Burning Man’s Burning Marks
Had my blog been functioning properly, you would have seen a post on August 31 announcing my Burning Hiatus (as well as two others on 08/28 & 08/30). While I…
Hells Angels pick fight with Amazon.com (over trademark infringement)
The World's Most Famous Motorcycle Club (the Hells Angels -- in case you've been living in a cave for the past sixty some odd years) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit on Monday…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Only in a trademark lawyer's fantasy . . . Parfums de Coeur, self-described as "a dominant marketer in the United States of women's and men's mass market fragrance brands under…
Phish Phans Beware! Waldo Sued for TM Infringement (Again!)
Where's Waldo and why does everyone pick on him? If you're not into the "jam band" scene, then there's a good chance you don't even know who Waldo is. Waldo…
Geekview IP Week in Review
Comcast missed the goal when the Court declined to restrain DirecTV Soon on Sunday, they'll all be watching football. For now though the game is being played out in federal…
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)…
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…
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…