Key shift
Google has long played fast and loose with the sale of key words, leaning this way or that but claiming to have content- or politically-neutral... Read more
Category: IP Overreaching
The “Voice of God”
Patrick Guevara reports about a divinely-inspired, and, from a trademark point of view, pretty odd dispute between the NFL and the estate of John Facenda,... Read more
Pi for all
Can you enforce a copyright in pi? You know — ????. Turns out no, you can’t; Sergiy Sivochek explains. Originally posted 2012-04-04 21:34:13. Republished by Blog... Read more
Hacker Scouts? Yeah, Hacker Scouts! – UPDATED
It’s like, this, see: The Hacker Scouts is an organization “that focuses on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) education, skill building and community engagement with... Read more
Bea©h ball?
At a recent beach-themed birthday party for a one-year-old girl, the cute, creative table-number “cards” were small inflated beach balls with the guests’ names written... Read more
SUPER BOWL® trademark post XI: Consumer Reports and the super-duper exemption
Yes, it is that time of year again — the SUPER BOWL® trademark overreaching (dare I say bullying?) time of year. This January I’m focusing... Read more
You and Me Against the (Tulsa) World
Instapundit reports that Mike Bates at the Bates Line blog is fighting back against meritless legal threats from his nemesis, 500-pound media gorilla (in Tulsa terms) the Tulsa World. Mike... Read more
Best of 2005: Culture Killers or Pains in the Neck?
First posted on February 17, 2005. Wired reports on a new book whose thrust, evidently, aligns decently well with my own little personal views (and... Read more
Not the swiftest
It is so tiring. But that, to some extent, is what they’re counting on. Taylor Swift abusing trademark, again, of course. And everyone else not... Read more
Dell’s cloudy IP planning
Has anyone figured this out? Dell’s newly-acquired trademark for the term “cloud computing” may have all the durability of a glass hammer, meaning it will... Read more
NFL punts in “Big game”
The NFL is a lot of things, but I never thought it was stupid. It turns out that it isn’t. The Sports Blog reports: Remember... Read more
We’ve got a bigger problem now
Orwell Estate Sends Copyright Takedown Over the Number “1984” – TorrentFreak https://t.co/eKgwHmhXmf — TrademarkBlog (@TrademarkBlog) October 27, 2015 It’s like something out of 1984! Where... Read more
Best of 2008: The Color Purple
This was first posted on April 14, 2008. Cadbury is purple in the face over not being able to secure the wordlwide exclusive rights to... Read more
The super bowl of SUPER BOWL®s
I used to have the Super Bowl® trademark gig all to myself. The last post I did was in 2015, when I chided Consumer Reports... Read more