Hot Dog Fight

The hot dog restaurant Hot Dogma will be changing its name –  after 17 months of litigation because a Florida hot dog business — which had trademarked the word “dogma” — sued them.
Hot Dogma — which is located in the basement of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral downtown — have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette their show will [...]

I Guess Congressmen Like Vodka

Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and seventeen other members of Congress signed a letter to Customs in 2002 advocating special consideration to allow Stolichnaya (Stoli) Vodka to import vodka that was illegally labeled “Made in Russia” when in fact, it was made in Latvia. In an unprecedented move, Customs gave dispensation authority to Stoli to import the [...]

Update: “Pod”

Here’s a British opinion piece on Apple’s recent enforcement actions against those who use brands that use the word or suffix -POD.

President Signs H.R. 683 into Law

On Friday, October 6, 2006, President Bush signed the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 into law (H.R. 683).  The took effect immediately upon signing.
On a personal note, I am pleased to see this law come into being since I drafted the original complaint in Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. (a division of Victoria’s Secret) [...]

Return

As some of you know, I traveled to the Red Sea last week.  Here is a link to some of my photos from the trip.  Here’s a preview:
 
I hope you enjoy.