Ed T and the Trademark Dimensions
Ron ColemanExplanatory introduction to a virtual guest post by Ed Timberlake: I say if it's yours and you post in on an embeddable platform, you've given permission to the world to…
Garbagio trademarks: Top of the heap
There's still time to register for the "Failure to Function" #trademark panel in Boston on Nov. 5th!
Tyler Hall redux on what trademarks do
Tyler HallTyler Hall writes: I received an interesting follow up to my previous post about trademarks and promotional goods. The response touched on some questions regarding the foundations of trademark law…
Guest post: Ornamental? Or trademark as a product?
The Twitter thread that led to this blog post started when trademark lawyer Tyler Hall suggested, on Twitter, that a story reporting “bootleg logos are a fashion must-have” tells us…
Failure to …. whatever
“Failure to function as a trademark” is a favorite topic around here, and it’s getting more and more attention. Except when it’s not. What am I talking about? Even I…
The shopping dead (Best of 2016)
Originally posted March 21, 2016. Says Pamela Chestek, of the Property, intangible® blog: I haven’t written about “zombie” or “heritage” marks in a long time. So when she does, we…
The shopping dead
Says Pamela Chestek, of the Property, intangible® blog: I haven’t written about “zombie” or “heritage” marks in a long time. So when she does, we don’t want to miss it!…
Trayvon, we hardly knew ye
The headline: Trayvon Martin’s family looks to trademark ‘I am Trayvon,’ ‘Justice for Trayvon’: Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton is seeking to trademark phrases with her son’s name. . .…
Occupying trademark
So eventually all the “big trademark stories” catch up to you, even if you try to avoid them as you would try to avoid … certain assemblies of people in…