OPhishal Inphringements?
I never saw the Grateful Dead perform live, but I've spent plenty of time on Shakedown Street at Phish shows and festivals like Bonnaroo. In fact, I just returned from…
$2.4 Million in Trade Dress Damages, D’oh!
BrandFX (BFX) issued a press release on August 5, 2011 announcing that it just received a $2,400,000.00 check from its competitor, Astoria Industries of Iowa, Inc. (Astoria) Asset purchase? …
Geekview IP Week in Review
Wouldn't you sue if your late husband was the one who put Flint, Michigan on the map (of rap that is)? I began the first week in August with…
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…