Defendant David B. Birnbaum did business in the financial field as David Guggenheim. The owners of the GUGGENHEIM mark for investment services sue. Birnbaum behaved badly during the district court portion of the suit and had a default judgment entered against him. He appealed. Second Circuit: (1) When is a decision a final appealable decision…

Ad networks including AOL, Conde Nast, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo announce best practice guidelines. The beginning of notice and takedown for trademarks? Coverage here, text of guidelines:

U.S. companies that offer “Ad Networks” in the U.S., as further defined below, are committed to maintaining high quality standards for advertisers and publishers and at the…

Long-time readers of The Trademark Blog are aware of my fascination with the Gabbanelli Accordion Company (prior posts here and here). Imagine my excitement when I see the caption ‘Gabbanelli v Hermes’ and imagine my disappointment upon reading the complaint and learning that defendant is some other Hermes.

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I speak about the EMECO NAVY CHAIR a little bit in my LAW OF SHAPES TO COME talk because it’s one of those controversial shape trademarks – chairs where the original manufacturer tends to sue on trademark a bit (prior blog post here), and, let’s face it, you see them around. I took…

WIPO decides a Legal Rights Objection in favor of Google’s application for the TLD .HOME. The objection had been based on US trademark rights in TRUHOME.

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Carnegie Learning sues Scholastic over ‘greater than’ symbol.

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Coverage here.

Probably not the right week for this photo to go viral.

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Apparently there is a small-box fitness training industry.

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