Best of 2012: Apostrophe now
Originally posted 2015-06-28 11:50:17. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally published October 11, 2012. Via Courthouse News, a report of a trademark lawsuit that I’d think […]
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Out-Googled
Originally posted 2011-01-20 22:38:15. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBy the way, don’t get me wrong. I’m trying to cover the Google IP territory, if not […]
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Best of 2009: Impolitico
Originally posted 2015-01-28 06:28:51. Republished by Blog Post PromoterPosted September 17, 2009. I first read about the brouhaha over the Politico trademark claim against the […]
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Verb That Adjective Noun! “Google” Is Not (Yet) Generic.
It was bound to happen sooner or later—and in fact it happened back in 2012. Someone sued to have “Google” declared generic and the registration […]
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Generic genericness
Originally posted 2013-06-18 10:42:49. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWhat is “generic genericness”? I just coined the phrase. It refers, I maintain, to a genericness defense […]
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Frizzled trademark in Korea
The Seoul Central District Court rules that the trademark “The Magic School Bus” of SCHOLASTIC INC. in America is different from “School Bus” of DAE […]
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Thick and Juicy Hamburgers!!
Trademark rights aren’t supposed to give you a monopoly on commonly used phrases or descriptions. Asks the Centre Daily Times of State College, Pennsylvania: What […]
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