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Interesting depiction of the iPod by FREEDOMOFMUSICCHOICE.ORG, which acknowledges that it is sponsored by Real Networks, a competitor of Apple and iTunes.

Assuming that the depiction of the iPod functioned as a trademark, is this fact pattern reminiscent of that of Deere v. MTD, where a competitor was taken to task (under pre-FTDA…

Would you believe that Colin Powell signs off on some of my clients’ non-U.S. trademark applications?  I have his robo-signature in my files.  He certifies the authenticity of the seal of a state’s secretary of state, who authenticates the seal of the county clerk who certified the authenticity of the notarial certificate in the name of my…

Google legal department should probably take the rest of August off.  There’s GOOGLES and FROOGLE and GMAIL. 

The GMAIL thing is interesting.  The press release announcing Google’s email service is dated April 1, however media broke the news on March 31.  One company, Cencourse, filed a trademark application for GMAIL for email services…

A recent Southern Distrct of NY case, Knight-McConnell v. Cummins, has been reported as holding that linking from defendant’s site to plaintiff’s site will not constitute trademark infringement.  There is also broad language that use of another’s trademark in a URL or pathname will not constitute trademark infringement. 

True, but the fact pattern is quirky.  This is a…