The NY Times (subscription required) reports on Dechert’s annual survey of U.S. trademark filings. Highlights: Filings for high-tech stuff down, filings with the term CARB up.
p.s. The article has the headline “Patents As Economic Indicators.” Oh well.
When I read about the trademark dispute between Donald Trump and the person who fires pots, I think how I associate the phrase “You’re Fired!” with Tuck and Roll, the pill bugs in Pixar’s Bug’s Life.
Another Judge Posner decision involving Ty, Inc., source of Beanie Babies. Plaintiff sold a few thousand plush camels under the name NILES. Defendant Ty then came out the next year with its plush camel named NILES and sold 2 million. There is a very long discussion as to why NILES is not a descriptive term
This from the Drudge Report suggests that Google’s proposed Gmail email service will use software to scan contents of email messages so as to insert ads keyed to words contained in the email (more coverage here). The example given by Drudge is that if the email indicates that the author writes that he/she has
Vonage is suing AT&T over its use of CallVantage for Voice Over IP service. Google news coverage here.
IPKat reports on Hertz Germany prevailing over Claria (the former Gator) re Claria’s distribution of pop-up ads triggered by Hertz’ website. The practice was found to be prohibited by Germay’s unfair competition statutes.
I just got my log-in details for the fancy INTA portal for the Atlanta meeting, which reminds me: should we have a Blog Party there? Do Trademark Blog readers want to meet each other (or is reading the Blog a solitary pursuit)? It’s tempting to just give out the Baker and McKenzie party details, as long
ICANN Report on Whois Data Reports System. Over 18 months, complaints on inaccurate Whois data for 16,000 domain names were received by ICANN and forwarded to the registrars (the complaint form for inaccurate whois data is here). Registrars may cancel a domain name registration if it contains misleadingly false whois data. It is
In general, protectable trademark rights arise in two ways – obtaining registrations, and, in a couple of oddball countries such as the U.S., through use. There is a third way a trademark can be protected, and it arises under Article 6bis of the Paris Convention, which provides, in part, that Treaty members have the
Coverage on Froogle, the new shopping service from Google