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Category: Intellectual Property Law
The TTABlog - February 08, 2010
The Board granted plaintiff's summary judgment motion in this Section 2(d) opposition/cancellation proceeding involving two entities owning registrations for the mark DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS for various clothing items. Applicant Richard Tucker adm
Likelihood of Confusion - February 07, 2010
Originally posted 2005-03-18 16:51:00. Republished by Old Post PromoterSays here that GEEKZONE is now a registered trademark in New Zealand.
No word whether MIT (or any fellow travelers) entered an opposition to the registration due to its own prior and well known use of the term ...
Patent Arcade - February 07, 2010
Every gamer has anxiously awaited this message to appear - you may have just beaten the final boss level after several unsuccessful attempts or you may have finally beaten a friends high score. As we all know, bragging rights are useless until you can prove it. Thus, we anxiously await this very ...
Likelihood of Confusion - February 06, 2010
Originally posted 2006-01-03 13:05:07. Republished by Old Post PromoterJeff Jarvis reports that a new demographic has been discovered:
I had to laugh at this quote from an entertainment exec in Saul Hansell’s NY Times story about Starz offering movies for download.
“We see a market ...
Likelihood of Confusion - February 05, 2010
Originally posted 2005-11-07 18:10:40. Republished by Old Post PromoterSpeaking of the Patently-O patent law blog, let’s learn a little patent law. It’s been a while since law school.
The claims in a patent must be sufficiently definite so as to provide a standard by which a third ...
The TTABlog - February 05, 2010
In an unexpectedly dull opinion, disappointingly devoid of illustrations, the Board dismissed an opposition to registration of the mark PEACH CLAIRE for lingerie, finding the mark not likely to cause confusion with the registered mark
Likelihood of Confusion - February 04, 2010
Originally posted 2006-07-19 19:54:53. Republished by Old Post Promoter The end is near for Leo Stoller.
UPDATE: Now it’s getting really silly!
The hammer drops ©, .
The TTABlog - February 04, 2010
Rejecting Applicant's contention that the term "US" in US PATIENT REGISTRY would be perceived as meaning "we," the Board affirmed a Section 2(e)(2) refusal to register, finding the mark primarily geographically descriptive of Applicant's services: "providing a database of health and medical i
MassLawBlog.com - February 03, 2010
When I wrote about the trial judge’s remittitur order in
MassLawBlog.com - February 03, 2010
U.S. Federal District Court Judge William Young has issued a lengthy decision, awarding $2.7 million in damages to the estates of three people murdered by James J. Bulger, Stephen J. Flemmi, and their associates. Judge Young describes the story as harrowing, which may be an understatement.
Likelihood of Confusion - February 03, 2010
Originally posted 2007-02-06 01:14:35. Republished by Old Post PromoterNegotiate your browser in the direction of Blawg Review #94!
Cutting the baby in half ©, .
Likelihood of Confusion - February 03, 2010
Speaking of sports: In Texas, as you know, everything’s mu-u-u-uch bigger. That includes NCAA-power-school IP thuggery, explains Eric Johnson, as well as the standard of what is and isn’t chump change:
UT has been very aggressive about trademark issues.
So with all that, how many ...
Patent Baristas - February 03, 2010
Jeff Kuester, a technology attorney wit
The TTABlog - February 03, 2010
In an apparent attempt to lessen the pain of the TTAB's stringent Medinol doctrine, the Board threw a lifeline to trademark applicants and registrants by developing a (rather clunky) set of decisions that allowed one
Likelihood of Confusion - February 02, 2010
Originally posted 2008-01-15 11:57:25. Republished by Old Post PromoterWe all love loopholes. Concurring Opinions writes here about the Seinfeld defamation lawsuit, and asks: How broad, really, is the “opinion” loophole?
Having read a few cases in this area, I’ve been worried ...
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