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IP Law Minute - Los Angeles Comic Con 2021
Where creatives, producers, distributors, and fans come together in southern California. Not nearly as well-known as its cousin to the...

David Baker
Dec 15, 20211 min read


Longhorns v. Sooners - Trademarks on Display at Annual Red River Showdown in Dallas
IP Law Minute - Red River Showdown The Red River Showdown is one of the oldest rivalries in college football. But did you know that the...

David Baker
Nov 20, 20211 min read


Surveys Says ...
In a recent article (“New Survey Methods Address Consumer Uncertainty in Trademark Law”) featured on Gene Quinn’s popular IP Watchdog...

David Baker
Oct 13, 20212 min read


Moose Tracks: Too Many to Count
Why are there so many moose tracks ice creams available? If vanilla ice cream with peanut butter cups and fudge is your sweet spot,...

David Baker
Oct 11, 20211 min read


The Cookie Crumbles? Part 2 – Trademark Law
If you're a regular reader of our posts, then you already know that a trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, or design, or a combination...

David Baker
Oct 7, 20213 min read


The Cookie Crumbles? Part 1 – The Trademark Lawsuits
As the case captioned The Cookie Department, Inc. v. The Hershey Company, et al., Case No. 3:21-cv-06743-SK and on file in the Northern...

David Baker
Oct 5, 20212 min read


Cookie Maker Sues Hershey’s
The Cookie Maker Inc., a Berkeley-based cookie maker using a teardrop shaped chocolate chip design on its packaging, has filed a...

David Baker
Sep 30, 20211 min read


Nevermind Baby Sues Nirvana
The naked baby who was photographed underwater alongside a dollar bill on a fishhook for the Nevermind album cover of alt-rock band...

David Baker
Sep 27, 20211 min read


Epic Lawsuit Continues as Epic Games Files Appeal in Ongoing Battle with Apple
Do you play Fortnite? If not, the odds are a friend, a relative, a coworker or even 'all of the above' probably do. Since its release in...

David Baker
Sep 24, 20212 min read


IP Update - September 2021 Edition
“Yo quiero Taco Bell.” ― Gidget, the “Taco Bell Chihuahua” Brands are constantly undergoing change. Some of those changes are significant...

David Baker
Sep 21, 20212 min read


Can't the Scouts just get along?
Late last month, oral arguments were heard on a motion for summary judgment filed by the Boy Scouts of America (“BSA”) in a trademark...

David Baker
Aug 28, 20211 min read


BLUECRUISE Trademark Lawsuit
General Motors and its self-driving car subsidiary Cruise have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Ford claiming that the...

David Baker
Aug 26, 20211 min read


The Walking Dead (lawsuit) Resurrected Once Again
Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead Lawsuit Rises from the Grave After having been considered “as good as dead” just a year ago, The...

David Baker
Aug 23, 20213 min read


IP Update - August 2021 Edition
“I love zombies. If any monster could Riverdance, it would be zombies.” ― Craig Ferguson.” At a time when some of the best-known brands...

David Baker
Aug 17, 20212 min read


San Diego Comic-Con 2021 @HOME
While it won't be the same as year's past, this year's San Diego Comic-Con will be very much like last year's COVID-19 truncated version;...

David Baker
Jul 1, 20212 min read


Board Game Copyright Survives Attack
The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled that Markham Concepts, Inc., the game design firm that developed the...

David Baker
Jun 30, 20211 min read


Even the Vatican Is Not Immune from Trademark Infringement Lawsuits
Suing the Vatican does not seem like an easy thing to do (it must be especially difficult to serve process on the Pope or his Boss), but...

David Baker
Jun 24, 20212 min read


USPTO Changes the Game
Signed into law on December 27, 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) will be implemented beginning on December 27 of this...

David Baker
Jun 19, 20211 min read


IP Update - June 2021 Edition
“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.” ― Will Rogers...

David Baker
Jun 14, 20212 min read


Nike Not Happy Being DUNK-ed On
International sportswear company Nike has filed a federal court lawsuit against Los Angeles-based manufacturer La La Land Production &...

David Baker
May 28, 20211 min read
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