
Understanding trademark “fame”
When it comes to trademarks, there’s famous, and there’s famous. As Professor Tom McCarthy explains, via John Welch, one kind of trademark famous is the... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
When it comes to trademarks, there’s famous, and there’s famous. As Professor Tom McCarthy explains, via John Welch, one kind of trademark famous is the... Read more
The TTABlog: Whenever the TTAB issues a precedential decision, I try to discern what point the Board is trying to make. Good idea! When it... Read more
This was first posted on May 7, 2009. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much... Read more
Disputes involving the great BUDWEISER trademark are even older than LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® — the blog, not the secondary meaning thing. You know that because... Read more
I want one, too! What is the FRAUD-O-METER™? Its creator, John Welch, explains: Some say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and that... Read more
Not quite hot. Not quite the summertime, either. But close enough to either — and especially fun, not only because we love what we do... Read more
Tomorrow I will be on a panel called “Warning, the Following Material May Be Explicit: Addressing the Efficacy of §2(a) of the Lanham Act” as part... Read more
To register a trademark you need to provide the Patent and Trademark Office with something called a “specimen.” The definition of “specimen” under the PTO’s... Read more
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