. . . and you are a trademark lawyer that can’t leave work at the office, then you laughed at the Realtor gag and wondered if the NAR would write a nasty letter to the film’s producers because it used REALTOR as a generic term.
Then I got home and saw the “Hello, Trademark Infringement?”
A TTAB decision holding that the consumer placing a heart on a plush toy does not constittue trademark use, via TTABLOG.
A Reuters article regarding a World Trade Organization report on EEC treatment of appellations of origin (like FLORIDA ORANGES or IDAHO POTATOS but not, apparently BUDEJOVICKE BEER).
Transcript of Geico Google keyword trial courtesy of Patently Obvious.
I saw the first keyword ad tied to ALEVE for a lawyer (titled “Aleve Heart Attack Law”) at around noon today. Explanation here.
There are valid U.S. trademark registrations for the mark PING PONG covering, uh, table tennis stuff, stating a date of first use of 1902. The original registrant was Parker Brothers.
History of Ping Pong here.
Cats playing ping pong from here.
UPDATE: A loyal Trademark Blog reader emails me to advise that (1)
Put CELEBREX into Google and see what type of keyword ads are triggered. Background here.
Here’s something nice Coudal Partners said about us (scroll to ‘Up To Speed.’)
In September 2003 I wrote a piece about an infringement case involving use of the VUITTON mark on ‘bondage masks and genital cuffs.’ I then noted: “Now, when someone Googles ‘genital cuffs,’ this site will rank highly. Great.”
Today, as a result of that piece, someone came here searching the term “Genital Bondage.”
Hello, sir or madam, can
Producers of the reality show WIFE SWAP have sued Fox, producers of TRADING SPOUSES.
“Reality Check: When Will 2 TV Shows in the Same Genre Be Considered Substantially Similar Under Copyright Law?” from the 21 Entertainment and Sports Lawyer 2 (summer 2003).
