Some T-shirt vendors were asking this question after they received cease-and-desist letters from the National Football League compelling them to stop selling shirts that included the traditional cheer of New Orleans Saints fans.
The NFL had asserted rights to “who dat” earlier last week through the Florida [...]
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Trademark disputes have already hit the Apple iPad.
New implants use human energy to power electronic devices.
eBook pricing dispute hits Amazon: how much is too much for a bestseller?
California “green rush” faces setback with new [...]
Continue Reading →Internet search engines such as Google and Yahoo! earn a majority of their profit from selling advertisements to appear next to search results. Google’s coveted advertising space, however, causes nightmares for trademark holders when their trademarks are auctioned by Google to competitors as keywords to trigger the competitors’ advertisements when the trademark is used as [...]
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First U.S. inmate executed through new intravenous method.
Too much sex in television ads recently?
Critics slam Saturday Night Live for being insensitive toward domestic violence after Tiger Woods skit.
Actress looks for lifesaver after $1.7 [...]
Continue Reading →After a legal battle stretching over the past four years, a federal judge has ruled that well-known sports artist Daniel Moore did not commit trademark infringement by painting notable scenes at University of Alabama football games. Moore authored his first painting paying homage to Alabama football almost 30 years [...]
Continue Reading →In 1992, Michael Jackson founded the first Heal the World Foundation (“Jackson’s Foundation”) named after Jackson’s hit song “Heal the World.” Jackson’s foundation provided medicine to children and fought world hunger, homelessness, child exploitation and abuse. Jackson’s efforts to raise awareness and money for Jackson’s Foundation are numerous and highly publicized. Further, [...]
Continue Reading →When Moses lost the extra five commandments, I am certain one of them stated Thou Shalt Not Mess with Oprah. It’s too bad, because forty companies are about to wish they had heeded that advice.
On April 19, Oprah Winfrey, through her corporate entity, Harpo, Inc., filed trademark infringement [...]
Continue Reading →As I’m writing this post, I am watching the long-awaited premier of the L.A. season of Project Runway on its new network, Lifetime. Fans of the popular show had to wait for the lawsuit between NBC Universal and Weinstein Co., over the rights to move the show from the [...]
Continue Reading →Less than a week after Gucci America, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the ex-wife (Jenny) and daughter (Gemma) of Italian fashion icon Paolo Gucci alleging both trademark infringement and dilution, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman ruled in favor of Manhattan-based Gucci America, stating that the defendants “did not take [...]
Continue Reading →It seems like only yesterday when May flowers were still just blooming and your wild and magical night at the Stonehenge Summer Solstice was still to come in the glorious future, when we were discussing the fall-out from one class [...]
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