January 2007

The thing on the right side of the template (RSS users – you have to go the html version to see this) is called a CELLBLOCK ™ graphic viewer (disclosure – it’s created by my client, Gloto). The cool thing is that anyone can add an image by simply attaching a JPG or PNG file

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WSJ: “Fans Leap To Save A Road Icon” (sub req):
“Surveys showed that consumers preferred gas stations that were well-lit and had a “bright, clean look,” he says. Color experts hired by the company said a red and white palette conveyed this orderliness. The orange balls didn’t fit.
Starting in 2003, the balls started coming

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Note to self: never submit a specimen of use I wouldn’t want to see questioned on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.
A trademark owner has to submit a Section 8 affidavit in the sixth year of the registration term. The affidavit has to state that the owner is using the mark or

Diamonds can be produced in a lab. Unlike cubic zirconoia, these diamonds are molecularly identical to naturally occuring diamonds (and rival natural diamonds for clarity.
Now the diamond associations are asking the FTC that such diamonds be referred to as synthetic diamonds and not cultured diamonds. Cultured diamond creators argue that their process is