Best of 2005: Q the Lawyers
Ron ColemanOriginally posted on March 27, 2005. A report in the online Financial Express says that Nissan is suing Audi over “Q.” To wit: “We are seeking to bar Audi from…
got what, now?
Matthew David BrozikIf you’re reading this, then the settlement check has cleared. But you’ll never believe who paid whom for what! My friend—whom I will call Bryan (not his real name)—has just…
Own (Up to) Your (Alleged) Infringement
The problem—as this blogger sees it—with most mass-media reports of court decisions is that they tell you the outcome, but they rarely if ever tell you what’s really interesting about…
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 trademark enforcement program! Ryan Gile…
Golden Nugget: Request for proposal
I’m requesting that the Golden Nugget casino accept a proposal from me — I want to handle their cost-effectiveness-be-damned domain trademark enforcement program! Ryan Gile explains: When one considers that…
Mommy’s trademark infringement
Ron ColemanMommy’s Time Out wine, a photo by Ron Coleman on Flickr. I couldn’t but snap the above shot of “Mommy’s Time Out” wine when I first saw it three years…
The fairest one of all?
Last week we were talking about the issue of copyright morphing into trademark. Well, how about public domain morphing into copyright, and then trademark? Well, garsh, kids, call me Goofy…
Footlong trademark thing
What’s all this I hear about a trademark registration by Subway for FOOTLONG with respect to sandwiches? This is one of those other stories I just want to leave to…
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 Google is infringing: They embody…
Gripes of wrath
If you’ve seen one disgruntled-former-law-associate attack gripe site, you’ve seen them all. But I did like this point by gold-plated pariah Edward Harrington Heyburn, Esq. (corrected). Because he’s so big…
DC and Marvel — still winning Super Friends
John Welch has a report about an applicant for a SUPER HERO trademark registration for skin care productswho was bounced because, well, the owners of the existing SUPER HERO trademark…
Trademark Insanity Awareness. Day.
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia! It’s a serious condition, but… what about it? Techdirt explains: BoingBoing has the latest story of trademark insanity, where a “charity” focused on the rare, but apparently…
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 is a generic one describing…
Clever slogan, yes. Trademark, no.
Ron ColemanDespite the impression you might get around here, being a big company doesn’t mean you have to always be wrong — or even always be the pursuer — in an…