Drive-by infringement
Steve Baird says initial interest confusion is “the real thing” and in the process seeks to “add life” to Professor McCarthy’s famous “evil highway road sign”... Read more
Category: Brand Management and Branding
Cover banned?
Now this is an interesting twist on IP rights and wrongs. It’s interesting, though, more as a sign of the desperation of the dead-tree media... Read more
Revival of the dead
Just this morning a client told me about this company, River West Brands, that finds ways to obtain some semblance of the “rights” in abandoned... Read more
The ultimate trademark?
Okay, so I thought I had accomplished something by snagging a registration for the concept at the heart of trademark protection — why, LIKELIHOOD OF... Read more
Sue you in the funny papers!
Duets Blog presents the exciting, amply illustrated and, potentially, graphically violent story of the company that thought it could capture the powers of a one-of-a-kind,... Read more
How generic is your cupcakery? Or is it CUPCAKERY™ after all?
From Ryan Gile: Is CUPCAKERY a generic term for a cupcake bakery? At first, the word “cupcakery” seems somewhat suggestive–a unique play on the words... Read more
New book: “The New York Yankees in Popular Culture”
As my youthful enthusiasm for professional sports waned, my interest in brands increased. And as a New Yorker, I was always fascinated by the development of the Yankees brand, especially because I once had a partner who had been general counsel to the team; we discussed some of the issues. Read more
Coke adds Second Life?
I’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... Read more
Microsoft’s trademark master plan
Microsoft appears therefore to be leaning completely on a German trademark as a part of its international trademark strategy for a new product. On the... Read more
New York’s MTA Has an IP Obsession
The New York Sun reports that New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority has filed to register the phrase “If You See Something, Say Something” — its... Read more
Trademarks of yesterday
An odd little display at a garden center in Clifton, New Jersey. Originally posted 2011-05-03 23:40:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
“We cannot allow our brand to be abused”
Originally posted on November 13, 2008: “We cannot allow our brand to be abused.” What “brand” is that? The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... Read more
The way of all flash
So, what happens when a trademark registration lapses? The post at the link, by Corsearch, is, yeah, kind of an advertisement for Corsearch. But it... Read more
Goldman Sachs, those big losers!
Remember Mike Morgan, the flaky sort who dast challenge the mighty Men of Gold? Now it’s over, like just another paid-back multi-billion dollar loan,... Read more