Geekview: Cheeky Coverage of Recent(ish) Intellectual Property News
Food in Jars all jammed up over IP! When you pay someone in jam, you can expect things to get sticky! Lots of bloggers have logo wear, including this one.…
Timsane Linsanity at the USPTO! Money Wasted on Futile Trademark Registration Applications
Ever wonder what percentage of USPTO applications for federal trademark registration die in process? I do. Often, actually. But that could just be me. My guess is that at least…
Great-Grandma Gets Grumpy, Fights for her Rights (of Publicity)
A friend sent me an article about a great-grandmother who was irked over the use of her image in an ad supporting an Ohio voter referendum, Issue 2. If passed,…
Beverly Hillbillies Slingshots Suit at Mattel
Donna Douglas played the character Elly May Clampett in all 274 episodes of the hit series The Beverly Hillbillies, which was broadcast for nine seasons from 1962-1971. For some strange…
Only in Hollywood? Superstar sues “Basketball Wife”(ex-girlfriend)
According to the Hollywood Reporter's Hollywood, Esq. blog (a wonderful source for off-the-wall intellectual property lawsuits), Miami Heat superstar, Chris Bosh filed suit yesterday in California District Court seeking to…