I get a lot of comment spam, some of which appears to be keyed to the content of a post. So if I mention UGGS in a post, it’s often the case that some UGGS knock-off site (or more likely, their affiliate advertiser) will attempt to leave a comment that advertises the knock-off and links
Ron Paul Campaign v Unknown Haters
This should be a law school exam question, not a lawsuit.
Plaintiff, “Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc” (“Campaign”) alleges that it ‘has the exclusive right to use’ the mark RON PAUL as a trademark and trading name for “providing political consulting and information dissemination services. ..” Unknown defendants distributed an attack video disparaging
I Was On CNN International Discussing SOPA
CNN International called me. They had two ‘experts’ lined up on either side to debate SOPA and one had canceled so they going to replace them with a middle of a roader, and someone had recommended me. I dashed to the Time Warner Center, and I saw Jessica Alba in the make-up room. Really. During
A Mark So Famous It Had Its Own Doctrine
Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today (re-org, not dissolution). It used to be the archetypal famous mark. Some jurisdictions used the term “Kodak Mark” to signify the category of marks entitled to 6(bis) protection. In fact, a case prohibiting the use of KODAK for bicycles is an ancestor of dilution law, and gave rise
Son of Boston Strangler
MOTOWN METAL v MOTOWN
I apologize for not blogging this sooner. Mattel sold (in 2006) a series of toy cars named MOTOWN METAL. You can buy these ‘new’ on Amazon, but I’m not sure if they’re still in stores. Pictured above is the 1970 Chevelle. My parents had a ‘Malibu Gold’ ’69 Chevelle and it did not look like
Exploding Plastic Inevitable Trademark Suit
I’m a little skeptical that the Velvet Underground’s VELVET UNDERGROUND album is the 13th best rock album of all time, so defendant, Andy Warhol Foundation, should probably deny that allegation. I’m not a big Nico fan. Nevertheless, a strong album (“Heroin” for example, is a decent song). Any way, the Velvet Underground paid Andy Warhol
Doctrine Of Foreign Equivalents: LAPELLE (‘The Leather”) Not Registrable For Furniture
We agree with applicant that consumers who do not
speak Italian will perceive LAPELLE to be an arbitrary term
without any meaning associated with leather for furniture.
However, Italian speakers would understand LAPELLE to mean
“the leather.” Without the space, LAPELLE is equivalent in
sound, meaning and commercial impression to LA PELLE which
means “the
Steve Jobs’ Staircase
I’m reading the Steve Jobs biography. This is an illustration from design patent US D478,999 for a staircase (of the type used in the Apple Stores) for which Jobs is the first named inventor.
Lego
