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
Category: 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
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
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
Char’ed, I’m sure (updated, again, November 2013)
Updated version of the post first found here on December 8, 2009. Poor Starbucks. So much trademark trouble they have! Other trouble, too. And now... Read more
Survey says….
Here’s a very good article by Arnold & Porter’s Randy Miller, strictly for trademark lawyers and those who encamp around them, on the Advertising Compliance website... Read more
More on the SUPER HEROES®
Attorney Brian Cronin opines on the topic of the SUPER HEROES trademark for The Comic Wire. Read more
Best of 2011: Golden Nugget: Request for proposal
Originally posted July 26, 2011. I’m requesting that the Golden Nugget casino accept a proposal from me — I want to handle their cost-effectiveness-be-damned domain... Read more
Creeping famous-mark-ism
The TTABlog comments on a TTAB decision finding, not surprisingly, that two similar looking trademarks are likely to be confused, but raises a key point... Read more
Kinder-finished
The Kinderstart lawsuit over Google search engine placement has been dismissed, with leave granted to amend. Read more
Hold the center!
John Thomas at the Pittsburgh IP Law Blog picks up on an interesting phenomenon concerning center-centric trademark registration applications: If the mark you are trying... Read more
Google using trademark policy to shield MoveOn?
(UPDATED, revised). That’s what Bob Cox is reporting in this story in the Examiner; more here. Google said it would not run anti-MoveOn ads because... Read more
Gadget goes gonzo
Updated (see below) in September, 2011: Firefly Digital explains the vision behind their, um, trademarks — including the one they claim a little outfit called... Read more
Fair use is for “E”veryone
The IP Rights and Games blog gets my attention with a little proprietary link-and-wink (are we becoming the “brand” for LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION?! I sure... Read more