When I was in law school, I assisted in editing an article on human rights by Arthur Helton.  I was saddened to read here that Mr. Helton was among those killed in the bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.  From the article in New York Lawyer today:

“A human-rights activist and adjunct professor at…

Given that I have spent what seems like $500,000 on Thomas the Tank Engine stuff over the past few years, this case was extremely disturbing.

Two guys made wooden trains and track.  They are encouraged to go to the NY Toy Fair where they are immediately met by Learning Curve, holders of the licensee for Thomas…

Some may not be aware that Google has a calculator feature.  If you type in 1800*250 then Google returns 400,000. Yesterday I was looking for a case with the civ number 96-1206 and Google returned -1100 (and the case).

. . . when we open our email these days.

Two readers emailed me not with the Sobig virus but with links to a NY Times article about Verizon and the union with whom it is embroiled in a contract dispute.  Verizon sued the union for using the trademark phrase CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? in a conference call and the union has counter sued…

Note to self: Add to list of things to advise clients of before bringing trademark lawsuit. Someone might publish song parody targeting the trademark that client brought the suit to protect in the first place.

Jupitermedia is holding a search engine conference.  In this account of the conference, a speaker appears to referring to this fact pattern:

For example, Google or Overture might suggest to an advertiser who pays to use the term “running shoes” to also add Nike, Adidas or New Balance to their search terms, to

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The Trademark Blog had the highest number of hits ever yesterday, not from people seeking trademark information or the SoBig Virus patch, but from people Googling the phrase JELLY KELLY (the unauthorized rubber version of the much more expensive Hermes Kelly bag) .   While it would have been nice (and more lucrative) to sell…