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…
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…
Recent Post Updates
This week there have been several news updates on trademark cases about which I've written recently: Back on November 19, 2010 I wrote about the Lamebook Legal Defense Fund, which…
ChicoBag Sued for “Falsely Advertising” Multi-use Bags Better than Plastic
ChicoEco is the trade name of the company doing business as ChicoBag Company. ChicoBag makes super durable bags and totes. My favorite bag is their water bottle sling, which is…
Entrenched Entrepreneur(s)TM
I recently met a gentleman with a quite a dilemma on his hands. His name is Mitchell Schlimer, and he runs a company named Magic Wand Creations, LLC, which is…
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…
APP STORE tm(?)– Appsolutely Astonishing!
As if the URBAN HOMESTEADING case weren't exciting enough, here's another prominent genericness battle for us all to watch . . . Last Friday's poll on CNET's CRAVE blog asked,…
USPTO Reports to Congress on Trademark Bullying
My friend, mentor, and motivator, John Welch of the TTABlog®, posted on the e-Trademarks listserv today, "USPTO Issues Report to Congress on Trademark Bully Study." I wrote about trademark bullying…
What the heel?
On April 7, 2011 one French fashion designer sued another in US Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York. Now, anyone who knows me can tell you,…
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…