We’ve covered many trademark and brand management themes over the last eleven years, this falls in the category: The Right-Sizing of Trademark Protection?
As reports emerge about the recent Coronavirus fear driving people to clear store shelves to stock their home pantries and freezers, a Hot Pockets TV ad hit me.
Clearly consumer packaged
It’s been a while . . . about seven months now.
As you’ll see, a few things have happened since April, when we last left you with these gems on the topic of trademark bullying: Stop Bullying the Entrepreneurs, What does Entrepreneur Mean, Anyway?, and Public Shaming is Not the Solution to Trademark
Well, here we are — a mere ten years ago today — when we dove head first, or at least, dipped our collective toes into the vast intellectual property blogging pond.
Intellectual Property — IP — is italicized today, because there is currently a belief among some of those we respect, that trademarks
Before we think predictions for 2019, let’s consider the vast ground we’ve covered in 2018:
Throughout our nearly decade-long journey and exploration called “DuetsBlog,” we have been blessed and we remain grateful to have met so many incredible new friends along the way.
Next Tuesday, we have the remarkable privilege of publishing here on DuetsBlog an interview with Seth Godin, a generous person, overflowing with thoughtful insights and
It was another star-studded event in Seattle last night, enjoy some pics from Meet the Bloggers:
The Ironmongers are Reunited:
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Toward the end of last week, a couple of friendly ironmongers (John Welch and Ron Coleman) had an interesting dialogue on Twitter, with some great insights about creativity and the law.
John noted that copyright’s requirement of “originality” is not the same as the requirement of “novelty” in patent law. Ron then
How much do I believe in federal registration of trademarks and brand names? Well, this much:
I’ve always been a big fan of practicing what you preach. Actually walking the talk. Not just talk.
That mindset helps explain why we stuck with the suggestive name of this blog, even after the experts recommended
Can you believe it? Nine times, we’ve celebrated our birthday with you (our amazing readers and supporters) — it all started with Dr. No and the Parade of Horribles; then a Seth milestone here.
A Ron milestone there. We’ve hardly taken a day off, much less skipped a class,
We follow closely and write a lot about what goes on with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); these ironmongers do too, really well.
Serious trademark and brand owners care about TTAB decisions because many trademark disputes begin and end there, as the TTAB determines the