No “30% solution”
Ron ColemanHere I am, sitting 44 stories above the Garment District itself (when I’m not standing under its immortal needle, shown below), and I needed Staci Riordan‘s new fashion IP blog…
Diversion, yes, but no
Some people have all the luck in the Eastern District of New York. Whereas me — I think I’ve got it coming to me right down the middle, and then…
They always get their man
Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they? A few years ago, criminal enterprise Milberg Weiss (in its pre-conviction days)…
More on the “secret copyright treaty”
Is it really that bad? Last March I took a quick look at what some of the anti’s were saying, and focused mainly on the question of whether the treaty…
What a Croc!
I don’t report on every dumb trademark lawsuit, because the really goofy ones involving famous companies usually end up getting mainstream press and big-time blog attention as well as other…
New trademark blog: Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer
Daniel Corbett, who unlike some people does not merely have a sadly un-updated picture of his younger self but who is by all indications actually as terrifyingly youthful as the…
Last week’s sweet tweets
You know the drill! Here’s some of what I found flying around out there that relates to LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®’s docket and which I saw fit to share, little-birdy-like, with…
“Private Label Store Brand OTC Naming Architecture”!
Now that’s a mouthful, eh? Yes, that is one ba-a-a-ad phrase to have handy for your next trademarks-and-branding over pigs-in-blankets soirée! Oh… you don’t… know what private label store branding…
Commented on “The Trademark Blog” — Polo v. Polo
Marty Schwimmer (via @trademarkblog) updates us on the latest, and floats a novel idea of his own for getting in on the action, in the ongoing legal war between the…
Vintage PTO “fraud”?
The TTABlog® almost breathlessly — and, quite understandably, considering — links to Seattle Trademark Lawyer, who reports on a case, One True Vine, LLC v. The Wine Group LLC, just…
Weblog Awards are good
Look! A big logo what you can link to! If you think I should get one of these, you’re in a distinct minority. But… maybe this year, a little less…
Defining counterfeiting downward
Counterfeit Chic happens upon a new defense to trademark counterfeiting: “Counterfeiting? You call this counterfeiting?!” We’ve all seen imitation goods so poorly rendered that they wouldnt fool a myopic Martian…
Likelihood of … whatever
Okay, folks — this one is for the lawyers, pretty much. It’s a Contract Interpretation Quiz (I’ve added the emphasis): Interpret this contract, reproduced below in full: In consideration of…
Oh, won’t you stay?
Say you will? The judge politely declined, actually — per our suggestion. Read all about the happy outcome, and other yeoman work from the self-promotion-with-dignity crowd, at JD Scoop. 😉…