California Uber Alles
Ron ColemanWe’ve got an even bigger problem now: Read the complaint we filed on behalf of social media superstar DC Draino. You won’t believe your eyes, but it’s very real. Sample…
Fake IP news
Fake IP news isn’t news. For years I’ve been expressing skepticism about the constant drumbeat by Big IP, its enablers and its vendors about the ridiculous figures bandied about as…
Best of 2014: The Garden State Parkway and government trademarks: What exit?
First posted on July 24, 2014. @RonColeman @likely2confuse Can you opine on this one: http://t.co/NTwO0K6XzH — Keith Kaplan (@kkaplan) July 24, 2014 So, yes: One of my many continuing series…
The Garden State Parkway and government trademarks: What exit?
@RonColeman @likely2confuse Can you opine on this one: http://t.co/NTwO0K6XzH — Keith Kaplan (@kkaplan) July 24, 2014 So, yes: One of my many continuing series around here has long been the…
Signed, sealed and delivered
That just about seals it for puns of this nature: As John Welch informs us, the Federal Circuit has affirmed the decision by the TTAB to reject the applications by…
Does the NSA Think You Are a Terrorist?
Brian WallaceIt’s nothing personal if they do, but — does the NSA think, maybe, you’re a terrorist? Don’t be surprised if it does. Source: TopComputerScienceDegrees.com
STOLICHNAYA: In Soviet Russia, Mark Trades You.
Matthew David BrozikI’ve long suspected that certain products–vice products, as it were–are disproportionately often involved in trademark disputes, but I’m too lazy to do actual research to confirm my suspicion. In any…
Federalist Society Executive Branch Project – IP and technology
The Federalist Society has a new blog dedicated to analysis of what the executive branch is up to. You may have noticed the new trend, by which the President and…
No endorsement here
The Media Bloggers Association president, Bob Cox, is all over the story regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s brand new Guides on Endorsements and Testimonials, which, as Bob explains, will certainly…
Damaged China
Ron ColemanMichael Atkins looks at how China now calculates trademark infringement damages.
Brain freeze
We kid Canada here from time to time. Maybe it’s because that’s where all the cold weather comes from. But mostly because they seem to have governmental units that are…
The right to write
Ron ColemanThe online News of Australia reports (via Quizlaw) that a New York federal judge has granted a preliminary order preventing the enforcement of a New York City law banning graffiti-writing…
Update on speech regulation
Wired News reports: The Federal Election Commission proposed new rules Friday that would leave almost all internet political activity unregulated. The proposal would, however, require paid advertisements for federal candidates…
Great Seal, not Gray Seal!
The editor at Blawg Review sends along this link, in which the White House sent a cease and desist letter to the editors of The Onion instructing them to stop…