Shagbook Attempts to Rattle Facebook
Earlier this week I got a nice note asking me if I was interested in learning more about the breaking story of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)…
Children’s Coldcalm Class Action Continues
Last week the US District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings, allowing a false advertising, unfair competition, and fraud class action…
Geekview July 2011 IP Recap
Interesting IP issues are so common, that I've decided to start providing installments of Geekview -- a (usually weekly) review of the wonderfully wacky world of IP. Since I was…
SC Johnson Greenlist Cases Settle — GREENLIST No Longer to be Used on WINDEX Products
Last Friday, June 8, 2011, SC Johnson issued a press release stating that it settled two federal lawsuits class action against it over use of its GREENLIST mark on its…
Credibility Gap Results in an Injunction Ordering G.A.P Adventures Name Change in Trademark Infringement Case with Gap Inc.
"G.A.P Adventures shall have until September 1, 2011, to transition to a new name in the United States," the June 24, 2011 federal court order states. Ouch! That has got…
Geek in Trouble — Best Buy Believes Geeks will Get it in Trademark Infringement Dispute with Newegg
Being that my brand is BrandGeek®, when I saw the Wall Street Journal headline, "Now That Everyone Wants to Be a Geek, Lawyers Have Been Called," I thought trouble surely…
NAD Teaches TransFair USA to fine tune Fair Trade Seals & Asks Avon to Amend Advertising
As discussed in my December 13, 2010 post, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBBs) offers a streamlined, self-regulatory mechanism for remedying false advertising…
Teachbook Teaches Facebook a Lesson, Fights Back by Filing Motion to Dismiss Trademark Infringement Suit
I mentioned this case on November 19, 2010 and again May 25, 2011 and I wrote about it on May 10, 2011. Teachbook seeks to school Facebook…
The Doors tell a Paris Bar No More! Remove The Doors or Close Yours: Unauthorized use Amounts to Trademark Infringement
[iframe http://www.barlezardking.com/] (Scroll side to side to see the whole joint). A friend of mine e-mailed me an article on Saturday about the rock band The Doors having sent a…
Sustainable Brands 2011 — PLAY ON indeed! Creating Change through Rewards & Play
Play On indeed. What a fun time I had last week learning about how brands, big and small (mostly big) are plotting to save the world by getting us all…