The estate of Jerry Garcia has sued Moe’s Southwestern Burritos LLC, owners of a burrito chain, over the unauthorized use of Garcia’s image and lyrics.

Authorized CHERRY GARCIA ice cream pictured right.

Discussion of Flying Burrito Brothers here.

NJQ & Associates writes to inform us of the first seizure of counterfeit goods in Libya, made on behalf of its client, Jotun.

Wall Street Journal (no free online version): “For Parmalat, the Name Smells Sweet” – Parmalat, the company from Parma that sells latte, was a pioneer in expanding branding for milk.  After experiencing one of the largest corporate frauds ever, the management will not re-brand, unlike other successors to scandal: TELCOVE (Adelphia), PRISMA and CROSSCOUNTRY (Enron spin-offs), and…

Branding/marketing oriented blogs:

 Brand Autopsy

Small Business Branding Blog

What’s Your Brand Mantra?

Beyond Branding

Snark Hunting

Listerine is not the same as flossing and to say otherwise is enjoinable.

HONEYWELL has been declared to be a famous mark in China.  Honeywell prevailed in a civil suit against Wuxi Honeywell Precision Manufacture.  Via Bloomberg.

Honeywell was represented by my friend Spring Chang, at Chang Tsi & Partners of Beijing.

Think Secret posted an article speculating on new Apple iMac computer.  Apple sued alleging disclosure of trade secrets.  News.com pointed out that the suit had the effect of confirming the rumors. Daring Fireball analyzes Apple’s prior behavior with regard to leaks and opines that Apple has brought a weak suit against Think Secret in order…

Ron Coleman, who’s New Jersey-based law firm utilizes the slogan ‘Smart Lawyers For Smart People,’ (see previous posts on puffery), has started an IP-oriented blog entitled LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.  Recent posts mention Howard Stern, Uncle Floyd, Evel Knievel, Pet Rocks, Google and Cabbage Patch Kids.