Originally Posted 3/22/07 written by Shane Percival
As stated in the Patently-O blog, a couple days ago, the 7th Circuit in JCW Investments v. Novelty, Inc., held that the copyright on the novelty item “Pull My Finger Fred” was infringed by the novelty item “Fartman”. The two items are similar dolls of balding middle-aged men sitting […]
Originally Posted 3/16/07
Q: Do I have to have a federal trademark registration to have rights in a trademark?
A: This one we get asked a bunch. In fact, if I had a dollar for every time I was asked this question . . […]
Originally Posted 2/27/07
On February 13, 2007 U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks threw out the first suit filed against MySpace concerning a sexual assault of a minor by someone she met on MySpace, citing section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The Act, which immunizes online service providers from state tort claims arising from information or […]
Originally Posted 2/13/07
Well, its that time a year again! Those of you who have followed our blog for a while may remember my post from a year ago highlighting an event happening here in Denver over the next 3 days (February 14-16). Once a year Alice 105.9, a local Denver radio station suspends its normal […]
Originally Posted 2/6/07
Apple computers and Apple records came to a new licensing arrangement after much controversy concerning Apple Computer’s I-tunes service. In the new deal all “Apple” trademarks will be owned by Apple Computers and the mark will be licensed back to apple records for a limited scope of use.
Truthfully, this […]
Originally Posted 1/31/07
That’s what’s being claimed in a recent law suit filed by professional wrestler Diamond Dallas Page against Jay-Z. As recently stated on the law website Lexicology (see http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1049090&l=6G3V0M4), Diamond Dallas Page is claiming his “Diamond Cutter” hand gester (which apparently is using the tips of one’s forefingers and thumbs to create the […]
Originally Posted 1/23/07
Well, as I said a few months ago – open the flood gates. Myspace has racked up four more lawsuits against it claiming that Myspace failed to employ reasonable safety measures to protect its underage users. Family’s from Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina have filed separate actions all claiming that the […]
Originally Posted 12/18/06 written by Shane Percival
A recent Forbes.com article (http://www.forbes.com/home/entrepreneurs/2006/12/15/shopzilla-adozu-vonage-ent-fin-cx_kw_1215wharton.html) discussing topics addressed at the 2006 Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference got me thinking that I needed to do another blog post. Specifically, the article discussed how too much emphasis is placed on venture capital these days when historically business have been funded using friends […]
Originally Posted 12/12/06
Well, its been over a year since Kurt initially cited Jolly Rancher Soda as a product that had “apparently failed miserably” while illustrating the point that even large companies with multimillion dollar research and marketing budgets have failed products now […]
Originally Posted 12/11/06 written by Shane Percival
On August 3, 2006, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced Senate Bill 3818, the Patent Reform Act of 2006. Although it remains to be seen what effect a Democrat-controlled House and Senate will have on the bill’s progress, recent discussion has arisen regarding what effect the […]
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