I was doing some international trademark research this week and the first place I looked was Gregory Guillot’s All About Trademarks. It occurred to me that it is the first place I look for a lot of international trademark resources such as links to online searching and national trademark offices. I have been remiss in never mentioning the site here before. It is the most useful trademark website.
Three Stripes And You’re Sued
Adidas, discoverer of the three stripe design, has sued Abercrombie and Fitch, purveyor of salacious reading material and boycott target, for allegedly infringing the three stripe design on sportswear. The news stories don’t identify the particular items involved other than to refer to running pants with parallel stripes down the pant leg – so maybe this image from the Abercromie site is the subject of the suit and maybe it isn’t.
Prior Abercrombie posts here and here.
Prior Adidas 3 stripe post here.
Now, On To The Golden Globes
How should I feel about this? Managing Intellectual Property magazine indicated that it was presenting its top 10 IP blogs in no particular order, then listed The Trademark Blog first. Free trial sub. required to view the article.
The 9 other blogs are: Invent Blog, IP Updates, TTABlog, Lessig Blog, Eliopoulos IP Law, IPKat, IP Litigation, AUTSMBM, and PHOSITA.
GHETTOPOLY To Be Destroyed?
Infringing copies of GHETTOPOLY with a ‘street value’ of $2.5 million seized by Customs to be destroyed by the Feds (pending defendant’s appeal). Via Smoking Gun.
Pop-Up Ads Are Not Email
Utah court rules that pop-up ads are not emails and therefore not subject to Utah’s unsolicited email statute. Via KSL TV.
Most Mentioned Brands In Popular Music
Guess which brand was mentioned the most in songs in 2004. Answer here via American Brandstand.
My client SIZZURP (a cognac that sort of rhymes with dessert) was tied for 50th!
Jerry Garcia Estate v. Moe’s Burritos
The estate of Jerry Garcia has sued Moe’s Southwestern Burritos LLC, owners of a burrito chain, over the unauthorized use of Garcia’s image and lyrics.
Authorized CHERRY GARCIA ice cream pictured right.
Discussion of Flying Burrito Brothers here.
First Seizure Of Counterfeit Goods in Libya
NJQ & Associates writes to inform us of the first seizure of counterfeit goods in Libya, made on behalf of its client, Jotun.
PARMALAT To Remain PARMALAT
Wall Street Journal (no free online version): “For Parmalat, the Name Smells Sweet” – Parmalat, the company from Parma that sells latte, was a pioneer in expanding branding for milk. After experiencing one of the largest corporate frauds ever, the management will not re-brand, unlike other successors to scandal: TELCOVE (Adelphia), PRISMA and CROSSCOUNTRY (Enron spin-offs), and MCI (WorldCom, although to be accurate it was MCI before it was WorldCom).
Branding Blogs
Branding/marketing oriented blogs: