David BakerMay 15, 20212 minIP Update - May 2021 Edition“War is hell.” ― William T. Sherman, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, the former Union General who vowed to “Make Georgia howl” as...
David BakerMay 8, 20212 minPatagonia Settles Beer Label DisputeOutdoor clothing and gear retailer Patagonia has settled a trademark lawsuit against global beer producer Anheuser-Busch over claims that...
David BakerApr 29, 20211 min‘Vasectomy Mayhem’ Trademark Draws Complaint from N.C.A.A.The association accused a Virginia urology practice of trying to affiliate its brand with the March Madness tournaments. It is the second...
David BakerApr 27, 20211 minMaryland Passes First Digital Advertising Tax Earlier this year, Maryland has passed a new law imposing taxes on annual gross revenues derived by large firms like Google and Facebook...
David BakerApr 26, 20211 minBe Careful What You Wish For Photographer Michael Grecco found out the hard way that you can't always get what you want when a judge found that (1) a Hollywood...
David BakerApr 24, 20212 minGoogle v. Oracle Ends with Bizarre SCOTUS DecisionOn April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a long-awaited decision in the contentious copyright battle between tech giants...
David BakerApr 24, 20212 minIP Update - April 2021 Edition“I’m sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It’s just been too intelligent to come here.” ― Arthur C. Clarke April has been a...
David BakerApr 20, 20213 min"Old Hangtown" Discards Noose from City LogoAs reported earlier this week in The Los Angeles Times e-newsletter, the City of Placerville, located in the Gold Mining region of...
David BakerApr 20, 20211 minTODAY IN IP HISTORY - April 19, 1939TODAY IN IP HISTORY. On April 19, 1939, John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" was copyrighted. As an Okie myself, I can relate to Tom...
David BakerApr 19, 20211 minMartian Intellectual PropertyIngenuity flew today on Mars! Now that there’s been the first powered flight on another planet can pizza delivery in under an hour be far...
David BakerApr 18, 20211 minTODAY IN IP HISTORY - April 18, 1924TODAY IN IP HISTORY. On April 18, 1924, the first crossword puzzle book was published. Published by Simon and Schuster, both the first...
David BakerApr 16, 20211 minTODAY IN IP HISTORY - April 15, 1452TODAY IN IP HISTORY. On April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci, the ultimate Renaissance man, was born Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci, in...
David BakerMar 31, 20212 minArt World Embraces Non-Fungible TokensJust when you thought it was impossible for the art world to get any weirder, this happens: A non-fungible token (or “NFT”) of a digital...
David BakerMar 27, 20211 minPeloton unhappy about SPINNING trademarkExercise bike manufacturer, Peloton, has filed petitions with the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to cancel Mad Dogg Athletics’...
David BakerMar 24, 20211 minMr. Potato Head Is Now Gender FluidIn a move that probably surprised Mrs. Potato Head, Hasbro recently announced that it was dropping the “Mr.” from the popular plastic toy...
David BakerMar 22, 20211 minBanksy On Fire ... Just Not LiterallyLuckily, there are always new developments in the IP world to keep us distracted. Whether it was street artist Banksy’s recent social...
David BakerMar 18, 20212 minIP Update March 2021 Edition - Banksy, Beeple, NFTs, WonderCon, Spinning, and even Mr. Potato Head“The artist brings something into the world that didn’t exist before, and he dos it without destroying something else.” - John Updike In...
David BakerMar 16, 20211 minWonderCon Goes Virtual … AgainFor only the second time ever (2020 was the first), organizers of the Anaheim, California popular media convention WonderCon have...
David BakerMar 4, 20211 min“Ruh-roh, Reorge!”It has been nearly 60 years since The Jetsons cartoon arrived on American televisions, but a recent USPTO trademark application filed by...
David BakerMar 2, 20211 minNinth Circuit Favors Seuss Over Star TrekThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a publishing company, ComicMix, LLC, was in the wrong when it published a...