SDNY: On remand, the Charbucks Marks does not dilute Starbuck’s famous mark even under the TDRA. See Starbucks Corp. v. Wolfe’s Borough Coffee, Inc., Case No. 01 Civ. 5981, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44147 (S.D.N.Y. June 5, 2008).
Commentary by the Las Vegas Trademark Attorney.
Some see only a muffin tray intended for non-commercial home use. Some see ‘an affirmative brand-building device.”
NY Times: “Rings of Dissent“:
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, probably didn’t have this in mind when he came up with a logo of interlocking rings in 1913, a logo incorporated into the Olympic flag in 1920. The rings stand for the five continents (North and South America
Engadget:”Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile demands Engadget Mobile discontinue using the color magenta“:
So last week Deutsche Telekom, owners of the global T-Mobile brand, sent Engadget a late birthday present: a hand-delivered letter direct from their German legal department requesting the prompt discontinuation of the use of the color magenta on Engadget Mobile. Yep,
UPS, owner of, inter alia, registration in “What Can Brown Do For You?”, sues lawyer named Brown who used ‘See What Brown Can Do For You” and “See What Brown Can Find For You.”
Adult video chain Risque sues defendant for use of RISQUE on adult video, on infringement and dilution grounds.
Risque Video and Top Ten Video v. Super Video Plus et. al., 2:08-cv-00569-ER (ED Penn Feb 5 2008).
NY State Dept of Economic Development v. I Love Santa Barbara (NDNY Dec 27 2007) (Appeal of TTAB decision denying NY’s opposition to use of “I (Heart) Santa Barbara).
Dog correspondents Ollie and Banner point us to “What Not Wear, Canine Edition” via Counterfeit Chic.
Designboom: “‘Liquidated Logos by Zev“:
“zevs is a young french artist who lives and works in paris. he doesn’t typically display his work in galleries, preferring instead to use the urban environment as the canvas for his street art. he has pioneered his own style of french street art that blurs the