On a recent trip to the Washington, D.C. area, I had the opportunity to stay at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, and I’ll have to say, as a trademark type, it was difficult to avoid being drawn to their unique and engaging bath soap and packaging:
In my experience, most bath
We sounded the alarm exactly six months ago about a trademark case of great importance to brand owners: B&B Hardware v. Hargis Industries. Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case, and here is a link to the transcript (hat tip to Draeke).
More than three months ago, we sounded the alarm about an important trademark case to consider the interplay between the right to register and the right to use a trademark:
“Every so often there is a moment when trademark types, marketing types and brand owners need to pay close attention to where the law could
Every so often there is a moment when trademark types, marketing types and brand owners need to pay close attention to where the law could be headed. Today, I’m sounding the alarm.
If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to follow the advice it recently sought and received from the U.S. Solicitor General (SG) of the
(The) INTA was not in the cards this year, as Hong Kong would have been a very long flight, and besides, Boston (Strong) prevailed instead, to feed my insatiable hunger for creative inspiration at HOW Design Live 2014.
Barbara Walters, (the) Oprah, step aside, here comes Debbie Millman of Sterling Brands:
This interview
This past week I’ve been pondering a question of great importance: When might a straitjacket double as a life vest? The answer actually arrived last Monday during INTA’s “The Ethics of Trademark Bullying” panel discussion at the 135th Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas.
In so many words, our good friend and wise guy
So-called “fluid” trademarks are gaining a recent downpour of attention — on Monday INTA wrote about them in the Daily News distributed in Dallas at INTA’s 135th Annual Meeting, it also held a panel discussion on the topic the same date (we’ll have more about that next week), and just yesterday guest-blogger Jason
Now that we’re out of diapers and through the terrible twos, we’ve reached another milestone: Duey is four years old today.
This birthday kind of snuck up on us, so no plans for drinks on us today, in fact we’re buried in snow, so the INTA Roundtable (on the topic of Trademark Enforcement
Dan sees blue ovals, I see and enjoy branding irony — especially irony that appears unintended.
Take the example to the right, an ad for EagleBank, a community bank operating in the Washington, D.C. area.
While mingling with more than 9,000 other trademark lawyers from around the world who have descended upon
We have previously blogged about the battle over Christian Louboutin’s (“Louboutin’s”) trademark registration for lacquered red soled shoes that is taking place in New York and is now before the Second Circuit. Friends of the Court (the Latin meaning of the phrase amici curiae) that have weighed in on Louboutin’s side include both Tiffany & Co.