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Intellectual Property

Jun. 28, 2012

Warner Bros. sidesteps Louis Vuitton suit

The luxury bag maker recently lost a dispute over whether knock-offs featured in "The Hangover: Part II" damage the brand.

Dan D. Nabel

Principal Counsel, Riot Games

Dan also teaches Video Game Law at USC Gould. His new book, "Video Game Law in a Nutshell," will be available in July 2018 from West Academic."

Louis Vuitton has been busy in court lately. First, it unleashed a flurry of litigation upon hundreds of counterfeiters in the form of hundreds of injunctions (Louis Vuitton Malletier v. 1854louisvuitton.com (D. Nev. April 4, 2012)) and even a $3 million judgment (Louis Vuitton Malletier v. LY USA, Inc. (2d Cir. March 29, 2012)).

Then a federal district court in New York found Hyundai liable to Louis Vuitton for trademark dilution, based on a 30-second television co...

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