The University of Iowa football team refuses to play teams that have American Indian mascots, such as the Florida State Seminoles.  It makes exceptions, such as the Fighting Illini (due to Big Ten conference obligations).  Via Findlaw.

Not really having to do with trademarks but: In Quebec, margarine must be white, because if it were yellow, consumers would confuse it with butter. Canada’s Supreme Court is now reviewing this law.  Via CBC.

. . . then do me a favor please.  Email me with WiFi locations.  I’ll post them for others.

The Smoking Gun reproduces here a letter from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lawyer to a manufacturer of Arnold bobble-heads.  The letter alleges breach of right of publicity.

The first interesting question is: should an unauthorized bobble-head of an actor be treated differently from an unauthorized bobble-head of a public official?

Second, the next to last line…

The Staff Committee of OHIM (the EEC entity tasked with administering the Community Trademark) has resigned en masse over working conditions.  Via IPKat

Jockeys at this Saturday’s Kentucky Derby will be allowed to wear advertising logos, having been granted relief from a Kentucky law barring the practice, via Findlaw.

Jockey diagram from here.

Kentucky Derby site here.

Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of LEGO’s argument that its blocks, and their famous 360 degrees of clutching power, function as a trademark, via CBC.

Why don’t they make real houses out of really big LEGO blocks?  It seems faster.

Say hello to me at the INTA meeting.  Remember, my name badge won’t say The Trademark Blog, it will say Marty Schwimmer.

Information on MARTA, Atlanta’s rapid transit system here.