Well, here we are — a mere ten years ago today — when we dove head first, or at least, dipped our collective toes into the vast intellectual property blogging pond.
Intellectual Property — IP — is italicized today,
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Registration of Copyright Needed to Sue
Many years ago, as a young lawyer, I experienced the utter joy of helping a client dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit against it, because the plaintiff’s claimed copyright hadn’t yet been registered with the Library of Congress.
Seemed like an
This Is How You Do It
– Mark Prus, Principal, NameFlash
It’s that time of year! Baseball Spring Training is here! In honor of this, I’m looking at the fun names in Minor League Baseball. Some of them demonstrate the key principles of name development!
Minor
Q and A: Q, Another Single Letter Brand?
Welcome to another edition of Single Letter Brands. This one was uncovered in the far southwest corner of the country, if you haven’t been, I highly recommend a visit:
Q is a casino/resort near Yuma, Arizona. Here’s a question,
Will Daenerys or Sansa Sit on The Iron Throne?
Does Sanas Health Practice Ltd. (“Sanas Health”) think that Daenerys or Sansa will win at the end of the wildly popular Game Of Thrones series and ultimately sit on the Iron Throne? Sanas Health filed two applications for the mark
Good, Enough? Really, as a Trademark?
No worries, I’m back at the keyboard, refreshed after a busy January, from the ATA Show in Louisville to Las Vegas for the SHOT Show, then Austin, and well beyond.
2019 is off to a rapid start, not sure where the
If an Alligator Infringes a Beaver Mark, Will a Cowboy?
You might recall that several months ago, we blogged about an intriguing trademark infringement battle between Buc-ee’s and Choke Canyon. In June 2018, the Texan rivals competing in the over-sized gas station market–a real niche, to be sure–went to trial,
Targets of Opportunity
–James Mahoney, Razor’s Edge Communications
Every now and then, lightning strikes where a creative team sees a terrific, fast-turn opportunity to have a little fun. I think of them as targets of opportunity.
We had one some years ago when
It’s That Super Bowl Time of Year Again
Over the last decade, we’ve covered Super Bowl topics, it’s that time of year again!
We’ve probed the NFL’s overzealous activities and asked hard fair use questions.
And, with Big Game LII in our backyard, we had a front row ambush
Artists’ Lawsuits Against Fortnite Creators May Rely on Rights of Publicity
— Jessica Gutierrez Alm, Attorney
No one does the Carlton quite like Carlton Banks. (Queue Tom Jones’s It’s Not Unusual.) Since actor Alfonso Ribeiro first performed the unique dance on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, it has been readily associated