

Yamaha (top) sues Yamoto for selling a ‘copy cat’ all terrain vehicle. Claims apparently include trade dress. Press release here.


Yamaha (top) sues Yamoto for selling a ‘copy cat’ all terrain vehicle. Claims apparently include trade dress. Press release here.
More on the Las Vegas slogan, via Casino City Times. Background here.
AutoChannel on GM’s use of SKYROOF after license expiration.
This article from the UK’s Mirror makes an inherent registrability analysis sound like disparagement.
Published reports indicate that Harriet Miers had done trademark work for Disney, among others. Out of idle curiosity, if you have any more information on this, pass it along.
Sun-Sentinel of Florida article discussing dispute over Florida state corporate name registrations involving GEICO and GEICO DIRECT. I’m quoted in the article to the extent that “Geico is not obligated to register in all 50 states.” To expand: “Without speaking to state insurance regulation, Geico, as a matter of federal trademark protection, is not required to register brand names as corporate names in all 50 states.”
Silicon Valley Media Law Blog on Altera v. Clear Logic, a recent Ninth Circuit decision discussing the copyright misuse defense.
TTABlog comprehensiviely discusses a TTAB case on proper specimens of use for trademark applications.
Eric Goldman discusses 1-800-Contacts’ petition for cert in the 1-800-Contacts v. WhenU case.
Discussion of dispute over AGFA PHOTO, trademark of insolvent estate, via Forbes. IPKat adds a thought.