Friday, March 4, 2011

Abercrombie is changing the rules that

A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco today that Levi Strauss is entitled to a second try on its claim that Abercrombie & Fitch weakened the value of the trademark arch pattern ongraphite rod back pocket of Levi's blue jeans.From my perspective, the Abercrombie proxy statement is a model of what I call disclosure nondisclosure. That is, disclosure that appears to be disclosure but really tells you very little about the actual matter.
both of which have a strong cachet overseas The federal Trademark Dilution Revision Act, under which Levi Strauss sued, makes no reference to such a standard. Instead, the TDRA provides relief for dilution by moncler coatsor the association arising from the similarity between a mark or a trade name and a famous mark that impairs the distinctiveness of the famous mark.Abercrombie filed a definitive proxy statement and mailed the proxy to its shareholders. The final proxy statement was virtually unchanged from the preliminary one.This is unfortunate. This reincorporation is importantuggs boots on sale Abercrombie shareholders. By moving to Ohio from Delaware, Abercrombie is changing the rules that govern its relationship with shareholders.

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