Circle-R for the G-Unit
Right out of the Smoking Gun: Back in the day when young drug dealer 50 Cent had a beef, he’d settle it gangsta style. But... Read more
Category: Rights of Publicity and Personality
Best of 2011: “Life rights”? (Making things with life?)
First posted May 23, 2011. Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer Daniel Corbett brings us an NBA star’s attempt at a four-point shot: Post-relationship drama takes many forms, but... Read more
"Identity" is "Not Authored, Not Fixed"; God Mulls Appeal
Dennis Crouch reports on a Seventh Circuit opinion ruling that the Copyright Act does not preempt a claim under Illinois’ right of publicity. It arose... Read more
“Life rights”? (Making things with life?)
Pittsburgh Trademark Lawyer Daniel Corbett brings us an NBA star’s attempt at a four-point shot: Post-relationship drama takes many forms, but federal court litigation under the... Read more
Oh, yeah, Blue Ivy baby thing
As Lara Pearson puts it: For the past 3 days my in-box has been lighting up at a blistering pace with news alerts about every... Read more
Best of 2013: Arnold Palmer and the Perfect Brand
[stextbox id=”alert”]First published November 11, 2013, this post is based in part on part of my contribution on trademark law and the right of publicity in... Read more
Rhapsody of confusion
In which we consider the musical question: Gershwin as a Trademark? Originally posted 2011-03-11 17:23:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Best of 2012: Sing, sing, sing!
First published August 1, 2012. John Welch suggests the musical question, “How is Section 2(a) false association like 43(c) dilution protection?” Great question. In other... Read more
Trademark rights in interdigitization
Nick Daly drops me a note to the effect that one Jay-Z, gazillionaire rhyming scatologist, has been sued by a professional perspirer and leaping stage... Read more
Best of 2014: Nothing but err
Originally published on February 21, 2014. In October of 2013 I blogged here about my participation in a panel on “trademark misuse” at the annual... Read more
Don’t be like Mike
Here’s the one about a moron who has too much time on his hands — or a lawyer who owes him a very lame “favor.” UPDATE:... Read more
Dubious assignations
Steve Baird generously linked back to this LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® post writing about the trademark status of some singer’s signature at the superb, now-two-years old Duets... Read more
Tyson tattoo trouble
That was close! The release of The Hangover Part II was in danger of being enjoined by a federal judge… but, for better or worse,... Read more
Likelihood of opposition
They’re having trouble assimilating the concept of worker Yao Ming in the People’s Republic of China. Of course most of us have trouble assimilating someone... Read more