What Constitutes a Counterfeit?

Rolex has recently filed suit against laCalifornienne for allegedly dealing in fake watches. LaCalifornienne has been adding non-Rolex sanctioned dials, crystals, and other accessories to pre-owned Rolex® watches and reselling them as genuine Rolex® watches.  Rolex considers any watch that includes a non-Rolex part to be a counterfeit. Rolex filed a similar case against aContinue reading “What Constitutes a Counterfeit?”

Louis Vitton Doesn’t See the Humor

A hand bag company called My Other Bag (MOB) has been engaged in a long legal battle with Louis Vitton.  The company claimed that MOB’s canvas tote bags depicting images of Louis Vitton bags was an infringing use of their copyrights and trademarks and was diluting their brands. The District Court for the Southern DistrictContinue reading “Louis Vitton Doesn’t See the Humor”