IHOP sues IHOP (International House of Prayer) on infringement and dilution. Some IHOP prayer centers serve meals. Plaintiff asks for fees and costs (I didn’t see a specific request for damages) and transfer of the IHOP.ORG domain name.
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Fox News Sues Missouri Democrat Over Use of Fox Footage
Dark Patterns: Website Cataloging Deceptive Web Design Practices
This pattern library is dedicated to Dark Patterns: user interfaces that have been designed to trick users into doing things they wouldn’t otherwise have done.
Normally when you think of “bad design”, you think of laziness or mistakes. These are known as design anti-patterns. Dark Patterns are different – they are not
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Look For The Goats On The Roof
WSJ: Lars Johnson Has Goats on His Roof And a Stable of Lawyers to Prove It:
Lars Johnson is proud of his restaurant’s Swedish-meatball sandwich and pickled herring. But the signature offering at his Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant isn’t on the menu; it’s the goats grazing on the grass-covered roof.
Any other business thinking of
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Real Conversation I Overheard
Friend 1: He works for Ugoigo.
Friend 2: Ooh-goy-joe?
Friend 1: Yeah “Ooh-goy-joe”
Friend2: What do they do?
Friend1: travel site.
Friend 2: Oh god, that’s my company’s site. It’s pronounced “I go, You go.” No one gets that – we have to re-brand.
Get Together In London?
I’m in London Sunday to Tueday. Who wants to go to a museum Sunday afternoon? marty at schwimmerlegal dot com
LITTLE LEAGUE v CHRISTIAN LITTLE LEAGUE; LITTLE LEAGUE v JEWISH LITTLE LEAGUE

Philly.com: Youth-leage founder to fight trademark suit:
A Florida man originally from Montgomery County who recently started a Christian youth baseball league has decided to fight a trademark lawsuit by Little League baseball, while a Jewish youth organization in Connecticut said it would change its name after being threatened with a similar suit.
Yup,…
Web Company or Pharmaceutical?
Abilify? Canocal? Evista? Take the quiz.
https://www.schwimmerlegal.com/2007/11/3234.html

Three Years In A Barrel In Scotland, con’t
Out-law.com: “Strong whisky laws proposed to stop fake Scotch.”
