Entertainment Law Matters

Judge Paul Engelmayer in the Southern District of New York recently resolved a dispute over whether the Second Avenue Deli’s Instant Heart Attack Sandwich and proposed Triple Bypass Sandwich violate the Las Vegas-based Heart Attack Grill’s trademarks in the Single, Double, Triple, and the Quadruple Bypass Burgers.  The heart-stopping decision held that New York’s Second Avenue Deli could continue to serve its Instant Heart Attack sandwich and “modestly expand its use of that mark” without causing a likelihood of confusion with defendant’s marks. Continue reading »