Football League tries to use intellectual property claims to lock down "Who Dat," a seminal New Orleans slogan adapted by Saints fans to cheer on the team.
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Happy New Year: Federal Anti-SLAPP Bill Introduced

Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, December 30, 2009
Abstract: Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee has introduced a bill (H.R. 4364) that would provide protection from strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) at the federal level.
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Filmmakers Sued for Fictional Patent Infringement?

Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, December 3, 2009
Abstract: Legal reporter Eriq Gardner over at THR, Esq. has brought our attention to a lawsuit filed by Global Findability, Inc. against Summit Entertainment, makers of the sci-fi thriller Knowing, for patent infringement, apparently because the characters in the film are depicted using a string of numbers (including date, latitude, and longitude) to indicate the time and location of an event.
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Something Smells Off: Getty Images Sued Over Silhouette of Air Freshener

Research Staff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, November 23, 2009
Abstract: Getty Images has been sued by Car-Freshner Corp. for trademark infringement, dilution, and unfair competition over stock photographs of cars that include images of tree-shaped air fresheners hanging from the rear-view mirror.
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Intel Corp. Sues Mexican News Outlet (For Publishing "Intel")

Research Staff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, November 19, 2009
Abstract: Another hat tip to Techdirt for bringing our attention to Intel Corp.'s recently filed suit against the publishers of Mexico Watch, a digital newsletter whose URL is latinintel.com, and whose parent company does business as Americas News Intel Publishing.

Intel Corp. has alleged both confusion-based infringement and trademark dilution against the company, although its website is clearly branded in ways that would easily distinguish it from the computer chip maker and its use of the word "intel" to mean "intelligence" is in common use.
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