Best of 2013: A bunch of WHARTON business
Ron ColemanFirst published August 16, 2013. Steve Baird — redoubtable Steve Baird — has a great post about a bunch of trademark business involving claims by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton…
A bunch of WHARTON business
Steve Baird — redoubtable Steve Baird — has a great post about a bunch of trademark business involving claims by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business over its…
Color my world
For years I’ve been writing about the envelope-pushing in trademark by the business of collegiate sports. In a like vein, but very scholarly-like, here’s a very cool piece from the…
Best of 2010: Mind bobbling!
First published on March 9, 2010. I’ve been known to sound the alarm about the rush to register trademarks, and all the more so to register anticipated trademarks. I argue…
More, more, Moore!
One of my favorite ever topics here on LOC has been the litigation brought by the University of Alabama against painter Daniel Moore for unauthorized artistic depiction of trademarks. As…
The Licensing Law Blog
My friend Richard Bergovoy has finally come in from the cold and, since January, has been publishing The Licensing Law Blog. Richard’s smart, he’s funny, and he knows his stuff.…
Trademark colors bleed
Ron ColemanBrandWeek reports that universities are having success suing companies that make fan paraphernalia that don’t actually use team trademarks but do use slogans, colors and other devices that conjure up…
More fantasy sports litigation
We wrote in the past about the bogus “right of publicity” issue and the unsuccessful attempt by major league sports to claim ownership in statistics and grab a piece of…
Baseball been very, very good to lawyers
Do you remember the lawsuit by Major League Baseball over the use of — well, not statistics, exactly, but the rights of publicity in baseball players and, marginally, the use…