SVN Workshop – Telling Your Story
SVN's Spring Member Gathering convenes socialprenuers from for-profit and non-profit enterprises who are working to change the world. The morning workshop I attended today was offered by Peter Forbes &…
Sheen Madness
Charlie Sheen has received great notoriety of late for acting poorly. As a result, Warner Brothers fired Sheen and canceled Two and a Half Men two shows prior to the…
TEDx Presidio: Inspiration by the Bay
Yesterday I attended TEDx Presidio. TEDx is a close cousin in the TED family of marks, about which I wrote last month. Our hosts for the day were Darian Rodriquez…
Exploring Letters of Protest
Anyone can file a Letter of Protest (LOP) with the PTO to alert it to information or documentation "bearing on the registerability of a mark." For example, a registrant who…
Patagonia Music – More Brilliance from my Favorite Brand
[iframe www.moe.org] Patagonia is a clothing company whose Mission Statement is: Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.…
Birthday Blog
Today is my birthday. I share my birthday with at least two other trademark attorneys: it's also the birthday of my friend & mentor, Lynn Perry, and my former co-worker…
Unfriend(ly) Lawyers, Unfollow Charlie
Charlie Sheen just might agree with Brendan Behan, who famously said "there's no such thing as bad publicity [except your own obituary]." Mr. Sheen has received wide, mostly negative, attention as…
Loving the MIT Media Lab Logo
MIT Media Lab recently announced an awesome new logo, which consists of three colored searchlights that can be altered to create 40,000 different shapes, with 12 different color combinations. Each…
Not so Bright Builders
It's a scary time to be a web designer or a search engine optimization (SEO) service provider in South Carolina. Not since Stephen Colbert declared himself Governor, have South Carolinians been…
News (and Umphrey’s) on Hold?
Brand loyalty is incredibly important. It's what ensures repeat sales. More importantly, it ensures growth. Brand loyalists are likely both to make purchases and to evangelize the brands they love,…