Absolutely not a Verizon Dealer
I call this “shadow ghost branding,” and there’s a lot of it around. A company is formerly affiliated with a well-known brand, typically as a franchisee,... Read more
Tag: Trademarks and trademark law
Char’ed, I’m sure (updated, again, November 2013)
Updated version of the post first found here on December 8, 2009. Poor Starbucks. So much trademark trouble they have! Other trouble, too. And now... Read more
He’s got the situation well in hand…
On August 8th, 2005, I blogged the following, which I’m updating tonight: Travis brings our attention to a new Apple product called the Mighty Mouse.... Read more
Creeping famous-mark-ism
The TTABlog comments on a TTAB decision finding, not surprisingly, that two similar looking trademarks are likely to be confused, but raises a key point... Read more
Gadget goes gonzo
Updated (see below) in September, 2011: Firefly Digital explains the vision behind their, um, trademarks — including the one they claim a little outfit called... Read more
Fair use is for “E”veryone
The IP Rights and Games blog gets my attention with a little proprietary link-and-wink (are we becoming the “brand” for LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION?! I sure... Read more
It’s good to the be the king
Michael Atkins: Western District [of Washington] Judge John Coughenour appears to have stopped taking new trademark cases. New matters assigned to him reportedly are reassigned... Read more
Joke of the First Amendment, Part II
We wrote in January about a Seventh Circuit oral argument wherein the panel took apart the unfortunate practitioner that tried to make a Constitutional silk... Read more
MLB, IP piggies, strike again
Susan Scafidi writes about a guy who was stopped by Major League Baseball from selling “baseball shirts” that look like this (on the right): Huh?... Read more
Commented on “The Trademark Blog” — Polo v. Polo
Marty Schwimmer (via @trademarkblog) updates us on the latest, and floats a novel idea of his own for getting in on the action, in the... Read more
Not all ISP’s are created equal
@EricGoldman: Web host Akanoc hit with $32M contributory TM judgment for customers’ counterfeiting http://bit.ly/3BR6ZW Whoa. More to come … Louis Vuitton v. Akanoc jury verdict... Read more
About that SLAPP thing
A number of law bloggers have posted recently (as noted by Colin Samuels at the link referred to in my previous post) in support of... Read more
COICA, trademark “McCarthyism” and hype
All the things in that title — Trademark “McCarthy”ism — make for a perfect storm for pitching Martindale.com’s new podcast feature, “Martindale Mike”: Title: COICA:... Read more
Trademarks mean something different up there, I guess
Can a building be a trademark? Can a photo of a building be a trademark? Can a drawing based on a photo of a building... Read more