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Vegas Nightclub's Trademark Claims Against Blogger Likely a Bust

aggregated from: Citizen Media Law Project

Priv Vegas, LLC and two of its owners sued Las Vegas-based blogger Michael Politz last week, alleging trademark infringement, dilution, and disaparagement under the Lanham Act, defamation, trade libel, tortious interference with business relations, and extortion. The company operates a nightclub called Priv in the Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas. Politz operates the TheVegasEye.com blog, which covers goings-on in the Las Vegas entertainment and hospitality industries and provides restaurant reviews and reports on celebrity sightings and the like. According to the complaint, file...
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posted: 19 weeks 1 day ago
topics: fair use, trademark infringement

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