Barbara Cookson and Patrick Gallagher in the INTA Bulletin on differences between opposition proceedings in the U.S., U.K. and OHIM. Interesting statistics on the exceedingly low level of oppositions in the U.S. or exceedingly high levels in OHIM, depending on your perspective.
Break Me Off a Piece of that KitKat Bar
Action RAZANNE
I have yet to finish my predictions for the top ten trends in IP law for 2003. Reviewing my partial list of the first five trends from this past January, I note with satisfaction the accuracy of my prediction that the Eldred and Mosely cases would be decided.
My fifth prediction, namely that we will
BURBERRY, DIOR and Other Luxury Brands in the News
Via The Telegraph, discussion of the BURBERRY brand. Old story on defending its pattern here. International Herald Tribune on the hottest handbags here. Via Canada.com, a discussion as to whether proceeds from counterfeit goods sales find their way to terrorist groups.
Do Counterfeit Goods Fund Terrorists?
Via Canada.com, a discussion as to whether proceeds from counterfeit goods sales find their way to terrorist groups.
TTAB Anger Management
The PTO released an order this week reprimanding an attorney who called up TTAB personnel and used inappropriate and insulting language, ranted, etc. Turns out those calls are recorded. He indicated that he had taken six times the normal dosage of cough medicine (and had problems with anger management). The lessons for practitioners are: don’t
IPKAT on UK Advertising
IPKat on UK advertising practice and the use of celebrity images.
$19 Million in Punitive Damages For Internal Distribution of Newsletter
A Baltimore jury has awarded a financial publisher, Lowry’s Reports $19 million in punitive damages (and $800k in direct damages), for Legg Mason’s internal distribution of a newsletter (subscription price – $700) on its intranet. Via MSNBC via TechLawAdvisor.
ICANN Response to IAB Critique of DNS WildCards
Verisign’s Point-by-Point response to IAB’s critique of Verisign’s SiteFinder service and its use of DNS Wildcards.
Verisign’s response violate’s one of Dave Winer’s proposed Rules of Links by commenting directly on a document available on the Web without linking to it. Should this be a rule and what enforcement mechanisms should there be?
KOOLA v. COOLA Down Under
Via BANDT.COM, Cadbury Schweppes has sued Anchor Foods of Australia re Anchor’s use of KOOLA and design, which allegedly infringes’s Cadbury’s COOLA and design marks.