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Slow Blogging
Cases have been slow lately, so instead I updated the look of my blog. Hope you like it. The text of this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Continue reading
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Grateful for Your Help!
If you’re a procrastinator like me, you’ve been planning on sending me an affidavit about the distinctiveness of the trademark for my blog. Now’s the time though! Original post here. Thanks for all those who have sent me something so far, and for those of you who plan to but haven’t gotten around to it… Continue reading
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Your Help Needed!
So, I filed an application to register the name of my blog. I was refused registration, twice, under Section 2(e) on the basis that the name of the blog is merely descriptive. I heartily disagree, but there I am, with a final refusal. So I’m taking a page from John Welch’s playbook (although without any floating key chain to… Continue reading
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Rhymes with Orange
Some of you may recall I did some posts about “Moose Tracks” ice cream, a registered trademark but a generic flavor name in my book. So I couldn’t resist posting today’s comic from one of my favorite cartoonists, Hilary Price and Rhymes with Orange: The text of this work is licensed under a Creative Commons… Continue reading
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Meet Those Who Blog
The wait is over – we have the Official Announcement from the TTABlog for this year’s Meet the Bloggers (VI, for those keeping count), although we are still anxiously awaiting the moniker assigned this year by the Trademark Blog (back story here). Yours truly has the honor of co-hosting this year, still riding the coattails… Continue reading
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1/10th
Intellectual property law is generally considered a scheme for the protection of non-rivalrous, non-excludeable goods. In other words, because an idea once disclosed can be used by all, laws are needed to provide exclusivity so that the inventor can capture some reward for his or her work. Jefferson: “Society may give an exclusive right to… Continue reading
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Can POLAROID Still Survive?
I previously reminisced about the grand brand that used to be Polaroid. It’s still is an income-producing mark in at least China, India and Brazil. We know, because Polaroid Corp. brought an adversarial proceeding to avoid the transfer of the Polaroid marks to Ritchie Capital Management L.L.C. Thomas Petters had used the marks to secure… Continue reading
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But Wait – Meet WHICH Bloggers?
While I can’t claim attendance at all the Meet the Bloggers events, I do claim attendance at the very first one (okay, I’m not in the picture – I must have been getting another cold one. I was there, really I was). I haven’t yet gotten my official invitation to participate as a blogger at… Continue reading
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Dilbert on Company Time
Dilbert has been running a series for all of you who aspire to be you own boss but on company time, a lesson that Carter Bryant has learned. Sorry about the formatting, but click on the strip to see the full image: © 2009 Pamela Chestek Continue reading
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Shares of Curlin
It’s not intellectual property, but it is intangible property, a court case and lawyers. ESPN reports that a judge has rejected the sale of a 20% interest in the Horse of the Year Curlin for $4 million. The 20% share is owned by disbarred attorneys who need to raise money to pay former phen-fen clients.… Continue reading
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