Last week, DuetsBlog squawked about Aflac’s recent firing of Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of the Aflac Duck after he comments he made about the Japan crisis. The characteristic quack of the Aflac Duck is a registered trademark of Aflac,…
Professor Andrew Beckerman-Rodau has recently written in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology that intellectual property protection has expanded beyond its intended, or appropriate, scope. This has resulted in the lines between subject matter (and their corresponding intellectual property)…
I’m going to start providing updates on patent lawsuits filed in Arizona. Because there are so few of them, this should be a fairly manageable task. Last week, Tucson, Arizona Precision Shooting Equipment filed this complaint against Extreme Technologies, Inc….
Inventors often dream big. Nothing wrong with that – progress is made by dreamers. Dream right, though; not everyone can take an idea, turn it into a great product or service, and sell it to someone. There are a lot…
I’m in training for Ironman Arizona. Oops, I mean, Ford Ironman Arizona. Er, I mean, the Ford Ironman Arizona Tempe triathlon. I think? I don’t know anymore. Ironman may be most familiar to sane people because of the Timex watch…
Beer glasses can raise a lot of controversy among beer drinkers. Some think a glass is a glass is a glass (or a cup), while others believe that each beer type should be poured in its own specifically designed glass. …
The blog has fallen silent the last few weeks because I have been in the midst of merging with Parsons & Goltry and closing down the Galvani Legal LLC office. With Parsons & Goltry, I will continue providing the same…
This Phoenix Patent Attorney was in Miami for part of the last two weeks, and I couldn’t help but notice the tremendous use of huge billboards. Advertising is colossal in that town, and so trademarks are everywhere. On the way…
Following on very nicely with what I wrote yesterday, today I found an example of a mouthful of a trademark. You can decide how many of Steve’s characteristics this mark upholds / violates: The Word Mark: JUST PLAIN JOE COFFEE…
DuetsBlog is a consistently well-written, highly-informative blog that is quickly becoming one of my favorites. It features articles that are interesting and helpful, not just rarefied academic discussions on case law. And it is approachable for the attorney and the…