The color purple
Cadbury is purple in the face over not being able to secure the wordlwide exclusive rights to the use of the color purple in association... Read more
Tag: Brand Management and Branding
Settling in
Foley Square view Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman I took this view of Foley Square, where the courthouses and many other public buildings in Manhattan... Read more
Emerson InSinkErator trash compactors will mangle your hand if you stick it in one of them.
Originally posted 2006-10-19 13:44:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Sounds like a reasonable assertion, right? The same thing will happen if you stick your hand... Read more
Reverse Trademark Dilution?
Trademark dilution is something that happens when you use my “famous” trademark in a way that, while not necessarily threatening likelihood of confusion — because... Read more
What’s in a name?
If it’s a “meatball sundae,” perhaps very little you’d want to eat. How much, really, does a name matter in business success? As I have... Read more
Pushing the edges of franchising
On Avenue J in Brooklyn’s Midwood section (known to orthodox Jews as “Flatbush,” though it is barely near Flatbush proper), LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® encountered a... Read more
What exactly is with the new trademark dilution bill?
(Email exchange off the INTA email list reprinted here with Mike Atkins’s permission;) From: Atkins, Michael G. Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 4:21 PM To:... Read more
Lug me tender
Should a law school be tendering seven figures of money to a minor league baseball team for stadium naming rights? That is certainly a novel... Read more
How’s Trix?
Ryan Gile reports that it’s Trixy out there. Originally posted 2012-04-09 16:28:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Uptick in cupcakes
Remember this bit about the CUPCAKERY trademark, vel non? Not long ago Ryan Gile, who’s all over this, reported ongoing developments in the case... Read more
iDiots
The AP reports that Apple has responded to a new book about Steve Jobs entitled iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of... Read more
Green with trust
Pamela Chestek: Property, Intangible: You just can’t trust your readership. When the City of New York first claimed that it owned the name of the... Read more
Middle-aged bombshell blasted by trademark holder
Explosive story: Looks like some trademark trouble for an evidently fissionable material girl. UPDATE: Resolved in a most unexplosive way: The company claimed to own... Read more
Virtually Aimee
Virtually Blind, a blog by Benjamin Duranske focusing on legal issues in virtual reality, reports (via IBLS): Second Life’s ‘Aimee Weber’ (Alyssa LaRoche) recently became... Read more