Although it was not up for an Academy Award last weekend, I was thinking about Hangover II while getting ready to attend an Oscar party this past weekend.  Warner Bros. Inc. (“Warner Bros.”) has again been sued over this movie.  You may recall Steve Baird’s informative and entertaining post about the potentially tangled web of competing intellectual property rights related to the tattoo featured in the movie.  Since the post, the case with Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist has been settled.  However, Warner Bros. is still facing a lawsuit brought by Louis Vuitton Malletier SA (“Louis Vuitton”) regarding the movie.

Louis Vuitton sought to have Warner Bros. remove references to a counterfeit bag and the line “Careful, that’s a Louis Vuitton,” from the movie.  The bag at issue is manufactured by a Chinese American company Diophy.  Louis Vuitton has also sued Diophy for trademark infringement in another lawsuit.  It asserts that the movie is misleading the public that Louis Vuitton is the source of the bag.  The scene also undermines the company’s efforts against counterfeiting and trademark enforcement.

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