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Case of the Day: Chanel, Inc. v. Acheterchanel.com
The case of the day is Chanel, Inc. v. Acheterchanel.com (S.D. Fla. 2012). Chanel, the well-known perfumer, sued Acheterchanel.com and unnamed defendants for tradmark infringement, false designation of origin, cyber-squatting, and unfair competition on account of knock-offs allegedly sold on various websites. Chanel obtained the WHOIS domain registration data for each of the websites at……
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Case of the Day: In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (Hamilton v. American President Lines)
The case of the day is Hamilton v. American President Lines Ltd. (E.D. Pa. 2012), one of the thousands of cases that are part of the multi-district litigation on asbestos product liability. As with many MDLs, it’s difficult to decipher the docket. Neil Hamilton is one of the plaintiffs asserting claims under the Jones Act……
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Chevron, Ecuador, and the USTR
Update: This post is now out-of date. Please refer to the correction. As I have noted before, Chevron has been lobbying the US Trade Representative to conclude that Ecuador had made itself ineligible for trade preferences under the Andean Trade Preference Act by failing to comply with the orders of two arbitral tribunals in cases……
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Case of the Day: Fellowes v. Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes Office Equipment Co.
The case of the day is Fellowes v. Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes Office Equipment Co. (N.D. Ill. 2012). Fellowes, an Illinois company, purchased paper shredders and other office products from Changzhou Xinrui Fellowes, a Chinese joint venture between Fellowes Hong Kong Ltd., apparently an affiliate of Fellowes, and Jiangsu Shinri Machinery Co. When Fellowes Hong Kong……
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Case of the Day: Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. v. ProSight Speciality Management Co.
The case of the day is Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. v. ProSight Specialty Management Co. (S.D.N.Y. 2012). ProSight was an aviation insurance company, and Aioi was its reinsurer. The reinsurance contracts had an arbitration clause requiring arbitration in New York. The parties had also made an agreement to “make good-faith efforts to limit the……