Thoughts on the NFL

I recently came upon this story about an NFL proposal to require all photojournalists who cover the SuperBowl to wear bright red vests advertising the SuperBowl’s two big sponsors: Canon and Reebok.
However, this post is not about that. It made me think about the NFL’s earlier efforts to prevent third parties from using [...]

FDA Wants Avandia Off the Market

A Food and Drug Administration panelist said Monday that the diabetes drug Avandia should be taken off the market because it increases cardiovascular risk, but GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the drug, disputed the comments.
“Rosiglitazone should be removed from the market,” said FDA advisor Dr. David Graham at the meeting, using the scientific name from Avandia.
Graham [...]

Podcast Logo Published

On July 26, 2007 Apple’s so-called podcast logo was published for opposition by the USPTO. The logo is reproduced below:

This may be like a “podcast certified” certification mark. We’ll see.

Who Said Branding Isn’t Important?

With about $15 billion spent in the U.S. alone in 2006 on bottled water, two (2) of the biggest brands are mere tap water.That’s right, tap water. Aquafina and Dasani are essentially tap water.
PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental [...]

Facebook Face-Off

Social networking website Facebook faces legal action from the founders of a rival site over claims that their ideas were stolen, in a case that could lead to a change of ownership at the fast growing $10bn (£4.9bn) internet business.The founders of the ConnectU site allege that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder, stole their site’s software [...]

Bon Jovi v. Mijovi

Jon Bon Jovi wants the owner of the Mijovi energy drink to change its name, arguing it is too similar to his famous moniker.
But Marcos Carrington says his coffee-based energy drink is named after his girlfriend, whose name is Jovita, not the 45-year-old rocker.
In a Jan. 22 letter, Los Angeles lawyer Peter Laird, representing Bon [...]

Daily Motion Found to Infringe

A French court has ruled that the online site Daily Motion infringed copyright by knowingly allowing users to post videos without permission of the copyright owner. Daily Motion plans to appeal.
You can view the French decision here.

Zippo Wins Customs Order

Zippo Manufacturing Co., a maker of lighters for 75 years, won an order to block U.S. imports of knockoffs from China that copy its trademarked flip-top design.
The U.S. International Trade Commission today ordered customs officials to block entry of the copycat lighters. Zippo has been making lighters in Bradford, Pa., where it’s based, since 1932. [...]

$15 Million Judgment Against Land O’Lakes

A federal court jury in Colorado has ruled that Land O’Lakes, Inc. knowingly infringed upon the trademark for an animal feed developed by a Colorado feed manufacturer.  A Denver jury found Land O’Lakes Inc. acted in bad faith and used deceptive trade practices when it used Cache La Poudre Feed’s trademark Profile brand for its livestock [...]

Dykes on Bikes Keeps Trademark

After years of battling with the USPTO, the Dykes on Bikes mototcycle club finally convinced the USPTO to issue a registration of its mark DYKES ON BIKES.After the registration issued, a California lawyer sued claiming the name was “disparaging to men” and “scandalous and immoral.”  The “scandalous and immoral claim was well reviewed by the USPTO.
Earlier this [...]

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