by Christopher “Undead” Harbin, Legal Satyricon Correspondent I’m only really scared of one thing in this world. Zombies. Really – they freak me out. I think it’s because my brother
Editorial and Comments by Zac “Rediculous” Papantoniou The “Blog Loot” is a new, weekly post, here on the Legal Satyricon. Essentially, it’s showing a little love to the blogs that
Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1052(a), bars the registration of trademarks that are deemed “immoral” or “scandalous.” For the past few years, the USPTO has been on
A New Yorker, (yeah, it figures) attempted to secure a registration (on an intent to use basis) for the trademark “Sex Rod” — stylized to parody the Boston Red Sox
An enterprising individual attempted to secure trademark registration for the term BONG HITS 4 JESUS. Naturally, the USPTO rejected the application on a few grounds. The first was that the
John Welch at the TTABlog has once again done me the honor of asking me to write a guest column on a recent “immoral and scandalous” trademark case. See the
I am beaming with pride that John Welch, over at the TTABlog asked me to guest blog on the TTAB’s latest affirmance of a 2(a) refusal. My discussion of the
USPTO Secretary Guitierrez seems to have a good grasp of the importance and beauty of our most cherished document, the U.S. Constitution. Consider this recent release: Secretary Gutierrez recently announced
Orlando Weekly published an article chronicling Kink.com‘s attempts to secure registration of several of its trademarks, such as fuckingmachines and whippedass. Trademark registration is a standard practice for any business
