Coke adds Second Life?
Ron ColemanI’ve written before about the emerging issues involving the use of trademarks in so-called virtual reality. There’s been a lot of buzz on the Internet lately about whether, and if…
Overlawyered: Trademark abuses of the month
Ron ColemanHmm. Working my territory. Not surprising considering who posted it…
More good publicity for the RIAA
It might not be true. But they don’t write these things about you and me. UPDATE: It’s just not really going their way, mostly, is it? (HT to IP.)
“Litigation is the continuation of business by other means”
From West (I have added links): Trials and legal proceedings in courtrooms play out as a battle of words and wills. In Litigation Is War, a new book published by…
Where there’s smokes
The Denver Post reports a very interesting, and for trademark plaintiffs very troubling, decision that the Supreme Court has refused to review. It has to do with one of the…
New law, sort of
It’s a copyright case, sort of. In the Supreme Court, kind of. And it has a lot to distinguish it. In a way. David Lat explains at Above The Law.
Counterfeit Chic: Knockoff News 62
So much good stuff at such a good price… it can’t be real!
Ouch!
This was all over the radio today: Federal authorities arrested more than 20 people on Tuesday in what they described as a massive scheme to smuggle Chinese-manufactured counterfeit clothes and…
The bong tolls for thee
Andy Carvin analyzes the Supreme Court’s decision, announced today, on the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case. Hat tip to Boing Boing. Justice Roberts, writing for himself in a patchwork of…
Nothing more fun than reading a scathing review!
Not that that’s the only reason Frank Rich should have stayed in his old job. But I digress. John Welch nominates a recent TTAB decision to his “ten worst” list.…
Crunch time on speech — again
Instapundit.com – YES, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A GROWING POLITICAL CONSENSUS in favor of shutting up the hoi polloi. I don’t even consider myself all that polloi, if you…
In a little tin box
When is password protection — for purposes of the Fourth Amendment — locked box? Sounds philosophical, unless it’s your password-protected file. Hat tip to Alex Wexelblat.
The “Voice of God”
Patrick Guevara reports about a divinely-inspired, and, from a trademark point of view, pretty odd dispute between the NFL and the estate of John Facenda, the stentorian voice of NFL…
The TTABlog: Recommended Reading
What are “The U.S. Constitutional Limits of Product Configuration Trade Dress Rights”? John Welch provides a brief introduction and a link to a leading-edge article on the topic.