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Lawsuit Involving IP Protection for a Lamp
Last week a federal lawsuit was filed in Minnesota by Blu Dot to protect alleged intellectual property rights in the floor lamp shown on the left below. The accused “strikingly and confusingly similar”...
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Checking in on Sony’s “Lens-Style Camera” Application
Way back in 2015, I blogged about an interesting non-traditional configuration mark application from Sony for its QX100 “Smartphone Attachable Lens-Style Camera” with the PTO. Here we are nearly two...
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All That Glitters is Not One to Mold
To me, one of the most exciting aspects of intellectual property law is when patent law and trademark law intersect in product or packaging design. Last week, I had the honor of speaking to a graduate...
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Snickers Has a Cross Section TM Registration!
It is frequently becoming more and more difficult to remember all the topics we’ve covered here over the last — almost — nine years. A recent Snickers end cap display jogged my memory: Turns out, eight...
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Glade No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and… Chanel No. 5?
Recently, a friend and I were watching The Bachelor—I know, I should be ashamed. During one of the commercial breaks, a spot appeared on-screen showing a woman wearing an elegant dress walking through...
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Trade Dress Catches Up With Ketchup
On a recent happy hour trip to HopCat, a brewpub chain with an incredible beer list of local and regional craft beers, I expected to find a trademark issue or two among the tap handles. However,...
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Time for a Pillow Fight?
Like many new parents, my wife and I own a Boppy® infant support pillow. Examining the packaging, I noticed an excellent example of “look-for advertising:” Typically, look-for advertising is part of a...
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Look-For Louboutin Kick-in-the-Pants Shoes?
A recent Mall of America and Nordstrom shopping trip (with visiting extended family), coupled with some initial moments of admitted boredom, led me to wandering through the shoe department: Let’s just...
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– Mark Prus, Principal, NameFlash Mastercard has become the latest company to shift to a “no name” approach to branding. Of course, they aren’t the first to do this (see Nike, Starbucks, Apple, Target,...
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Rivian’s F-150 Masquerade: Fair Use or Trade Dress Infringement?
A little over one year ago, I blogged about Tesla’s Roadster being launched into outer space, asking who owns the right to the “Spaceman” rider’s mark? Today I post a differnt thought-provoking...
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