Stoller Promotes Tuesday Night Blog Party In Toronto
Seriously, here.
May 07, 2006
If You Know Where There's Open WiFi In Toronto . .
. . . near the conference, email me at marty at schwimmerlegal dot com and I will post the location.
May 05, 2006
Double the Centigrade And Add Thirty
Double the centigrade and add thirty in order to convert centigrade to farenheit.
One US dollar is worth approximately 1.10 Canadian, one Canadian dollar is worth approximately 90 cents.
Take a passport or birth certificate.
They speak English, but with an accent.
Your cell phone provider may treat all your calls as roaming, it depends on your plan.
May 04, 2006
Pitch Me In Toronto
Reminder: The Ale and Quail Club of Mid to-Upper-Westchester will be hosting its annual social at:
BeerBistro
18 King Street (at Yonge)
Toronto
Tuesday May 9 - 9:30 pm to Midnight
All constructive suggestions on how to improve the Trademark Blog will be cheerfully entertained. If you would like to meet with me in Toronto but are intimidated by throngs of rowdy trademark lawyers clutching the latest Thomson and Thomson giveaway, email me at marty at schwimmerlegal dot com.
April 28, 2006
Trademark Blog Live In Toronto Tuesday May 9
IP Bloggers TTABlog, IPKAt and yours truly will be hosting a get-together Tuesday night, May 9, 9:30, at the BeerBistro (several blocks from the Conference hotel).
Come before, during or after the Thompson and Thompson event, for a little quiet time. Share your favorite Stoller story, volunteer to become a country correspondent for the Trademark Blog, get John Welch's autograph, dance on a table, have too many beers and disclose confidential information - all in good fun.
BEERBISTRO
18 King Street East (at Yonge Street)
Toronto, Ontario M5C 1C4
April 19, 2006
Every Symbol Tells A Story
AIGA, the American Institue for Graphic Arts, developed a set of 50 passenger and pedestrian symbols available for downloading.
Now there is a short film made entirely of the AIGA symbols.
HT Wendy Seltzer.
April 15, 2006
Everything Must Go
April 03, 2006
Where Should We Go The Tuesday Night In Toronto?
Our firm, and fellow bloggers from TTABlog and Nerdlaw, would like to have a get-together on the Tuesday night on INTA. The T&T extravaganza will be at The Docks that night. I'm not sure there is such thing as a bar next door to The Docks, but if there is, email me and advise.
March 28, 2006
Dog v. Dog
Neon Signs In Seattle
March 27, 2006
My Father Turned 90 Yesterday
How about that?
March 19, 2006
Third Anniversary Of Shock And Awe Trademark Applications
There is one registration for SHOCK AND AWE, filed March 20, 2003, covering fireworks. There are 29 other applications for SHOCK AND AWE (or SHOCK & AWE), most of them filed in March or April 2003, several abandoned, many suspended.
March 18, 2006
Call For Boycott of Term 'SUPER-HERO'
February 23, 2006
Family Movie Rental Recommendation
Millions, now on DVD.
February 22, 2006
Oddest Footnote In An Important Internet Case To Date
Footnote 4 from P10 v. Google: 'P10 repeatedly objects that the term 'thumnail' is a misnomer, even going so far as to point out that the thumbnails displayed by Google can be up to eight times the size of a person's actual thumbnail.
February 08, 2006
Trademark Attribution For Dummies
One of Jason Calcanis' blogs at Weblogs, Inc. Network, used the term SUPER BOWL GUIDE FOR DUMMIES as the title of a single blog post.
No, it did not receive a demand letter from the owners of the SUPER BOWL mark.
It got a demand letter from Wiley, owners of the FOR DUMMIES mark.
Wiley's letter is not a demand letter in that it doesn't allege an infringement of rights and doesn't demand cessation of activity. When pressed by Calcanis (CEO of Weblogs (now an AOL company)), Wiley acknowledged that one-time use in a title was not trademark use, and that Wiley was merely asking for attribution. However, the original letter resembles a demand letter in that it starts out with a recitation of legal rights, and asks for written assurance that Weblogs is complying with the request.
On these facts, Weblogs does not have to provide attribution. If you write a letter asking someone to do something they do not have to do, then you are asking them for a favor. When asking for a favor, If you do not use magic words such as 'please', 'thank you' and 'we respectfully request,' then do not be surprised when your letter gets posted on a website.
February 03, 2006
Evidence Of Reputation
Let's assume you're investigating John Q. NE3ld. I predict that you will find that he and anyone else you may be investigating has been arrested, and is generally not well though of.
February 02, 2006
What Does This Cartoon Say?
What is this cartoon saying?
The Joint Chiefs of Staff have this interpretation of the cartoon.
This is the Washington Post's response.
February 01, 2006
Pit Bull-Type Dogs
Not about trademarks: a New Yorker article about pit bull-type dogs and generalization and legislation.
January 29, 2006
12th Man Theme
Texas A&M has been using 12th MAN since 1922, the Seattle Seahawks have only been using the mark since 1984. What concerns me the most is that Texas A&M students sway in unison, making the stadium shake, That can't be safe. Don't they know that soldiers break lock step when crossing a bridge? (google 'bridge synchrony').
The SUPER BOWL is the official professional sports championship of the Trademark Blog.
March Madness post here.
Threepeat post here.
January 26, 2006
Commonlymistyped.com
Commonlymistyped.com. 'Top Internet Searches and The Corresponding Common Mistyped Queries.'
January 25, 2006
On The Term 'Blawg'
January 10, 2006
New IP Blog
January 05, 2006
Cold Pizza Shrink Wrap Terms Of Service Agreement
January 02, 2006
Scan In The New
December 22, 2005
Old Soda Cans
Collection of old soda cans. Hat tip Kottke.
December 21, 2005
Odd Story Regarding TRO Against Letterman
December 19, 2005
Hacking Santa
December 10, 2005
Surrealist Logo
So it turns out that Salvador Dali designed the CHUPA CHUPS logo.
December 06, 2005
'Women Turn To Online Rentals For Handbags'
December 05, 2005
From a reader
December 01, 2005
43(B)log - False Advertising Law Blog
Rebecca Tushnet, Goergetown Law Professor and comics aficionado, has re-positioned her blog as 43(b)log - False Advertising and More.
November 22, 2005
STAIN PEN Trademark Hugely Valuable
Stain Pen releases statement entitled 'STAIN PEN (r) Registered Tradeamrk Hugely Valuable' putting world on notice.
November 18, 2005
INTA Toronto May '06 Brochure
INTA Toronto May '06 Brochure.
Where should we stay? Where should we go? Should we have a bloggers' fete?
November 14, 2005
Jesus Juice
Just when you thought that the outrages from the Jackson trial were part of the past, there's more.
November 09, 2005
Trademark Blog Live In Chicago
I will be participating in a panel this Saturday in Chicago on the future of blogging, technology and law practice at LexThink's BlawgThink conference.
Drunk and Alert
Nestle has filed patents for Coffee Beer. Hat tip to Invent Blog.
Nimmer on Blogs
Prof. Raymond Nimmer has started a blog entitled 'Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law.'
Copyright & Trademark Update from Orrick
The Orrick firm publishes a Copyright & Trademark Update. Latest issue here.
October 25, 2005
Name That Brand
From CatchWord's Name Game - 5 clues:
1. A crowning achievement
2. Time-tested
3. Oyster
4. It's about the face
5. It's a keeper
Answer and more games here.