Not so Bright Builders
It's a scary time to be a web designer or a search engine optimization (SEO) service provider in South Carolina. Not since Stephen Colbert declared himself Governor, have South Carolinians been…
News (and Umphrey’s) on Hold?
Brand loyalty is incredibly important. It's what ensures repeat sales. More importantly, it ensures growth. Brand loyalists are likely both to make purchases and to evangelize the brands they love,…
EXPO WEST Day 2
Overwhelming is somewhat of an understatement when explaining my initial thoughts & feelings upon entering the first full day of the EXPO WEST trade show yesterday (Friday, March 11, 2011). …
EXPO WEST Day 1
Let the madness begin! Where do you find 56,000 of your closest friends in the organic and natural product, product space, including product purveyors, consumers/users, and service providers? Why EXPO…
“R” What?!?
Somewhere in Los Angeles . . . That's right, folks. (For now), there's a head shop in Los Angeles called BUZZ "R" US. Geoffrey, LLC owns the famous TOYS "R"…
TED Rocks!
TED is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design. Having been at TEDActive since Sunday (and gratefully staying till this coming Sunday), I can tell you it also could stand…
Betty Boop’s Bubble Bursts
Betty Boop was created by Max Fleischer in 1930. Fleischer sold his rights in the Betty Boop cartoon and character to Paramount Pictures (Paramount) in 1941. In 2006, Fleischer's heirs…
“Girlfriends by Design” Goes Down (to Jail)
On February 15, 2011, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a press release stating that an ICE probe led to the arrest of the owner of a Bakersfield,…
Bad Debt Hurts Brand Image (or does it?)
Hollywood, Esq. (formerly THR, Esq., when or why the change, I'm unsure) reported today that George Clinton's "former law firm," Hendricks & Lewis, seeks to garnish the performer's wages to…
IP Heavyweights Weigh in on Brand Bullying
I have written about trademark bullying in relation to one of my client's experiences with Volkswagen and in general. I also blogged about this issue for a friend's blog, Smaller…