Gibson continues its IP-based business plan
“You’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to law!” Well, that’s what the song always sounded like to me. When you’re a hammer… (and... Read more
Category: Trademarks and trademark law
Clever slogan, yes. Trademark, no.
Despite the impression you might get around here, being a big company doesn’t mean you have to always be wrong — or even always be... Read more
Give it a rest!
John Welch reports on a case involving the would-be registration for IRESTMYCASE.COM, an attorney’s website, wherein the TTAB reminds us that a URL (website address)... Read more
Don’t bother, they’re here
President Obama is suffering from the right-of-publicity blues again. And now maybe we understand why he wants an intellectual property anti-counterfeiting lawyer on the Supreme... Read more
TK-Oh for Anhauser-Busch, Bacardi
The New York Law Journal (sub. req.) reports on a big decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals: The U.S. Court of Appeals for... Read more
Best of 2010: Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due
First posted July 12, 2010. The essential role played by credit card companies in online trademark infringement was recognized in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline... Read more
Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce
The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much this time. Rather, it’s the question of the... Read more
Heartbreaking
I’ve expressed my opinion here about the piggish IP grabbing by Big College Sports. So I enjoyed this from Mark Malek: This is an update... Read more
Frizzled trademark in Korea
The Seoul Central District Court rules that the trademark “The Magic School Bus” of SCHOLASTIC INC. in America is different from “School Bus” of DAE... Read more
Best of 2008: “‘Scandalousness’ Remains a Lightning Rod at the TTAB'” (September)
This was posted on September 24, 2008: John Welch reports on an interesting, not quite safe for home viewing case called Boston Red Sox Baseball... Read more
Shot to Dell
Dell’s CLOUD COMPUTING trademark application has gone up in a vapory mass of smoke: Dell cannot register “cloud computing” as a trademark because the term... Read more
Trademarks in their entirety
It is a well-known axiom that when considering the validity or infringement of a trademark, it is to be considered in its entirety — not... Read more
March Madness
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Best of 2009: “Intellectual property and its digestion”
This was first posted on February 20, 2009: Back and forth in in social networking space — once Facebook, I digest some key ingredients of... Read more