Don’t bother, they’re here
President Obama is suffering from the right-of-publicity blues again. And now maybe we understand why he wants an intellectual property anti-counterfeiting lawyer on the Supreme... Read more
Tag: Brand Management and Branding
Fabulous logos
Radar considers “The World’s Gayest Logos.” I’m just glad to see a little talk of optimism and glee in the trademark field, believe me. Read more
Get out of jail, postage due
Bob Ambrogi reports on some cease-and-desist follies involving GET OUT OF JAIL FREE and Mr. Monopoly, which of course are the intellectual property of the... Read more
Absolutely not a Verizon Dealer
I call this “shadow ghost branding,” and there’s a lot of it around. A company is formerly affiliated with a well-known brand, typically as a franchisee,... Read more
Char’ed, I’m sure (updated, again, November 2013)
Updated version of the post first found here on December 8, 2009. Poor Starbucks. So much trademark trouble they have! Other trouble, too. And now... Read more
He’s got the situation well in hand…
On August 8th, 2005, I blogged the following, which I’m updating tonight: Travis brings our attention to a new Apple product called the Mighty Mouse.... Read more
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... Read more
Texas whiners
Speaking of sports: In Texas, as you know, everything’s mu-u-u-uch bigger. That includes NCAA-power-school IP thuggery, explains Eric Johnson, as well as the standard of what... Read more
Pure evil
And it doesn’t even exactly involve the Red Sox: Various buildings overlook Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Entities unrelated to the Cubs operate... Read more
Commented on “The Trademark Blog” — Polo v. Polo
Marty Schwimmer (via @trademarkblog) updates us on the latest, and floats a novel idea of his own for getting in on the action, in the... Read more
Long time passing
Michael Atkins asks the musical question: Where have all the good (rock band) names gone? P.S: Not here. Read more
Best of 2010: The generic agony of defeat
First published on February 11, 2010. The best LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® blog item title ever was evidently wasted — and I’m sorry I didn’t keep... Read more
Rat’s rights
A Chinese company has been refused permission to use the name of a disgraced official as a trademark to sell rat poison. Xinhua News Agency... Read more
From Russia, without royalties
The Kalashnikov rifle: Naked trademark licensing (“I take them into my hands and, my goodness, the marks are foreign,” [General Kalashnikov] said of the knockoffs... Read more