Case Study: Trademark Infringement Issues

Perceived Benefits of Trademark Infringement Law to Thai Sports Industry

Background. The sports industry is comprised of a multitude of for-profit and non-profit organizations. It is therefore unsurprising that there are disputes between organizations and that some of these disputes center on the use of trademarks.  Objectives. This study seeks to identify the perceived benefits of trademark infringement law in the Thai sports industry. Methods. This study employe...

Shape-Based Retrieval: A Case Study With Trademark Image Databases

Retrieval eeciency and accuracy are two important issues in designing a content-based database retrieval system. We propose a method for trademark image database retrieval based on object shape information that would supplement traditional text-based retrieval systems. This system achieves both the desired eeciency and accuracy using a two-stage hierarchy: in the rst stage, simple and easily co...

Liability for Trademark Infringement in Web 2.0 Era: Analysis of Legal Conundrum in Google and Ebay Cases

Many online entrepreneurs do not realize that they may be held legally liable for keywords they select during their marketing campaigns, especially if they correspond to registered or famous trade marks. The present contribution highlights some of the most important aspects of the Google and eBay cases that illustrate this problem. The European Court of Justice has recently ruled that a search ...

Can an Invisible Word Create Confusion? The Need for Clarity in the Law of Trademark Infringement through Internet Metatags

Vicarious liability for infringement

When is it proper to hold one person liable for the harm caused by the acts of another person? How should courts decide that? Let’s consider that in the context of manufacturers and disseminators of innovative products such as player-piano rolls, copiers, videocassette recorders (VCRs), TiVo, and Grokster. Each of these technological advances has challenged copyright law. Courts had to decide, ...