An interesting sports/trademark case. Leo Stoller, a well-known trademark squatter. Leo Stoller went out and registered a slew of trademarks containing common words — banking on the thought that eventually
I’m not sure what is so bad about a Trademark turning into a verb or dying of genericide. The process of linguistic evolution is, I think, one of the more
SeePowerful Katinka, Inc. v. McFarland, 07-6036 (S.D.N.Y). I was going to write about this case, but why reinvent the wheel? My friend, Michael Atkins’ Seattle Trademark Lawyer blog already has
Here’s an interesting one… a Washington band, “The Wailers” is suing “The Wailers” (as in “Bob Marley and”) over their use of the band name. Again, why write about it
J’ai récemment trouvé Le blog de Frédéric Glaize, s’appelle Le petit Musée des Marques (pMdM). Ce blog, en français, discute des questions des marques déposée d’une perspective gallique. Si vous
NYPD Pizza, an Orlando-based pizza chain, has been accused of “intentionally and purposefully” designing its logo to look like the New York Police Department’s shield and decorating its pizzerias to
In one of the most foolish (but not the MOST foolish) trademark maneuvers I’ve ever seen, the NFL was seeking to trademark “The Big Game.” Article here. Jeffrey Standen, a
I have always found it annoying that no matter how smart you are, how much you might know, or whatever other circumstances might exist, lawyers are not permitted to take
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