Usually denials of cert in trademark cases get next to no coverage. The denial of cert in the BARBIE GIRL case has gotten an astounding amount of ink (and pixels). Here’s the latest, a parody article from MSNBC.
The BARBIE GIRL case illustrates one peril in going after a perceived “tarnishment” of a property…
The Fourth Circuit tells us:
Generally speaking, chemical crabgrass control products are most effective when applied to “pre-emergent” crabgrass . . . the products are also effective on early “post-emergent” crabgrass but are ineffective when applied to mature crabgrass plants . . . Scotts [plaintiff] contends that the Vigoro [defendant] package misleads consumers into believing
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The latest report from Ben Edelman, entitled “Large-Scale Registrations of Domains with Typographicl Errors.” The author’s abstract:
The author reports more than five thousand domains that consist of minor variations on the addresses of well-known web sites, reflecting typographical errors often made by Internet users manually typing these addresses into their web browsers.
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Motley Fool suggests that if Philip Morris’ name change to Altria succeeds in diverting attention to its tobacco suit exposure, AOL TIME WARNER will change its name to WHEN I SNAP MY FINGERS YOU WILL FORGET THE MERGER EVER HAPPENED.
Imaginarium is a sub of Toys R Us. It sells the kind of educational toys I wish my kids would like, instead of Transformers. In addition to stores it has a website at imaginarium.com, which re-directs to an Amazon site, per a marketing arragnement. Step Two is a Spanish company which has a sub…
Al Jardine was one of the other members of the Beach Boys. The BEACH BOYS trademark is owned by a corporation owned by Brian Wilson, the estate of Carl Wilson, Mike Love and Jardine. Any shareholder was to be able to use the name pursuant to a license, however Jardine didn’t come to terms…
Here’s an article about a trademark dispute but this comment isn’t about the dispute itself. It’s about the fact that the reader’s understanding of the dispute would be enhanced merely by depicting the logos involved. The owners the 5 A Day For Better Health logo say that the 3-A-Day For Stronger Bones logo looks “suspiciously similar. …
Further coverage on the Register.com takeover battle. Say one thing: entrust managment of your name portfolio to a law firm, you don’t worry about staff being distracted by takeover battles. Partner defections, maybe, takeover battles, no. Interesting quote:
“They’re incredibly difficult people to deal with, and that’s one of the big problems when it
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Suppose you grow grapes for a living and you believe that your grapes are better than everybody else’s grapes. In fact, you spend a lot of money branding your grapes so that people will choose your grapes, not just anybody’s grapes.
Now here comes the state telling you that you have to contribute money to some…