Creative Law Studio

06/28/2023

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/barbie-maker-mattel-wages-new-opposition-over-burberrys-brby-trademark/?fbclid=IwAR0mnhDuw7KqOE0_w7JCfk2bfogAzsBbd6fxpzS1z2-ZV7UOs83A4AUQRRQ

Barbie maker Mattel asserts that it will be damaged if a vowel-less new Burberry trademark is registered with the USPTO.

05/25/2023

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05/03/2023

Interesting case considering we are waiting on the SCOTUS opinion on a parody case. Trademark infringement? Lawful parody and 1st Amendment rights? Stay tuned.

Trader Joe’s is suing an online T-shirt seller in an alleged trademark infringement case centered around profane and politically incendiary tees.

03/21/2023

Its a big week in the world of trademark law. Today I presented cases from the TM Trial and Appeal Board to the PA Bar Association so I missed out on the arguments at SCOTUS. Today the Court considered the potential of the international reach of the Lanham Act. Tomorrow the Court will hear arguments in the Jack Daniels case where Section 2(d) of the Lanham Act will go against Free Speech.

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03/14/2023

Are you interested in crypto currency and trying to figure out where the regulatory landscape is headed? Here's a link to the House Subcommittee hearing on Digital Assets from last week.

Small brag - the crypto law expert testifying was my intellectual property professor in law school. If she has any part in this, crypto regulation will get straightened out real quick - She gets things done!

02/16/2023

02/15/2023

Trademark case analysis falls on the standard of "likelihood of confusion." I believe it falls somewhere between objective analysis and application and subjective opinion, making this a difficult area of law. This an interesting (and expensive sounding) approach to this problem.

Imagine you're browsing the toothpaste aisle and see next to Colgate a new brand called Colddate, packaged in a box with similar colors and designs. "You might think this is clearly a copycat brand," said Ming Hsu, William Halford Jr. Family Chair in Marketing at the Haas School of Business, UC Berk...

01/30/2023

That's right. Sounds can be protected by trademarks too!

Lamborghini applies to trademark V12 hybrid sounds in EV mode

01/25/2023

A Congressional Act for Trademarks for Humanity definitely has my vote. Let's help humanitarian businesses help others by expediting the long trademark process, reducing fees, and promoting the positive work.

A Trademarks for Humanity program would benefit the economy and humanitarian initiatives, says Susan Natland, past chair of the USPTO Trademark Public Advisory Committee. She argues Congress should codify the program.

12/15/2022

Are you collaborating with another brand? Do you have a coffee brand and you're working with a local brewery to make a one of a kind espresso beer? Make sure your trademarks are protected first.
A PA based beer company is now in collaboration to make ice cream!

GPOX to create multiple medicated products based on the iconic Yuengling’s Ice Cream flavors ...

12/05/2022

After a years-long planning and construction project, the federal courthouse in Harrisburg appears to be nearing an opening. Officials will cut the ribbon on the newly constructed courthouse on N. 6th Street this week, announced the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and U.S...

11/30/2022

As first posted yesterday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in 2 trademark cases for this term. Exciting! Here's our blog post on the second case coming before the Court. Pour yourself a glass of whiskey and check it out!

I know the world of trademark law was already exciting enough already, but you should know, it’s about to be pure fire. By that I mean the Supreme Court has recently agreed to hear TWO – not one – but TWO trademark cases this term! So what’s going on? Isn’t trademark well-settled law? Nope...