-Wes Anderson, Attorney
Reading over this story on Donald Trump’s decades of headaches (and conveniently-timed successes) with the TRUMP trademark and the Chinese Trademark Office, I was reminded, as I always am, of the importance of filing federal trademark applications.
The examination process for Trump’s marks in China, and the Chinese trademark enforcement regime generally,
The popular cloud storage system Dropbox recently won summary judgment against Thru, Inc.’s claim of trademark infringement.
Thru operates a secure file sharing system called Thru Dropbox. See the screenshot from their website below.
Dropbox filed a trademark application to register the DROPBOX mark in 2009, but was hit with a flurry of oppositions
Watching the morning news for even a few minutes can leave one struck by how we truly live in uncertain times. I suppose every generation has too, but is it more striking at this moment?
There are plenty of examples to draw upon to evidence the many uncertainties in our world, spanning extreme weather,
We recently focused our attention on a very unique-looking, dare I say distinctive, retail store exterior design; for a quick reminder, see here.
The recent craze for self-serve frozen yogurt shops — where you pay by the ounce (or perhaps, by the pound), has us focused today on a pretty darn unique interior retail
There are many things that serious trademark owners do throughout the lifecycle of a trademark to mitigate risk, protect the valuable goodwill in their underlying brand, and preserve their valuable investment in this important intellectual property asset. Here is a fairly extensive, but certainly not exhaustive, and often forgotten, list of those things:
Last week we explored how at least some of Seth Godin’s trademark advice is a bit dated.
This week, let’s take a close and careful look at his advice concerning trademark registration:
Some lawyers will get all excited and encourage (demand!) that you register your trademark. This involves paying a bunch of money, filing a
It’s not every day you get a chance to use that phrase in a headline. But, what may become known as the "The Cayman Kerfuffle", presents the perfect opportunity.
Would a reasonable person find these confusingly similar?
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$51,000 Blue Cayman $30 Blue Cayman
Let’s see, one is a sleek, pricey, well-engineered, high
In December, you may recall, I blogged about Boise State’s federal registration of the color blue as applied to athletic field turf, known to many as Smurf Turf. At the time, I wondered out loud whether Boise State’s success in the U.S. Trademark Office might lead others to follow along this trademark path?
Hat tip again to