Hearty thanks to Colette Durst, Stephen Lee, and Susan Perera, for generously sharing their insights and perspectives about trademark nominative fair use.
By all accounts, the Midwest IP Institute was a great success this year despite
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Welcome Back to TM Incapability and Merely Informational USPTO Refusals
By Steve Baird®
Welcome back to another edition of Merely Informational and Incapable Marks.
The above neighborhood Applebee’s is on my usual route to going anywhere from our home, so I’m predicting I’ve passed by well more than 10,000 times.
The temporary…
Stone/MillerCoors Battle Update #2: Summary Judgment
NEVER Means Forever, Until it Doesn’t
By Steve Baird®
Never is supposed to last forever. Forever is never supposed to come to an end. Neither are possible to measure in time, for as long as they continue to be true.
The wait for either to fail, can last for…
Rapala Billboard Ad Collection for 2020
By Steve Baird®
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Chuck Norris, and a Walleye Sandwich have what in common?
Well, each of the three are called to mind in Rapala’s 2020 billboard ad campaign.
If you’ve been with us since the beginning, more than…
Consumer Recollection and Car Logos
Here’s a question for our design-minded readers: If survey evidence told you that consumers recalled only certain elements of a beloved logo, would you remove the rest, and reduce it to only the most commonly remembered features?
Most likely,…
Pursuit in Series or Parallel?
By Steve Baird®
Almost forty years ago, that question prompted me to rethink my engineering path after three semesters, knowing an electronic circuits lab awaited my fourth.
Over winter break, thumbing through the University of Iowa catalog in my dad’s office, looking for…
Introducing the (Wuhan) Gong Show?
By Steve Baird®
Photo Credit: G. Baird
The Gong Show was a quirky and absurdly amusing talent show from the 70s.
It was created, produced, and hosted for a number of years by Chuck Barris.
The gong was…
Trademark Confusion on Orchid Lane
By Steve Baird®
Brandless? Branded? Which is Better?
— Mark Prus, Principal Nameflash
About two and a half years ago, Brandless was launched. The company sold “unbranded” household, personal care, baby, and pet products on the cheap and was viewed as a breakthrough in the “anti-branding” movement.
Today,…