Pillow Fight! A Case of Cosy Copyright Infringement.
Renee Baker authored a short poem, Families are Like Quilts (depicted above) in 1989. It's a lovely poem, really, about the ups and downs of families, something to…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Siri can't understand your command; how will she respond to class action lawsuits? Siri sucks so much that people got their lawyers involved! Two separate class action lawsuits were filed…
Navajo Nation Fights Urban Outfitters over Tacky Trademark Infringement
While we as a nation have shown little deference to the Native American indigenous people of North America, retailer Urban Outfitters has taken cultural insensitivity to new extremes. Stomping on…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
The USPTO scores big with LINSANITY! As of today, no fewer than 8 US trademark registration applications have been filed at the USPTO to protect the mark LINSANITY. (Note --…
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
Universal's Takedown Notice goes up in smoke. Universal Music Group (UMG) recently issued a Takedown Notice to YouTube instructing it to remove a song by the Florida based rap band,…
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
WVU says F* You to Kevin Ford. Kevin Ford owns a company named MivaMan, which makes and sells some pretty silly and somewhat irreverent t-shirts at fastees.com. Apparently, West Virginia…
Skee-Ball accuses Brewskee-Ball of cheating (ala trademark infringement)
Did you know SKEE-BALL's a trademark? And an infringed trademark at that? Well, maybe. You remember Skee-Ball, don't you? The game in which you roll a ball up a table…