Albuquerque Journal: Nostalgic Albuquerque Man Buys Rights To Name of City’s Former Pro Baseball Team
And The Top Trademark In Vietnam Is . . .
From the Vietnam Economic Times:
SAMSING-VINA, [was] crowned the top trademark in Vietnam by the international market research institute GFK at a ceremony in HCM City.
Samsung colour computer screens and computer LCDs were also awarded the title.
According to the survey by German analysts GFK, Samsung holds 22% of the colour TV market
An Episode Of Deadwood Would Last about a Minute
Text of approved Family Entertainment and Copyright Act here.
EFF discussion of bill here.
MPAA press release on new law here.
The Clearplay DVD playback device, which edits out objectionable material, is now clearly lawful as a result of a provision summarized here:
Title II: Exemption from Infringement for Skipping Audio and Video
Santorum Attempts To Control The Weather
My Between Lawyers post on Senator Santorum’s attempt to control the weather.
Pictured: Simon Barsinister, who was thwarted in his attempts to control the weather by Underdog.
Try The Veal
Wall Street Journal article today, page W1, on undisclosed endorsement deals by chefs. One chef gets paid $10,000 a year from the Alaskan Seafood Marketing Institute, to use the word Alaskan to describe his king-crab dishes. One chef gets free veal to make his “Bronx style filet mignon.”
Hint to trademark search firms and other
CTM For Ruffles Breaks Into Chips
Filing for a Community Trademark has always included a gamble. The costs for obtaining a CTM are lower than filing in the separate national jursidictions. However a CTM is all or nothing – you cannot be successfully opposed in any CTM jurisdiction – there is no such thing as a partial CTM. If you are successfully opposed
Spam v. Spam Arrest
The TTABlog on Hormel’s cancellation action against the SPAM ARREST mark.
Subliminal Advertisement for Trademark Lawyers
Trademark owner adopts trademark, presumably doesn’t search mark, gets demand letter, abandons expensive promotional campaign. Via applegateoregonnews.com.
Habemus Papal Domain Names
BENEDICTXVI.COM was registered April 1 of this year. POPEBENEDICTXVI.COM was registered in February.
Update: much coverage on ‘Pope-squatting.’
W 43 v. W ’04
Via cnn.com, designer of W ’43 logo sues Republican National Committee for use of W 04 logo, alleging that he had pitched his design to RNC merchandising licensee, Spalding Group.
I attempted to go The Spalding Group’s store which is really at georgewbushstore.com to see a copy of its W 04 logo (no luck).