2002

KPMG Consulting announced its name change to BearingPoint yesterday.  It appears to have filed for the trademark in various countries (see metasearch) and secured broad domain name coverage for BEARINGPOINT, BEARINGPOINTE and BEARING-POINT in .com, .net, .info, .biz, .us and .uk in July and August.  I know that things done right make for less interesting…

Can I take your product and modify it so as to reach new audiences?  CleanFlicks “edits” out what it deems to be inappropriate material (i.e. sex and violence) and then rents or sells the edited version.  It argues that the First Amendment gives them the right to do so and filed a declaratory judgement action…

Revelation, a small perfume company, apparently had senior rights to the mark TRUTH.  Calvin Klein bought the rights but allowed Revelation to continue using, and negotiated a trademark co-existence agreement dividing up distribution channels (Calvin Klein got the more expensive outlets).  However, TRUTH CALVIN KLEIN begain showing up in discount stores and Revelation sued. …

This occurred to me as I read of the various governmental resources being devoted to (1) promotion of digital television (which is properly the job of the market); and (2) hearings on P2P spoofing and hacking.

Instead, the resources would be better spent discussing a $200 tax credit for families and businesses that obtain broadband …

Many U.S. trademark owners have successfully relied on Article 6bis of the Paris Convention in order to protect their famous trademark from piracy abroad.  The U.S., in my view, sometimes grants a narrower scope of protection than other countries in situations where it is obvious the U.S. applicant has adopted a non-US company’s trademark (see…