Ten years later…
Ron Coleman… and they’ve already forgotten!
Trademark: “From The River to the Sea”?
Here’s the story: No. Whatever that is, “From the River to the Sea” is not a trademark. I explained in this video: John Welch has a recent post of significant…
Thanks for listening, Ecuador!
That’s it. That’s the post.
Trademark Modernization Act!
There we were, all locked down in our houses and not going to the INTA Annual Meeting, and there was a Trademark Modernization Act! Of 2020! Probably a very good…
What’s the (Trademark) Use? INTA 2017
This is wild. I didn’t know they did this! But they did. Look, you can watch not talking heads, but the screen (showing our PowerPoints!) from our panel presentation from…
Just what we choose it to mean
When trademark lawyers — much less judges — use a word, it means just what they choose it to mean — neither more nor less. So unsurprisingly, trademark lawyers are…
Tiffany v. Costco: Not dead yet
Wow. Remember Tiffany v. Costco? Of course you do. Well, now this: This is a big deal. I did think summary judgment was a bit much, and I said so.…
Generic no more: Booking.com wins
Held, today, in the Supreme Court: Under these principles, whether “Booking.com” is generic turns on whether that term, taken as a whole, signifies to consumers the class of online hotel-reservation…
Not sweet enough
Surprising, really, that it took this long: “We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype.” Aunt Jemima character and brand name being removed from all products. https://t.co/Gv0L73sntc…
More singularity: Still, er, screwed
I thought I covered all the things, all of them!, about trademarks these days in my recent “Trademark Singularity” Part One and Part Two posts — from functioning as a…
The Trademark Singularity: Part 2
If we learned anything in Tam, it is that the Register should not be an expression of value judgments. It is and should be a register (small s). Of trademarks.
The Trademark Singularity: Part 1
Well, trademark use is all the rage in trademark thinking and commentary now, and well it should be. It goes, after all, to the heart of the endeavor, and I…
NYIPLA Amicus Brief – Booking.com
This week, the New York Intellectual Property Law filed this amicus brief in the Booking.com case before the SCOTUS. I helped (a little). These are complicated issues, and I will…
Ed T and the Trademark Dimensions
Explanatory introduction to a virtual guest post by Ed Timberlake: I say if it's yours and you post in on an embeddable platform, you've given permission to the world to…