Fair use in trademarks: Dying by a thousand small cuts
Dave Davis from RedFly Marketing writes: Today I received a standard “AdWords Approval Status” email on behalf of one of our clients. This particular client... Read more
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THE SLANTS trademark appeal: The other side
I posted the en banc Federal Circuit brief of Simon Tam for the Slants, and those of the amici curiae in his support shortly after... Read more
The Trademark Singularity: Part 2
If we learned anything in Tam, it is that the Register should not be an expression of value judgments. It is and should be a register (small s). Of trademarks. Read more
Google Takes Offense, Takes Offensive (for a change)
According to Search Engine Journal, perennial trademark infringement defendant Google has filed suit against Froogles.com, an online shopping site. The New York federal complaint is... Read more
Googley eyes
From Reuters: Google Inc. has knocked Microsoft Corp. from its perch as the world’s top-ranked brand, according to findings released on Monday. The rankings, compiled... Read more
Why I let my trademark registration lapse
In 2006 I filed to register the trademark LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®, not because I had experienced much in the way of a need for trademark enforcement,... Read more
BLACKJACK dilutes BLACKBERRY trademark for smartphones?
That’s what RIM, the maker of the Blackberry phone, says, according to press reports. Do we buy it — is there a likelihood of dilution... Read more
Clearly Not a Trademark
The glass is half-empty for Pennzoil. John Ottaviani, guest-blogging on Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog, picked up a pretty interesting decision in the... Read more
Divine trademark
If you believe in the divinity of the Angel Moroni, that is. Because his image is a trademark of the Mormons, and they’re pretty serious... Read more
Best of 2011: Ninth Circuit. Keywords. Trademarks. Hike!
First posted on March 11, 2011. Here’s a roundup of what other people are saying about the decision in Network Automation, Inc. v. Advanced System... Read more
Tubby-Tonic in Titanic Trademark Tussle
I’m almost starting to like the EFF. They just filed a lawsuit in California seeking a ruling that an independent online newsletter called AccompliaReport.com devoted... Read more
Google’s keyword policy shift has unsurprising effect
Lori Weiman of Search Engine Land reports: As you may know, Google recently loosened its policy in the USA related to the use of trademarks in ad... Read more
A trademark lawyer’s got to loy… er
Discussing trademark law blogging with a colleague last night, I was asked whether I’d written anything about the EAT MORE KALE story. In order to... Read more
The Trademark Crackup
Marty Schwimmer comes through again with this pickup: A great article by Uli Widmaier about how courts have forgotten the “use” part of the Lanham... Read more