Sun-Sentinel of Florida article discussing dispute over Florida state corporate name registrations involving GEICO and GEICO DIRECT.  I’m quoted in the article to the extent that “Geico is not obligated to register in all 50 states.”   To expand: “Without speaking to state insurance regulation, Geico, as a matter of federal trademark protection, is not required …

Silicon Valley Media Law Blog on Altera v. Clear Logic, a recent Ninth Circuit decision discussing the copyright misuse defense.

TTABlog comprehensiviely discusses a TTAB case on proper specimens of use for trademark applications.

Eric Goldman discusses 1-800-Contacts’ petition for cert in the 1-800-Contacts v. WhenU case.

Discussion of dispute over AGFA PHOTO, trademark of insolvent estate, via Forbes.  IPKat adds a thought.

An entity that doesn’t make its content freely available on the web editorialized on the Google Print project.  It noted that Google has adopted an opt-out rather than an opt-in policy for inclusion in the project in which Google is indexing full-text copies of books (but is offering only snippets that contain the searcch results – not…

Discussion of the nomination of Harriet Miers it was revealed that she had assisted in some way Exodus Ministries.  This caused some hub-bub as there is an organization by the name which attempts to ‘convert’ homosexuals (as in Exodus from homosexualitiy).  However it seems that there is an Exodus Ministries in Dallas (Ms. Miers’ home…

Where have I seen this guy before:

Maybe here, here and on one or two pizza boxes..

And yet this mark was the subject of a trademark dispute in Ireland, of all places.  Commentary via IPKAT.