D. Dennis La - Articles

 

Mr. La is an Associate at Zuber & Taillieu LLP, where he specializes in commercial litigation and intellectualproperty law. He earned a J.D. with honors from Fordham University School of Law, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Audi V. Shokan Coachworks: Trademark Infringement in Email Signature

In the case Audi AG v. Shokan Coachworks Inc., 2008 WL 4911730, No. 1:07-CV-00173 (N.D.N.Y. 2008), the federal district court grappled with a slew of trademark claims, combining into one opinion many of the issues raised by a number of other previous courts. Specifically, the court could not grant summary judgment in Audi’s favor on one issue because it did not properly authenticate archive.org website printouts. Read

By: D. Dennis La | 03/02/2009 | Intellectual Property

Audi V. Shokan Coachworks: Trademark Infringement in Email Signature

In the case Audi AG v. Shokan Coachworks Inc., 2008 WL 4911730, No. 1:07-CV-00173 (N.D.N.Y. 2008), the federal district court grappled with a slew of trademark claims, combining into one opinion many of the issues raised by a number of other previous courts. Specifically, the court could not grant summary judgment in Audi’s favor on one issue because it did not properly authenticate archive.org website printouts. The court also joined the ranks of many federal district courts that chose the 9th Read

By: D. Dennis La | 03/02/2009 | Intellectual Property

Ja Apparel V. Abboud: When a Name is More Than Just a Name

The district could held that Abboud had contracted away the rights to use his own name to promote any fashion line other than plaintiff JA Apparel, the new owner of Abboud's name. Though the contract issue was decisive, the court noted that Abboud's use of his own name to promote his own clothing line would result in a likelihood of confusion and therefore constituted trademark infringement as well. Read

By: D. Dennis La | 07/08/2008 | Intellectual Property