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…
How Trademarks are like Houses and Cars
My friend, Tim Greene, recently launched a company called Fizzlaw, whose mission is to connect small businesses with cost-effective lawyers who understand small businesses and align their goals with those…
No Barack Marks
Who knew Presidential jammies could be such a hit? Not only are these no longer available (probably since '08), but . . . on Friday, December 10, 2010, the Trademark…
Geeking over packaging
Janelle Orsi, a super cool attorney friend of mine who's a pioneer in Sharing Law, brought a bag of delicious chocolate tortilla chips (who knew there was such a thing?)…