TM Lists Gathering in SF Sun May 15
[iframe http://www.restaurantanzu.com/ ] Map Sunday, May 15, 2011 6:30PM to 8:30PM Pacific (come and go as you please) e-Trademarks, TESS, and Madrid List users -- posters & lurkers alike -- should…
SVN – Values Driven Success & Happiness
My favorite speaker of the conference thus far, John Miles, spoke to us today about Values-Driven Success through Happiness in Business. Yes! Business can be happy and fun. For John,…
SVN Workshop — Expanding your Brand’s Reach
I attended a workshop this afternoon called Building a Brand: Crafting the Messages that Expand Your Markets and Customer Base. The workshop was hosted by three panelists: Nettie Hartsock of…
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…