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…
TM Lists Gathering in SF Sun May 15
[iframe http://www.restaurantanzu.com/ ] Map Sunday, May 15, 2011 6:30PM to 8:30PM Pacific (come and go as you please) e-Trademarks, TESS, and Madrid List users -- posters & lurkers alike -- should…
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…
Patagonia Music – More Brilliance from my Favorite Brand
[iframe www.moe.org] Patagonia is a clothing company whose Mission Statement is: Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.…
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…
EXPO WEST Day 2
Overwhelming is somewhat of an understatement when explaining my initial thoughts & feelings upon entering the first full day of the EXPO WEST trade show yesterday (Friday, March 11, 2011). …