We’re representing THOIP, owner of the Hargreaves’ MR MEN LITTLE MISS family of characters, in a lawsuit alleging that Disney infringed THOIP’s trademarks. The Times mentioned our suit in passing today while reporting on a different suit in which Disney is accused of infringement.
COOLEST. COUNTRY. EVER.
God Bless Our Country.
Domain Tasting Down 84%?
The Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN sent around an email this morning suggesing that at first glance, the registry monthly reports for July, the first month in which ICANN instituted a .20 fee on all domain name registrations in order to cut down on the practice of ‘domain tasting’ (the registration of domain names for
Naming This Post “Same Great Taste” Would Have Been Inappropriate
Last year, small children ingested beads of toy named AQUA DOTS, which contained a substance similar to GHB, colloquially known as the date rape drug. The manufacturer has now re-branded AQUA DOTS as PIXOS.
Apparent No Illegibility Defense In The UK
Out-law.com: “Defence of poor quality trademark reproduction rejected by Court of Appeal“:
A man has tried to overturn a conviction by claiming that he could not have infringed a trade mark because his copy of it was so poor. Gary Boulter has been refused permission to appeal his conviction of criminal trade mark
“Common Law Trademarks On The Internet”
Brian Berlandi: “What State Am I In: Common Law Trademarks On The Internet“:
This essay explores the interaction between common law trade-
marks and the Internet—a relationship that has yet to be scrutinized by
the intellectual property and Internet communities. More specifically, it
strains to identify a common law mark’s territorial zone of
Wassup WIth The Wassup Parody
Turns out that the director of the original Wassup commercial for Bud had retained the rights and had merely licensed the property to Busch, and that’s why he can do a ‘parody’ for Obama. Story here.
Rainy Day Fun For Trademark Lawyers
Go to the Twitter Search Engine and put in your favorite trademarks as search terms, as well as such chestnuts as the word ‘replica.’ You will be shocked to learn that some people are using the Internets to promote counterfeit goods.
Hershey v Chocolate ‘Couch Bar’
Art Van sells furniture. Truck is pictured above. Hershey protested. Interestingly, this complaint contains, in addition to trade dress claims, a conversion claim. Conversion usually involves defendant maintaining control over a chattel. I’m aware of conversion theories applied to intangible property but usually where a chattel bears a relationship to a property right (such
Out Of The Closet Thrift Store v Out Of The Closet Consignment Shop
Here’s the problem with national spotlights. Gov Palin said that she shops at the OUT OF THE CLOSET consignment shop in Alaska. A not for profit AIDS organization alleging prior registered rights in the term has now protested.
Word Mark OUT OF THE CLOSET THRIFT STORE
Goods and Services IC 042. US 100 101.