by FriedlandVining | Aug 22, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
Great article on trademark protection and the fine line of parody…. I put forth the proposition that, as much as trademarks, copyright, and other intellectual property, reputation is what makes a brand—so companies and their counsel should think twice before...
by FriedlandVining | Jul 10, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
It was a sweet victory for Hershey when the Board reversed a finding that Hershey’s chocolate bar design, defined by Hershey as “twelve (12) equally-sized recessed panels arranged in a four panel by three panel format with each panel having its own raised border...
by FriedlandVining | Jun 18, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
To combat persistent concerns of fraud, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced the launch of a pilot study to analyze possible fraud or other errors in the register. In connection with the pilot study, the USPTO amended the Trademark Rules...
by FriedlandVining | May 15, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
Two recent decisions have resulted in a tasty trademark cocktail. In the first case, the TTAB found “zero” reason to sustain the opposition proceedings filed by Companhia de Bebidas das Américas – AMBEV (“Ambev”), maker of Pepsi, against The Coca-Cola Company’s...
by FriedlandVining | Apr 19, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
In March, Nike, Inc. was among the majority of nearly 8,000 cert respondents each term when it waived its right to file a response to a cert petition in a case dealing with the question of whether a defendant in a trademark case can still challenge the mark’s...
by FriedlandVining | Mar 23, 2012 | Intellectual Property Blog
On Friday, a Federal Judge refused to dismiss General Motors LLC (GM) from a lawsuit over the use of Albert Einstein’s image in magazine advertisements, ruling that an Israeli University might have inherited the genius’s publicity rights. Last year, The Hebrew...
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