–Dan Kelly, Attorney

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I have long enjoyed the offerings of Despair, Inc., the outfit that has built a business out of parodying Successories–the makers of those know-them-when-you-see-them corporate motivational posters.  Despair offers, among other things, DEMOTIVATORS® posters.  The entirety of the despair.com website reinforces the Despair brand and image. 

–Dan Kelly, Attorney

Four weeks ago, I blogged about FaceBook’s ill-advised move to allow unique username URLs.  Some time between then and now, FaceBook removed the page where trademark owners could defensively register their marks to prevent others from choosing such marks as user names.  Now, a rights holder’s only recourse is to submit