Key decision
“Google makes money not by reason of the nature of the keyword, but by someone clicking on the keyword,” Google lawyer Alexandra Neri told a... Read more
Tag: Trademarks and trademark law
The dark side clouds everything
I am fascinated with IP disputes over costumes, and have written about a few of them. I have also linked to this piece by Bill... Read more
Light at the end of the tunnel
StationStops reports that the MTA has backed off at least part of its obnoxious “IP enforcement program” and undone some of the damage the agency... Read more
COICA: Big IP supersizes it
Everything I’ve written about here for the last five years, or just about everything, is about to get a lot worse, explains David Post: Congress... Read more
Where there’s smokes
The Denver Post reports a very interesting, and for trademark plaintiffs very troubling, decision that the Supreme Court has refused to review. It has to... Read more
Best of 2009: McBummer: Thoughts on the McFamily of Trademarks McConcept
I’ve written before about the odd cultural juxtaposition of McDonald’s and the Muslim world. It turns out I don’t know the half of it! Now McDonald’s... Read more
Spam Can’t Act
The U.K. Register reports that what would appear to be a very late in the game attempt by the original spammers — Hormel, makers of... Read more
I’m a CYBERLAWYER, too!
Slashdot: BigTimOBrien writes to mention the EFF is reporting that self-proclaimed cyberlawyer, Eric Menhart, has decided to trademark use of the term “cyberlaw” and is... Read more
Not so Scrabulous
CNET News / Reuters: The makers of Scrabble have asked Facebook to remove a popular online version of the word game, Scrabulous, which they say... Read more
Best of 2009: Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce
This was first posted on May 7, 2009. The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much... Read more
Best of 2009: “Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury, Part 1
A lot of people, including judges, lawyers and civilians, don’t seem to really understand what statutory damages are all about. They are not supposed to... Read more
“Scandal” at the TTAB
You’d hardly think it possible any more. Frankly our sensibilities are too delicate to blog on this story, but that’s why there’s always the the... Read more
Kissing trademark rights goodbye?
Eric Johnson‘s Pixelization blog has a sweet insight into a sticky trademark mess that Hershey’s could be, theoretically, getting itself into: It’s a Hershey’s-brand three-compartment... Read more
GEICO Isn’t Good News for Google
Remember the GEICO v. Google case? My former law partner and long-time spouse Jane Coleman does. She’s writing a chapter on secondary trademark infringement liability for... Read more