Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Are suing students doomed? If you paid $100,000.00 for law school & couldn't find a job you'd want to find someone to sue, wouldn't you? But is that really a…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
USPTO's favorite child continues to get star treatment. I first wrote about Blue Ivy Carter in Geekview on January 29, 2012. That was a mere three days after Beyonce’s licensing…
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…
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…
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…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review — New Year’s Edition
Hell's Bells!! A bitter battle between BELL brew brands. Bell's Brewery tells Winery Exchange its new COPPER BELL beer leaves a bitter taste in Bell's mouth. Bell's Brewery is a…
Geekview IP Week(ish) in Review
The Marleys -- as musically talented as they are litigious! Boy, was this album title prophetic. I doubt there's a person on the planet who would challenge Bob Marley's legendary…
Geekview Thanksgiving Edition – Gratitude for the Absurdities of IP (Part II)
I am thankful for diehard New Yorkers (who isn't?). Can you tell which one is fake? The Village Voice (VV) wants to send Time Out New York to the…
Geekview Thanksgiving Edition – Gratitude for the Absurdities of IP (Part I)
I'm grateful that someone goes by the name Pitbull. Dog fighting is illegal, but that didn't stop Lindsay Lohan from filing a lawsuit this past summer against rappers Pitbull, Ne-Yo…