Best of 2008: Tackiness not grounds for refusal to register
[Posted December 1, 2008.] Otherwise, why would John Welch be reporting this appeal?: December 4, 2008 – 10 AM: In re Chippendales USA, LLC, Serial... Read more
Tag: Trademarks and trademark law
Vuitton beats Google on home court
The International Herald Tribune reports: Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods manufacturer, won another round Wednesday in its court battle with the search engine Google to... Read more
Trademark infringement: Just say no
Trademark litigators and enforcement people (especially in anticounterfeiting) frequently analogize to the War on Drugs. You can’t really ever stop the flow of fake Vuitton... Read more
Amicus Brief filed in Vans v. MSCHF
This is an important trademarks / free speech case. I got in on an edge of it! Read more
Through WINDOWS®, darkly
Mr. Thorne, legal marketing wordsmith extraordinaire, wonders: Why would a court opinion use the magic ® symbol to refer to one registered trademark and not... Read more
Redskins redux
Remember the Washington Redskins trademark tussle? CNBC reports that it’s back — again — and better than ever. This time the focus is an interesting... Read more
Unfair use
More pain, very little gain — besides for lawyers’ college funds — in the roiling world of trademark fair use. Originally posted 2012-09-10 06:00:30. Republished... Read more
Tanked?
Cartier sued Apple last week, and before I had a chance to figure it out, they either un-sued them or announced that they were about... Read more
Slamming the DOORS
History repeating and all, ya know. First time, tragedy. Second time — farce. Originally posted 2010-08-10 17:08:46. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Restaurant knockoffs
Michael Atkins writes about the frustrations of a restaurant owner who seems to think — oddly, for someone who’s already hired a lawyer — he... Read more
No one blinks
Reuters reports that the Tiffany trademark suit against eBay is really going to trial. Really! I am sure no one expected this. I certainly didn’t.... Read more
Immoral / scandalous test lives at PTO
John Welch reports on a denial of a Spanish-language mark upheld on that basis, which continues to puzzle me, though it does not bother me... Read more
Best of 2009: “Adverference?”
This was originally published on January 22, 2009: Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), I finally figured... Read more
Redskins redux 2
I didn’t have a chance to mention that last month, the order denying the legal challenge to the Washington Redskin’s use of its trademark American... Read more