Terminated distributor of ‘invisible fence’ for dogs continued to use trademarks of licensor.  2d Circuit affirms District court rulings on personal jurisdiction and injunctive relief.

Sunward Electronics v. McDonald, 03-7432 (2d Cir March 3, 2004).

Commentary on a famous American brand here.  It conjures the object of the parody without creating confusion.  Not work safe due to language.

p.s. Once I went into a Starbucks and asked for a medium and the person behind the counter asked “which medium?”

Go to the Trademark Office status database and type in 78328499.

The trademark application for this logo received a preliminary rejection from the US Trademark Office on the grounds that “this representation of nudity of the female form would be considered scandalous to a substantial composite of the general public.”  Via the INTA Listserv.

Network Solutions is offering what is billed as 100 year domain name registrations. Via  Slashdot (don’t forget to read the comments).

Shrewd of David Bowie to sell bonds in 1997 securitized by the future earnings of his copyrights.  Moody’s, the credit rating agency, (not James Moody, who composed Moody’s Mood For Love), has downgraded these “Bowie Bonds” to Baa3, one notch above junk, because the future for copyright earnings isn’t what it…

Discussion of substantial-similarity analysis for two screenplays about the difficulty in buying a Christmas toy (one of which was produced as “Jingle All The Way)..

Murray Hill Publications v. Twentieth Century Fox, 01-2668/272` (6th Circuit, March 19 2004).

Dyn-o-mite?  You Look Fabulous?  Two Wild and Crazy Guys?  Aaaa-yyy, the Fonz?  Keep on Truckin’?  Hasta la Vista Baby?  Cowabunga?  Go Ahead, Make My Day?  Where’s the Beef?  Kiss My Grits? Isn’t that Special?

A Kinder and Gentler Nation?