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-Martha Engel, Attorney
Trademark issues regarding breweries and wineries are increasingly intertwined as both breweries and wineries grow, flower, and spread out throughout the country. I have talked before about the issues relating to a perceived likelihood of confusion between marks on beer used by breweries and marks on wine used by wineries (see here…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
The Super Bowl ads this year were much like the game itself – maybe one remarkable catch, a few fumbles, and heavy on defense. Some even deserved a penalty flag – like the one for toe fungus and the revolting puppy-monkey-baby (and I’m an avid Diet Mountain Dew drinker). However, there were…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
Emojis – those cute images you may find in a keyboard on your Android or iPhone device – have changed the way many people communicate thoughts, ideas, feelings and concepts. They can add a certain level of pizzazz to an otherwise ordinary text message, Facebook post, or tweet. And, if I may…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
One of the hottest toys during the 2015 holiday season was the hoverboard, and doesn’t that seem about right for this year. I saw my first hoverboard earlier this summer — a guy was walking and holding hands with his girlfriend, as she glided alongside him on the hoverboard. If I were…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
Even amid the December hustle and bustle of the holidays, my mind is never very far from trademark and patent issues – especially when getting Christmas songs stuck in my head while shopping for friends and family. I’m prone to get two Christmas songs in particular stuck in my head – Mariah…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
Many of you probably hopped aboard a plane this weekend to spend Thanksgiving with family and friends, but the flight experience often feels like a Black Friday shopping experience. Passengers get to the airport hours before takeoff, where they wait in long lines among strangers before getting crammed into a seat that…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
Today is Veterans Day, and we all owe veterans (and their families) a debt of gratitude for their service and their sacrifices to ensure our freedom. Veterans are our friends, our family, our neighbors, our co-workers, and probably even the person ahead of you in line at Starbucks today grabbing a red…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
You might be familiar with the popular mid-90s commercials suggested by the title of this post. However, the intention of this post is about the use of trademarks on beer to refuse trademark protection for wineries and vice versa, which is an increasing problem for the growing craft alcohol industry.
Recently…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
Marketing has always been an exercise in getting consumers to make a connection with a brand. As our friend Seth Godin once said “Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but the story that you tell.” With the widespread use of social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, those…
-Martha Engel, Attorney
Maybe I haven’t quite accepted the fact that the US Open and New York Fashion Week are over and September almost is too, but stories on tennis and fashion always get my attention, especially when they include a little intellectual property infringement flair.
The Stan Smith shoe is a legendary shoe design…