The Raysan Trademark firm of Iran sends me its newsletter.  Its website reports three recent victories by Western trademark owners.  ARMANI triumphed over ARMAN for shoes.  FABER-CASTELL cancelled a somewhat similar logo for stationery products.  NESTLE appears to have exclusive rights in designs of birds in nests.

By the way, this is not legal…

Ethan Katsh, professor and member of the UDRP Task Force, has drafted a proposal for refinement of databases containing UDRP decisions, to allow in effect for keynote-style searching.  While I think he is a little too harsh on the status quo of UDRP databases, his proposal is worthwhile and the document itself is an invaluable…

Jerry Falwell is suing this site at jerryfalwell.com.  At issue is whether he is a false prophet or not.

Here is an article about branding, specifically about naming magazines.  There is a quote from Gruner + Jahr about picking ROSIE for a magazine.  See my previous blurb on ROSIE.  I had made the point that when a joint venture picks a name, it has to envision the joint venture not working out,…

New Zealand has passed a new trademark law (NZ govt. website here).  This article indicates that there will be an explicit clause providing for the de-registration of a trademark found to have become generic, which does not quite warrant the headline “Famous Marks No LongerSafe.”  Originally via NameProtect.

It’s a winter wonderland here at the Trademark Lodge.  The snow knocked out my satellite connection for a while.  Fortunately I had a cable modem installed yesterday as a back-up.  The whole family went sledding this morning, something not possible if I was still at the Manhattan mother firm.

A first-person account of trademark piracy in Vietnam, via Dervala.  I am not sure in what sense the title “Intellectual Property Is Theft” is intended.

Here’s a copy of a complaint filed in the Southern District of NY by the Glenn Miller Productions against Avirex, which allegedly used Glenn Miller’s name and likeness without authorization.  Via AmLaw).

If my legal assistant didn’t get the Boomtown Rats reference then there’s no way she gets the reference in this title. Glenn Miller…