News.com: Gonzales Calls For Mandatory Web Labeling Law (Site operators face 5 years in prison for violating rating system intended “prevent people from inadvertently stumbling across pornographic images on the Internet.”).
To the extent that I ever feature salacious material, it’s to get people to inadvertently stumble across trademark law.
Law Review Article Cites Trademark Blog
I suppose a more modest title would have been “Columbia Law Review Article Discusses ‘Disparaging’ Trademarks.’ (See Footnote 42). TTABlog is cited as well.
Smile When You Say That
Wired article on Damon Wayans filing for the mark NIGGA for various goods. He has several months to respond to an office action that rejects the application on Section 2(a) ‘immoral or scanadalous matter’ grounds (well known to those following the DYKES ON BIKES matter).
The DYKES ON BIKES application was approved for publication
Opposition To DYKES ON BIKES Opens Pandora’s Box
TTABlog reports that a man has filed an opposition to the San Francisco Women’s Motorcycle Contingent application to register the mark DYKES ON BIKES for “Education and Entertainment Services in the nature of organizing, conducting, and promoting parade contingents, community festivals, events, street fairs, forums, seminars, parties and rallies to support, organize and motivate women
DYKES ON BIKES Ride To Publication
TARR shows that DYKES ON BIKES (filed by a lesbian biker group) has been approved for publication. Background on the issue (whether members of a group can register a ‘scandalous’ pejorative term that applies to that group) here.