SacBee: ‘Name’s Not So Lucky For Grocery Outlets‘ (Albertson’s sues supermarket using LUCKY mark despite reportedly stopping use of mark six years ago).
Finnegan Henderson article on goodwill in ‘abandoned’ trademarks.
‘How To Unmask An Anonymous Blogger’
Law.com: ‘How to Unmask an Anonymous Blogger.‘
Stoller To Host Reception At ’07 Chicago INTA
No, just joshin’. But Stoller has written to TTABlog about his recent filing of hundreds of extension requests, putting the arm on perhaps a thousand applicants by now, asking each for thousands of dollars.
You know, if a homeless person had camped out in front of the PTO for four months and hassled each
Can Marvel and DC Both Own The SUPER HERO Trademark?
Los Angeles Times column against claim by Marvel and DC in SUPER HEROES trademark.
I’ve discussed the potential issues re the SUPER HEROS trademark here in 2004, the last time the issue made news. In (brief) response to the emails I’m receiving from readers on this: (1) Despite the text book definition of a
Most Interesting Trademark Application I’ve Seen Recently
Word Mark NOSE PLAY
G & S: Computer peripherals and computer software used in connection with computer peripherals in connection with a computer video games to dispense scent and fragrance at appropriate times during the play of the video game; electrical connectors for use with video game programs and for use with personal computer hardware
New Blog From Oblon On TTAB Rules
The Oblon Spivak firm has started the TTAB Rules Blog, the title not being a claim of superiority on behalf of the TTAB, but rather a commentary on the rules package recently proposed by the Board. From the intro:
“. . . The rules package published on January 17, 2006 is quite extensive, some
Will The PTO Do Something About Stoller/Sentra?
When things are slow, go to TTABVUE and put in ‘Sentra’ as a search term, to pull up the applications that Leo Stoller has filed extension requests to oppose. He appears to have 25 requests approved this week alone.
It is my understanding that Stoller is sending out requests for $10,000 to these applicants. One
Can A Fake Product Have A Real Trademark?
Oasys Mobile maintains the PHEROTONES site to promote ringtones that (like pheromones) arouse the listener. This NY Times article details how PHEROTONES are a fake product, part of a viral marketing strategy (which seems to be working).
Now, assuming that the joke takes off and the PHEROTONE name acquires some value. Can a ‘fake’ trademark
More On ‘Trademark Attribution For Dummies’
By this point, I feel bad for the person at Wiley who wrote the letter protesting the use of ____ FOR DUMMIES in a blog post title. BuzzMachine is now organizing a protest encouraging bloggers to end their posts with a FOR DUMMIES. Details here.
Background here.
Without speaking to this specific case
More On Registry-Watching: Apple Files For MOBILE ME
We’ve run several items on registry-watchers who speculate on coporate moves based on trademark filings. This week there is coverage of Apple’s application on MOBILE ME (from which it is inferred that Apple will bring out an IPOD phone). Some corporations deliberately file trademark applications in the ‘dummy’ names to frustrate this practice (See discussion