Listing on “Dirtiest Hotels in America” Defamatory? The Internet is full of sites that allow users to review, compare, and evaluate all sorts of products and services. One such that that I’m particularly fond of is TripAdvisor, which bills itself as offering “[u]nbiased hotel reviews, photos and travel advice for hotels and vacations.” But what happens if the reviews don’t go your way – can a hotel’s designation as the “Dirtiest Hotel in America” be the basis of a defamation lawsuit?
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“P” Logo Trademark – Pinterest and Path Clash
September 10, 2013
“P” Logo Trademark – Pinterest and Path Clash Pinterest, the popular photo-sharing app, has run into copyright issues before during its brief life (a few of my posts on the topic can be found here and here.) Now it seems that they’ve found themselves in the middle of a trademark fight. This one concerns the first letter in their name, which they share with Path, a photo-sharing social media competitor.
NLRB Addresses Employees’ Use of Company Logos and Trademarks
August 21, 2013
NLRB Addresses Employees’ Use of Company Logos and Trademarks For the last few years, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has been issuing rulings that tend to broadly interpret employees’ rights when it comes to company social media policies. What about company logos and trademarks? Can a company’s intellectual property be used by an employee even when the use is arguably against the company’s interest?
Craft Beer Trademarks: Anheuser-Busch vs. Flying Dog Brewery
August 15, 2013
Anheuser-Busch vs. Flying Dog Brewery Can a company be liable for copying the overall look and feel of a competitor’s packaging? A dispute on this topic just might be…brewing*…in the beer industry.
