E! Online: “‘Heroes’ Lawsuit Down the Drain” (Manufacturer of in-sink disposal objects to depiction of product in NBC show ‘Heroes’ – a super hero character displays prowess by placing her in hand in said disposal). HT Nerdlaw.
Some background here.
Reactions to Revised Dilution Law
Sorry Mac, MacCoffee Too Close to McCafe
Fred von Lohmann on YouTube/Google
Jellyfish Swim Vertically In Nature
Mountain Lions perch on rocks with their young in their mouths. T-Rex opened their mouths to eat things. Prof Patry discusses unprotectable ideas from nature and expert testimony.
SHOOX v. NIKE SHOX in Argentina
From the August 15 INTA newsletter comes a report of a May decision in Argentina in which the owner of SHOOX for Class 25 items successfully cancelled Nike’s Class 25 registration for NIKE SHOX. The Federal Court of Appeals noted that a second comer may not overcome a challenge when adopting a confusingly similar mark
Trademark Art
Edward Ruscha, “Large Trademark With Eight Spotlights,” 1962.
“Spamhaus Domain Name May Be Suspended”
ZDNet.co.uk: ‘Spamhaus domain name may be suspended”
Rosa Parks As Licensing Property
NY Times article on Rosa Parks, and the marketing of her persona by CMG.
They Signed You Dilution Bill, Now You’re A Law
Bush signed the Dilution bill on Friday. Lyrics to ‘I’m just A Bill’ here.
Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)
–H.R.683–
H.R.683
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of