
Amateur trademark filings, gauzy brand aids
A very popular post around here, based on server logs and SEO power, is this one: Trademark do it yourself? In that post I dissect... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
A very popular post around here, based on server logs and SEO power, is this one: Trademark do it yourself? In that post I dissect... Read more
From the National Post, trademark news about a lawsuit brought by New York’s charming Naked Cowboy against the makers of M&M’s and its ad agency.... Read more
UPDATE: I have further thoughts about what is almost certainly the real motivating factor behind Jones Day’s actions in connection with their obviously frivolous lawsuit... Read more
Probably isn’t good enough pic.twitter.com/9rQwe0JVMm — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) May 17, 2017 Originally posted 2017-05-18 06:36:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Maybe if Steve Brodsky or the Whistleblower published pornography or scandalous charactures of Dick Cheney or were uploading music files the self-appointed guardians of free speech would have something to say about what's going on here. Read more
UPDATE: Our NPR interview on this topic was on NPR’s “All Things Considered” just before 6 tonight. We blogged on this topic last week. Today... Read more
Pesticides in soft drinks, that is. Or even allegations of them. Boing Boing reports that a court in India has ordered Pepsi and Coke to... Read more
The Trademark Troll, a blog written by former Harley Davidson IP counsel Dick Troll, comments on the S&L Vitamins case: Almost every case involving the... Read more
What with all the good ones being taken, it’s only getting harder to hit that brand-name home run for a new product. Originally posted 2011-02-22... Read more
Ara Rubyan sends along this link to Boing Boing: Josh sez, “The folks at BMC (Black Mustang Club) automotive forum wanted to put together a... Read more
“Cisco lost rights to iPhone trademark last year, experts say” — on ZDNet.com. Could explain a lot. Originally posted 2014-09-08 18:10:28. Republished by Blog Post... Read more
The Street reports that “IAC/InterActiveCorp. is dropping the butler who doubles as the mascot of its recently acquired Ask Jeeves online search business.” Trademark /... Read more
I’ve written before about the odd cultural juxtaposition of McDonald’s and the Muslim world. It turns out I don’t know the half of it! Now... Read more
Big Green gives in on the Ethiopia coffee-bean-name controversy. I guess if you talk the PC talk, you’ve got to walk it, too. The result... Read more