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Category: Trademarks and trademark law

Posted on January 8, 2013 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on December 30, 2012January 8, 2013 Likelihood of Confusion

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

Posted on December 27, 2012 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

Best of 2010: Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due

First posted July 12, 2010. [stextbox id=”info”]This is an adaptation of a summary and analysis of the recent decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline... Read more

Posted on December 10, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on December 8, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on November 28, 2012December 4, 2012 Genericness and Trademarks

Frizzled trademark in Korea

[stextbox id=”info”] I received the following in the form of a newsletter from the Book Chon law firm in South Korea.  I get a lot... Read more

Posted on November 20, 2012December 4, 2012 TTAB Practice

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

Posted on November 13, 2012 Stealing the Language

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

Posted on September 4, 2012March 6, 2015 Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on June 21, 2012 Copyright Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Among the Bullrushes by Joan Miro
Posted on May 22, 2012 Brand Management and Branding Trademarks and trademark law

Art for IP’s sake

Or, rather, the opposite: Wendy Seltzer reports that a modified Google logo posted on April 20th, in the style of a Joan Miro painting and... Read more

Posted on April 29, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

Keyword advertising law à la française

Google wins! LVMH wins! Only it’s the same case.  And they’re on opposite sides. Is this as Euro-law thing?  Something particularly Frankish? No, it’s an... Read more

Posted on March 29, 2012April 4, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

Get out of jail, postage due

Bob Ambrogi reports on some cease-and-desist follies involving GET OUT OF JAIL FREE and Mr. Monopoly, which of course are the intellectual property of the... Read more

Posted on February 21, 2012 Trademarks and trademark law

It’s that time of day

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.  Duets Blog reports on an all-too rare occurrence in an item entitled, just a bit too... Read more

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