This weekend is the Final Four® men’s NCAA college basketball championship. As with any big sporting event, lots of trademarks will be on display. The logo for this year’s event is quite nice, with some ‘scrolled’ design around the edges to create a New Orleans...
Read MoreTwo very recent developments related to the trademark scam issue: At a luncheon today at the American Bar Association’s 27th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, Director of the USPTO David Kappos was the featured speaker. I was fortunate to be in attendance. Following his remarks,...
Read MoreThe USPTO recently sent “United States Trademark Registration Office” a cease and desist letter related to the company’s sending invoice that resemble official USPTO communications. The USPTO also placed a warning prominently on the trademark section of its website. It appears that the company has...
Read MoreA lot has been written in the news lately about alleged trademark bullies. Reasonable people can disagree whether trademark bullying is a real issue and whether any particular dispute involves a trademark bully. The trademark system today almost encourages trademark bullying because there is little...
Read MoreBrown can be a boring color. It is certainly not a snazzy or noticeable as a brighter more colorful color (does that make sense?). But UPS has adopted brown as its color of choice. And they have done an outstanding job of protecting it is...
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