Today marks the long-awaited return of one of my favorite weeks of the year. Today is Day One (more accurately, Preview night) of the...

Late last month, a federal court ruled that Dairy Queen cannot stop W.B. Mason Co from selling "Blizzard" bottled spring water even...

While most of us were distracted by the U.S. Supreme Court making some questionable rulings on states’ rights regarding restrictions on...

The Nice International Classification System is a critical requirement for every trademark registration. When a trademark owner applies...

The more things change, the more they remain the same. Or so the old adage goes. Following McDonald’s recent shuttering of its...

Jack & Coke finally becomes a "thing." In a can. For decades, Jack Daniels and Coca-Cola have been a staple drink of choice for in bars,...

The best way to avoid future problems with your brand is to select a strong brand from the outset. Doing so properly has the added...

No two countries that both had a McDonald’s restaurant have ever gone to war, or so a popular international business/political science...

After a three-week jury trial, Stone Brewing Co. won its lawsuit against MillerCoors (now Molson Coors) for trademark infringement based...

The names Nike and Hermes rarely appear in a sentence together, even when discussing fashion apparel. But the explosion in popularity of...

Orange County Lawyer magazine published my article, How to drive your trademark attorney completely bonkers in 10 easy steps, in its May...

Orange County Lawyer magazine published my article, How to drive your trademark attorney completely bonkers in 10 easy steps, in its May...

Orange County Lawyer magazine published my article, How to drive your trademark attorney completely bonkers in 10 easy steps, in its May...

In a conflict that has been marked by shockingly high casualty rates among both combatants and civilians, the war in Ukraine has added an...

After 77 years, ice cream kingpin Baskin-Robbins has decided it’s time for some changes. No, it’s not doing anything really oddball like...

Yesterday, I participated in an informative online panel discussion entitled “Big Business and The Metaverse: What Comes Next?” presented...

Taco Bell is 60 years old today and it looks pretty good for its age. An incalculable number of Mexican restaurants and fast-food taco...

Even if, like me, you're a few years older than a preteen, I'll wager that you have played with Lego building blocks or watched a...

As reported by Bleeding Cool and several other media outlets, the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., for the uninitiated) has...

Today in 1935, the game Monopoly was patented by Charles Darrow, an unemployed engineer in Germantown, Pennsylvania. There was a game at...