Commentary on Dastar v. Fox Supreme Court decision via FindLaw.

Abercrombie fails establish that ABERZOMBIE.COM, which sells the t-shirts on the left, is confusingly similar to ABERCROMBIE, which sells the t-shirts on the right, in UDRP.  Decision here.

Links to info on Zombie movies here.

CareFirst is the Maryland affiliate of BlueCross BlueShield.  Its press release states that a decision by a federal judge regarding reforms pressed upon CareFirst by Maryland’s Insurance Commissioner “ensures its continued use of the trusted Blues trademark.”  The national BlueCross BlueShields organization had suspended CareFirst’s affiliation and ability to use the BlueCross BlueShield mark, arguing, according to…

NY Times article suggesting that one fifth of Paraguay’s economy consists of smuggling, including 95% of its domestic cigarette production. (free subscription to nytimes.com required).  I can attest from personal experience that fighting counterfeits in Paraguay is made more difficult by what the article refers to as “the inefficient and corruption-plagued Paraguayan legal system.”

Map…

Movie director Spike Lee has sued Viacom, for re-naming its TNN Network as SPIKE TV.  Via Salon.

Comments to the PTO on the proposed Rules of Practice for Trademark filings under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act, from the ABA, AIPLA, INTA and various law firms and individuals, here.

Map of Madrid, copyright 2003 Lonely Planet Publications, all rights reserved, travel guides are available here.

Link via Gawker, from about.com, audio files re how to pronounce designer names.

Title explained here.

Federal Circuit, in the first case considering dilution as a basis for opposing an application.  Opposer couldn’t establish that its mark was famous prior to applicant’s use of the mark.  Opposition dismissed.

Enterprise Rent-a-Car v. Advantage Rent-a-Car, No. 02-1444 (Fed. Cir. May 20, 2003)