Eccomerce law: “Pony Express Marks Being Auctioned Online.”
Miscellany
“Sports Organizations Try To Limit Online Reporting”
NY Times: “Sports Organizations Try To Limit Online Reporting“:
“When the Pan American Games start in Brazil in July, thousands of top athletes will run, wrestle and leap, but they will not be able to indulge in one popular daily exercise: blogging.
Neither will their doctors, coaches or massage therapists, in a blanket…
What Should We Do In Chicago for INTA?
Go to a blues club? Hire a DJ? What?
Deja Vu All Over Again
“Edison was adamant that Edison recordings would be played only on Edison phonographs. His competitors, Victor and Columbia, shared the same playback technique, etching a laterally cut groove that sent the needle moving horizontally as the record played. Their recordings could be played on one another’s machines. Edison, however, adopted his own design, a groove…
Attention New York-area Law Students
Observe the romance and adventure of trademark law close up. If you’re a 2L or 3L New York-area law student, and you’d like to work for me this semester part-time, send a resume to marty @ schwimmerlegal dot com. ‘Demonstrated interest in intellectual property,’ as they say. Offices in mid-town.
Pretty Big News, At Least For Me
Effective immediately, in addition to my ongoing role at the Schwimmer Mitchell Law Firm (“SML”), I will be Of Counsel to the New York law firm of Moses & Singer LLP (“M&S”). The Schwimmer Mitchell Law firm continues business as usual. And to answer a question several of you have asked, yes, the Trademark Blog…
Text Of Apple/Cisco Statement On Settlement
Full text of statement:
SAN JOSE and CUPERTINO, California—February 21, 2007—Cisco and Apple® today announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the “iPhone” trademark. Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the “iPhone” trademark on their products throughout the world. Both companies acknowledge the trademark ownership rights that have been granted,…
‘Hybrid’ Hourly/Contingency Billing For IP Litigation
Our Firm recently represented an IP owner who alleged that goods sold
by defendant infringed its rights. A complaint was
filed in federal court. The matter was ultimately settled on
favorable terms.
A matter such as this is amendable to being handled on a ‘hybrid’ billing basis. In such an
arrangement, representation is on a…
Is The US Government Spending $60 Million On A Pork Trademark?

After I posted about the THE OTHER WHITE MEAT demand letter below, I was going to pose a question to the readership: what are the risks in sending dilution-based demand letters? In view of the rapid take-up of this story on the web, one answer seems to be: Don’t send a demand letter to…
Your Logo Here
Well, I should have anticipated that, but the first people to contribute logos to the pageant of trademarks slide show, sent in logos for their own trademark firms. But, given that both logos had artistic merit, they have been included.
You can add to the show by emailing a JPG or a PNG (no other…