This article presents a thorough catalog of links to recent articles by some of the foremost commentators on trademark and internet law. A small sample of links provided and summarized by this article include how attorneys are using Facebook to...
This article notes that in some ways, the internet is a replication of the real world whereas in other ways, it plays by its own rules. Specifically, the article focuses on how distinctive marks are created, maintained and presented on the web...
This article relates a story about an SEO consultant turned trademark troll whose efforts to get a settlement from a former client were foiled by that client's resistance and a California court. The article notes several interesting takeaways...
Licensing agreements commonly contain a clause granting the licensor an audit right. This article points out that the parties signing a licensing agreement commonly overlook this clause, and that this can lead to bad outcomes for both over the...
This article shares a number of extremely valuable trademark resources made publicly available by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The article also divides these resources into categories and points out that this list is...
This article continues analysis of a magistrate's opinion in a BitTorrent case where an adult film company sued a number of anonymous defendants alleging violations of trademark rights. The article quotes several amusing excerpts from the...
This article points to a disturbing trend in intellectual property lawsuits: ex parte decisions (meaning that only one side's arguments were necessarily heard) to enjoin the use of allegedly offending domain names. The result of these...
This article continues reviewing topics which were discussed at the INTA 2012 conference by looking at a panel on search engine optimization. The article points to a seeming imbalance on the panel which resulted in an obfuscation of the...
The GeekView IP Weeks(ish) in Review analyzes several trademark, copyright and advertising disputes and news from around the country. It provides analyses of several claims, counterclaims, missteps and so on, and highlights some of the steps...
This article examines a recent dispute which demonstrates the effects of a somewhat-dusty cranny of trademark law: political trademarks. In the case in question, a company filed a lawsuit against federal officials seeking to prevent these...