Miscellany
New IP Blog From Massachusetts: Legal Fixation
From Newburyport, Massachusetts, the law firm of Saunders and Silverstein bring us Legal Fixation.
She Drinks The Zombie From The Cocoa Shell
Did the song “Cousin Dupree” inspire the movie “You, Me and Dupree”? Steely Dan thinks so.
Today’s trivia question: name song titles subsequently used as movie titles. Should we include bio-pics (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Walk The Line)? Movies inspired by songs (Ode to Billy Joe)?
We’ll go first:
Peggy Sue Got Married…
LV Brand Awning?
Check out this photo via Counterfeit Chic.
A Shout Out To Nintendo
I can’t get into the details but someone at Nintendo performed an act of compassion and charity for a child we know. Thank you, and that’s the opinion of the firm.
What Has The Schwimmer Mitchell Law Firm Been Up To, Lately?
Well, in the Southern District Court of New York, we’re representing a clothing designer that is suing a discount retailer and manufacturer for copyright and trade dress infringement.
In the Eastern District Court of NY, we’re representing a games manufacturer against a competitor in an unfair competition and cybersquatting action.
Also in the EDNY, we’re…
Enough Trademarks Used Generically To Fill A Bankers Box
Wikipedia provides a list of ‘generic trademarks’ and a list of ‘trademarks often used generically.’
HT Invent Blog.
Further Evidence That You Cannot Believe A Damn Thing You Read In The Papers
From the Corrections & Amplifications in today’s Wall Street Journal:
“When a ball is passed toward the Opponent’s goal line in soccer, an attacking player who is even with the next-to-last defender or with the last two defenders is in a legal position. The “On Sports” column in Friday’s Weekend Journal imprecisely said that players…
Shoes For Industry
The Patent and Trademark Office is opening a new exhibit “Shoes: Innovations At Your Feet” in the National Invetors’ Hall Of Fame in its offices in Virginia.
That Championship Season

Champions, Intermediates, Armonk Baseball, June 2006.