Tara’s review of the new book The Law and Practice of Trademark Transactions: A Global and Local Outlook (Calboli, Irene and DeWerra, Jacques, eds.) has been published in Oxford University Press’s Journey of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. Tara...
The Lanham Act had some language struck out of it by the Supreme Court today. In the trademark world, this qualifies as Big News. A superbrief history: The Slants are a band out of California made up entirely of Asian Americans. Simon Tam, the lead singer, filed an...
It’s Derby time! I don’t live in Louisville, but I used to spend a lot of time there for work, and when I was in college at Vanderbilt University, the Kentucky Derby would always be the Saturday right after finals ended and was only a two hour drive up I-65. As poor...
Last week, two different U.S. courts took action in cases involving the use of trademarks outside the borders of the United States, and if you aren’t confused you don’t understand territoriality. The big news last Monday was the Supreme Court’s refusal to...
In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has offered us honey. You know, that stuff with which you catch more flies. The lines between descriptive and suggestive marks has never been easy to define. Bitvoyant, a Virginia-based software...
