Super Bowl XLV is this coming Sunday, February 6, 2011. If you want to know exactly how long from now that is, well there’s a ticker on the top right hand side of the Super Bowl website that will tell you down to the second how much longer you have to wait, presumably till kickoff. …
Read more »My friend & mentor, John Welch, is the man behind the TTABlog: John has been blogging about TTAB cases since 2004. Today he published the second of 2 posts on the Top 10 TTAB Decisions of 2010, which is a fascinating look back at the TTAB cases from last year. Enjoy!
Read more »Yesterday, I reported on the unfair competition and deceptive trade practices suit filed against Deckers by UGGLEBO for Deckers’ use of the UGG trademark for clogs and footwear in the US. (Yes, I too wonder why a woman wearing so little would want to wear furry lined boots, even if they are fashionable). While I …
Read more »As reported by my colleague and long-time blogger, Marty Schwimmer, a Minnesota company named UGGLEBO Clogs, LLC, filed suit last Thursday against Deckers Outdoor Corp. The suit alleges unfair competition and deceptive trade practices based on Deckers’ use of the UGG trademark for clogs and footwear. The UGGLEBO Complaint asserts: The suit continues . . …
Read more »As I discussed in my December 13, 2010 post, The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus offers a streamlined, self-regulatory mechanism for remedying false advertising claims made in nationally distributed advertisements. As NAD issues its opinions, I will report on some of those that concern the LOHAS community. On January …
Read more »Today I attended the second day of Organic Monitor’s two day Sustainable Foods Summit. Here are some highlights from the late morning sessions (those after 10:00 am) on Day Two . . . Ellen Feeney, VP of Responsible Livelihood, WhiteWave Foods discussed her company’s mission to be the Earth’s Favorite Food Company using the power of …
Read more »Today I attended the first day of Organic Monitor’s two day Sustainable Foods Summit. Here are the highlights from the morning sessions on Day One . . . The first speaker was Seth Goldman, TeaEO of Honest Tea. The Coca Cola company purchased a 40% interest in Honest Tea in 2008 and I presume it …
Read more »This past holiday weekend, I went to North Tahoe’s best music venue, the Crystal Bay Club — or, as we like to call it, CBC — to watch Bay Area rock mavens Tea Leaf Green perform. The band rocked!! (Thanks, guys!)! This, of course, got me thinking about bands as brands. It helps to think about …
Read more »Back in August, I questioned whether the PTO has Gone to Pot. Then, in mid-December, I wrote about Trademark Bullying. Today, the two issues met up in the Wall Street Journal.
Read more »It’s that time of year again, when even the best intentioned New Year’s Resolutions kowtow to the almighty Girl Scout Cookies. I consider myself a solid Girl Scout Cookie supporter and this is the first year that I have seen LEAD cookies in the Girl Scout Cookie family. . . Apparently someone in the cookie department …
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