{"id":202,"date":"2017-04-04T14:44:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2017-04-04T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:44:44","slug":"begun-the-clone-war-has","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"“Begun, the Clone War Has”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hot on the “heels” of the Supreme Court’s decision in\u00a0Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., (<\/em>2:17-cv-02523)\u00a0<\/em>PUMA SE has sued Forever 21 in the Central District of California (or among other things, copyright infringement in making a product simulating \u00a0Puma’s CREEPER, FUR SLIDE, and BOW SLIDE sneakers.<\/p>\n

Puma asserts its U.S. Patent No. D774,288 on the CREEPER sneaker:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Puma also asserts its trade dress rights in the CREEPER, as well as in the FUR SLIDE:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>and the BOW SLIDE:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And last but not least, citing Start Athletica<\/em>, Puma asserts copyrights in all three styles:<\/p>\n

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The asserted expansion of copyright protection to such such designs seems to be the exact thing that Justice Breyer was concerned about in his dissent in Star Athletica<\/em>. \u00a0Are fuzzy flip flops really something worthy of a century or more of protection? Should competitors have to risk substantial awards of statutory damages and attorneys fees, as well as possible criminal penalties to satisfy consumer demand for a product. \u00a0As Justice Breyer said (quoting Thomas Jefferson), sometimes costs can outweigh the benefit even of limited monopoly. \u00a0Or, more ominously, as Yoda once said, “Begun, the clone wars has.”<\/p>\n

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