Bully for who?
Or should it be whom? Anyway, my article on trademark bullying first published in January’s Intellectual Property Magazine and excerpted in this previous post, is... Read more
Tag: Super Bowl
Best of 2011: The entrepreneurship of trademark bullying
Originally posted January 12, 2011. I figured I must have written somewhere about that PTO trademark bullying thing — or if I didn’t, I am... Read more
The entrepreneurship of trademark bullying
I figured I must have written somewhere about that PTO trademark bullying thing — or if I didn’t, I am sure I linked to someone... Read more
SUPER BOWL® Trademark Watch and Contest I
Every year it’s the same thing: Several weeks before the Super Bowl®, people and businesses wishing to promote events related to the timing of the... Read more
SUPER BOWL® trademark post XI: Consumer Reports and the super-duper exemption
Yes, it is that time of year again — the SUPER BOWL® trademark overreaching (dare I say bullying?) time of year. This January I’m focusing... Read more
NFL punts in “Big game”
The NFL is a lot of things, but I never thought it was stupid. It turns out that it isn’t. The Sports Blog reports: Remember... Read more
Best of 2012: SUPER BOWL® trademark post XI: Consumer Reports and the super-duper exemption
[stextbox id=”info”]At the end of the year, when I typically have more time for blogging because things are so relatively relaxed in the lawyering part,... Read more
Large game
Forbes chimes in on the NFL’s heavy-handed IP campaign, and how much more this year has looked like flag football, or maybe “touch”: Clearly, brand... Read more
The ugly side of branding
Who but the ultimate trademark pig the NFL would make unwilling third parties endorse their sponsors? Makes me want to throw a SUPER BOWL PARTY!... Read more
Don’t say it! SUPER BOWL®, that is.
I don’t watch a lot of TV — don’t even have one, actually. And I only raise the topic because that is my excuse for... Read more
SUPER BOWL!!!! (Updated and moved up)
SUPER BOWL! SUPER BOWL! SUPER BOWL! Now that they “own” the English words “Super Bowl” — terrifying everyone from even the fairest of use with... Read more