Old trademarks never die…
They just fade away. Mostly. Originally posted 2013-10-29 12:56:20. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Tag: Brand Management and Branding
Slamming the DOORS
History repeating and all, ya know. First time, tragedy. Second time — farce. Originally posted 2010-08-10 17:08:46. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Hitler on copyright
The “Downfall parodies” aren’t really parodies, in the legal sense. But as this one demonstrates, “Hitler” does seem to understand something about copyright, law, IP... Read more
Locking it down
Every lawyer who practices in the intellectual property area is asked frequently how to go about protecting a unique or creative idea that someone fears... Read more
Trademarks, copyright, brand equity, and rent-seeking: Soapbox 2010
From last week’s INTA Trademark Topics email discussion list. One name has been changed to protect the innocent, and the links, by way of annotation,... Read more
On the wrong track, as usual
Jews for Jesus, the sleazy, misleading missionaries who crawl over Manhattan each summer, had to back off from their use of the MTA’s world-famous symbols.... Read more
Those who are not with us today
CNN has a nice piece on “Brands We Loved and Lost in 2009.” Okay, we didn’t really “love” Home Depot’s Expo design centers and we... Read more
Big Green’s Ethiopian trademark problem
The Australian reports that earlier news about a resolution of Starbucks’ trademark problems with the Ethiopian coffee thing was perhaps over-caffeinated. UPDATE: Have things perked... Read more
Likelihood of arrogation
Out of the bottle Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman The ad man or woman who wrote this ad for Solgar focused on the market-encroaching challenger... Read more
Cover banned?
Now this is an interesting twist on IP rights and wrongs. It’s interesting, though, more as a sign of the desperation of the dead-tree media... Read more
Revival of the dead
Just this morning a client told me about this company, River West Brands, that finds ways to obtain some semblance of the “rights” in abandoned... Read more
How generic is your cupcakery? Or is it CUPCAKERY™ after all?
From Ryan Gile: Is CUPCAKERY a generic term for a cupcake bakery? At first, the word “cupcakery” seems somewhat suggestive–a unique play on the words... Read more
So Cute You Could Just License Him!
As much as I hate to do a straight-out classic blogroll here (one hand links the other) I just had to share this great item... Read more
“Private Label Store Brand OTC Naming Architecture”!
Now that’s a mouthful, eh? Yes, that is one ba-a-a-ad phrase to have handy for your next trademarks-and-branding over pigs-in-blankets soirée! Oh… you don’t… know what... Read more