Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review Con’t.
Holy Super Bowl®! To some folks these images are synonymous, at least on the holy day of Super Bowl Sunday. The National Football League (NFL) takes football very seriously and…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Fake flavor packets fuel legal fury. Tropicana -- No pulp, but plenty of litigation. In my 2012 Geekview New Year's edition, I wrote about a federal class action lawsuit recently filed…
In & Out Infringement
How on Earth did we manage before God invented Google alerts? Google alerts are an awesome thing. They provide me daily links to relevant news about intellectual property and…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Something about this stinks! Sean Combs is a man of many hats. And just as many names: Puff Daddy, Puff, Puffy, P.Diddy, Diddy & Sean John. Who can keep track of…
Sears Wacks 13 Year Old WEEDWACKER Infringers
I often find myself writing about lawyers getting in the way. This case is a great example of just that! According to an article on CBS Sacramento, "[t]here is…
BLACK OUT! SOPA and PIPA are BAD, BAD LAW
Where'd everybody go? Google, Wikipedia, Wired and Craigslist are blacked out in protest of the most dangerous IP legislation ever proposed: SOPA & PIPA. SOPA stands for the…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
WVU says F* You to Kevin Ford. Kevin Ford owns a company named MivaMan, which makes and sells some pretty silly and somewhat irreverent t-shirts at fastees.com. Apparently, West Virginia…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Were photographer Jim Marshall still alive, would he kick John Varvatos' a**? Jim Marshall was a famous music photographer who shot images of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, the Beatles, Ray…
Skee-Ball accuses Brewskee-Ball of cheating (ala trademark infringement)
Did you know SKEE-BALL's a trademark? And an infringed trademark at that? Well, maybe. You remember Skee-Ball, don't you? The game in which you roll a ball up a table…
Honda headed to court tomorrow for false advertising of hyped up Hybrid Civic claims
Honda is defending five separate class action lawsuits in various California state courts. The false advertising suits allege that Honda misrepresented the fuel economy of its Honda Civic Hybrid model…