Electric… what?!
From the TTABlog® — not the brightest argument in the legal chandelier: Applicant Electric Visual Evolution argued that “the term ‘electric’ is not commonly used... Read more
Author: Ron Coleman
Slap on the cuffs!
Nicole Black has written a very interesting article about how new media and social networking brush up against the New York penal code. Even if... Read more
Football Redskins live to fight another day
This story won’t die — especially judging from the prominence of related words among search terms that reach this blog. The latest, which we missed... Read more
Tank you very much
Ryan Gile reports that Cartier is upping the ante on its efforts to assert its IP rights in the “Tank watch,” shown below, and has... Read more
Eat hot cross buns!
Instapundit: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY PICKED ON THE WRONG MOM. Read more
Viacom discovers You
I wouldn’t overreact to this, because in my experience confidentiality orders work very well, but it is certainly newsworthy: A U.S. judge’s order to Google... Read more
Blawg searchin’
The ABA Journal, my alma mater (and immensely cooler than when I used to haunt its halls), announces that its site now has a new... Read more
Online retailing and initial interest confusion
We reported earlier on a related case in this area implicating the use of trademarks to sell merchandise online via “unauthorized distributors.” A new decision... Read more
Adidas v. Payless
ADIDAS, right? All Day I Dream About Susan Scafidi‘s definitive analysis and writeup of this hot case! (Okay, Karla?!) UPDATE: More heavy lifting: Rebecca, and... Read more
UDRP Blog
The world needs more better blogging! So welcome, good luck and Godspeed to the youthful but wise William J. Morris, III, of Saunders & Silverstein... Read more
The long and rocky road
Irvin Robbins, the co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain, died yesterday. Here’s how much time has passed since just about the time your blogger... Read more
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great
Those were the days! Read more
American Graffiti
Graffiti: Art or crime? And by crime, I don’t mean mere vandalism. I mean criminally bad legal-decision-making. The New York Law Journal reports: On July... Read more
Likelihood of Revelation
The last week or so has been light on blogging, largely because of technological issues but also because of a slow week in topical news... Read more