Collaborations in Creativity & the Law ®
-Martha Engel, Attorney
We often ask kids this question: “what do you want to be when you grow up?” While my trajectory towards lawyering is true, my answer wasn’t always immediately “lawyer.” I sought something that satisfied my passion for the creative, my critical eye, and my aptitude for math. For a long time,…
Following a nice evening out chatting with Kevin O’Keefe, it’s time for my favorite weekend of all – the NCAA tournament.
Now this post isn’t necessarily about basketball, but rather rivalries. In particular, rivalries between the state of Michigan and the state of North Carolina. Michigan v Duke, Michigan State v. North Carolina…there’s plenty…
No spoilers here, I promise. Like many Americans since it was released on Friday, I’ve been binge-watching Season 3 of House of Cards. If you haven’t watched the program, available only on Netflix, it’s a riveting drama of political intrigue with stellar acting featuring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright. The promise of another House of…
Minnesota is known as the North Star State – L’Étoile du Nord. The state of hipsters, unique dining experiences, bitter cold winters, gorgeous summer nights, and fantastic craft brewers also has an impressive craft cocktail scene. One of its stars has been Johnny Michaels, formerly barman at La Belle Vie, a restaurant that is consistently…
Tinder received an early Valentine’s day note in the form of a lawsuit from a lesser known web developer named WildFireWeb.
For those of you coupled folks hopefully unfamiliar with the service, Tinder is a free dating app for your smartphone where users receive a profile comprising a picture (although you can upload several pictures)…
What if the Trademark Office took Taylor Swift’s controversial new trademark applications and stalled examination of them, preventing them from getting approved, despite having no legitimate basis to refuse their registration, because of the potential for public scrutiny?
Taking that a step further, what if there was an unregulated government program that in cases like…
It’s the week before Super Bowl, the week when I can’t look at my Twitter feed. Why? Well because I follow Ad Age, Adweek, the Minneapolis Egotist, and enough of you creative folks that my feed has been inundated with previews of Super Bowl ads over the past few days. While the information is enticing,…
Last week was the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, one of the top trade shows in the automotive industry. The highlight of the show for car buffs was the new Ford GT, which I will try not to drool too much over its beauty and power. You can see below and hear for…
While the Minnesota state legislature ponders whether consumers should be able to purchase liquor on Sundays within the state, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has once again concluded that consumers are likely to be confused that beer sold under one mark comes from the same source as wine (or another liquor)…
While it seems like Santa’s agent did not turn down any requests for ad appearances in 2014 by the Man in the Red Suit (check out this one), this was one of the best recent holiday ads this year:
No Santa here, but there is something else conspicuously absent from a Stella Artois commercial…