As we approach the end of the year, we thought it might be a good opportunity to take a brief trip down memory lane, to identify, remind you of, and/or introduce you to what appear to be some of the most popular DuetsBlog posts during 2010 (ordered by date, not by popularity):
- How Realistic is the Risk of Trademark Genericide?
- Open Source Software in the Cloud
- Roof Collapse at Mall of America (Field)
- Iron-clad Liability Protection for Idea Submissions?
- Get Your Paper Jamz Guitars While You Can
- When Employees Go Online: The Risks of Social Media to Employers
- Facebook Needs Dislike Option for Lamebook
- Shot in the Dark – the PPK Design Trademark
- The Mark of a Real Trademark Bully
- Are Georgia-Pacific’s Paper Towel Lawsuits All Wet?
- Collar + Cuffs = Stripper?
- "Hot Wheels" Casino Promotion: Apparently Not a Toy Story
- Nominative Fair Use of Trademarks in Domain Names
- Has The Structure Brand Crumbled?
- IP Grammar . . . and Those Who Cringe About It
- World Cup Advertising Creates Trademark Enforcement Work For FIFA
- Art-ful Disclosure?
- Retailer Ann Taylor Dodges FTC’s First Endorsement Enforcement Bullet
- One Great Tub Deserves Another
- Managing The Legal Risk of "Verbing Up" Brands and Trademarks
- Effective & Ineffective Uses of Popular Music in Advertising
- Often Imitated, Never Duplicated: The Quizzical Case of Celebrity Look Alikes
- Droid: An "Eye" Phone?
- Having Your Head in the Clouds May Not Be Such a Bad Thing After All
- Best Buy, Resurrected From the Trademark Graveyard?
- Emoticons as Trademarks
- Product Packaging Trends: Less is Less
- Branding in Pop Culture: How Brands Avoid Negative Associations
- Burlington Coat Factory’s Claim of Naked Licensing Is Not A Ploy To Increase Coat Sales
- Seth Godin on Trademark?
- Shaun White’s Trademark Move
- Color Trademarks, Red Knobs, and Secondary Meaning
- A Frisbee By Any Other Name?
- Super Bowl Advertising: A Super Media Buy?
- First iPhone, Now iPad: Guessing at Apple’s Trademark Clearance Strategy
- Accenture’s New Ad Campaign: Elephants, Frogs, & Tiger, Oh My!
- Brand Signals: The Building Blocks of Brand Identity
- Sensory Overload
- "SWISS": Not a Neutral Mark
- Protecting Fonts
We look forward to continuing our conversation with you during 2011! Happy New Year!