Going bananas after Star Athletica
Ron ColemanSometimes a banana costume isn't just a banana costume. At least not in the Third Circuit. #copyright
Rah rah raw
TTABlog declines to comment on S. Ct. cheerleader uniform decision. — TTABlog (@TTABlog) March 22, 2017 Indeed. LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® is also not ready to weigh in on Star Athletica,…
The soupy IP legacy of Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol, we hardly knew you. Then again, we knew more about you in some respects than we might have wanted to. But on the other other hand, who knew…
No cheerleading for Varsity Brands
Is copyright going to come to the rescue concerning the acknowledged fashion-design protection gap in U.S. intellectual property protection? Is the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Varsity Brands et al v.…
Best of 2008: Tackiness not grounds for refusal to register
Otherwise, why would John Welch be reporting this appeal?: December 4, 2008 – 10 AM: In re Chippendales USA, LLC, Serial No. 78666598
Louboutin gets the boot
Matthew David BrozikIn a case that has everyone seeing red — No, let me start over. And without the jokes. Because in a decision in Christian Louboutin S.A. v. Yves Saint Laurent…
White-laced and wonderful
Now that all the excitement is past us, we can soberly link back and read Susan Scafidi’s reflections on the intellectual property implications what has now been officially confirmed as…
The dark side clouds everything
I am fascinated with IP disputes over costumes, and have written about a few of them. I have also linked to this piece by Bill Patry, which would seem to…
Chippendales cuffs-and-collar TM “distinctiveness” claim goes “gently” into that dark night
Reuters reports on a high-class trademark story I’ve been following since my own dancing days: The male erotic dancer company Chippendales stumbled on Friday when an appeals court ruled that…
Chippendales shimmies up to the Circuit
Hot (if unlike LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® you go for that sort of thing) off the presses — here’s the appellate brief in the Chippendale’s appeal of the Trademark Trial and…
Tackiness not grounds for refusal to register
Ron ColemanOtherwise, why would John Welch be reporting this appeal?: December 4, 2008 – 10 AM: In re Chippendales USA, LLC, Serial No. 78666598
Couture in Court
Fabulous filings for fashionistas — and those who just want to look like them!
Boo.
Ron ColemanThe intellectual property concerns regarding celebrity Halloween masks. Cheap-rubber-band-stapled-to-temples-of-plastic-mask tip to Overlawyered.
Joke of the First Amendment, Part II
We wrote in January about a Seventh Circuit oral argument wherein the panel took apart the unfortunate practitioner that tried to make a Constitutional silk purse out of a sartorial…