Seedy Scores Suit
A Utah corporation, Scores Holding Company, Inc. (Utah Scores), which owns a chain of strip clubs (oh, the irony) filed suit on Tuesday in the US District Court for the…
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…
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…
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…
Loving the MIT Media Lab Logo
MIT Media Lab recently announced an awesome new logo, which consists of three colored searchlights that can be altered to create 40,000 different shapes, with 12 different color combinations. Each…
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…
A Lawsuit in the Twilight
Bath & Body Works Brand Management, Inc. (BBW) filed suit against Summit Entertainment, LLC (Summit) in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday seeking a…
“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"…
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…