“Forcing Brands Into Early Retirement,” via BrandChannel.

The International Trademark Metasearch queries various trademark office registries, including those of the US, Canada, the CTM, Madrid and Japan.  It’s been available on this site for no charge since 2001.  I view it as an ’80/0′ solution, offerring 80% of the utility of an international knock-out search at 0 of the cost.

However, many…

NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson was fined $10,000 for obscuring a bottle of Coke product POWERADE with a sign for LOWE’S, his primary sponsor.  Nascar had ordered drivers, who are independent contractors, some of whom have contracts with rival beverage companies, to stop knocking down the bottles of POWERADE that were being placed on their cars…

TILLAMOOK jerky successfully defends protest by TILLAMOOK cheese makers.  Background here and here.

Pop-Up Ad Litigation Strategy by Jason Allen Cody, containing a comparative chart of several pop-up ad cases, via Findlaw.

Geico sued Overture and Google regarding keyword sales in May. The Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, has filed this friend of the court brief in support of Overture and Google.

SPYWARE WARRIOR, an anti-spyware blog, here.

Discussion of protectability of a listing of 18,000 items on an online grocer site.  Brief product descriptions may be protectable or maybe not.  Worthwhile reading if you sell more than one item on the web, and have to list them).

MyWebGrocer v. HomeTown Info Inc., no. 03-7909 (2d Cir. July 13, 2004)