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Showing posts with label celebrity trademarks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrity trademarks. Show all posts
Friday, April 13, 2007
The Sanjaya Brand Association Map
Related to my Sanjaya trademark post, now comes the Sanjaya Brand Association Map from Nielsen BuzzMetrics. Here's a discussion over at the Consumer Generated Media blog.
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Technorati Tags: branding, trademark, Sanjaya, fun
Thursday, April 12, 2007
No Sanjaya trademarks ... yet
I'm voting for Sanjaya! Are you? Seriously, I suspect that it's only a matter of time that we see a trademark application for SANJAYA.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Birkhead trademark application
Trademark news from the Anna Nicole Smith front. Larry Birkhead has applied to register the trademark GOODNIGHT MY SWEET ANNA BABY for "movies, books, television programs, programs broadcast over the Interent, programs broadcast over electronic media; stage plays." Birkhead used this line at Anna Nicole's funeral service.
PTO search shows no applications yet filed from Virgie Arthur, Howard K. Stern, Larry Seidlin, or Frederic von Anhalt.
PTO search shows no applications yet filed from Virgie Arthur, Howard K. Stern, Larry Seidlin, or Frederic von Anhalt.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Band Brand Protection
In this month's IP Today: How the Band Protects Its Brand: The Use of Trademarks to Protect and Promote the Musical Artist (Part One of a Two-part Article).
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
For those about to rock, part II
From the Seattle Trademark Lawyer.
Technorati Tags: trademark, celebrity trademarks, entertainment, search, cease & desist
Technorati Tags: trademark, celebrity trademarks, entertainment, search, cease & desist
Monday, February 12, 2007
New bands take heed, think about trademarks when coming up with your band name
The Seattle Trademark Lawyer has an excellent post on the lessons many bands learn the hard way, that is having to change their band's name after they receive a cease and desist letter from another band (or their attorney):
Technorati Tags: trademark, celebrity trademarks, entertainment, search, cease & desist
Up-and-coming bands seem to re-live this story again and again. Blink 182 was Blink before another group named Blink threatened to sue. Dinosaur Jr added the suffix after the San Francisco band The Dinosaurs protested. Looking no further than Seattle, rockers Kill Sybil say they changed their name from Sybil because of an R&B singer with the same name; ECU reportedly changed its name from ICU because New York-based Intensive Care Unit threatened to sue; and Nirvana (Seattle)
settled a case brought by Nirvana (UK) so it could keep its legendary name.
Technorati Tags: trademark, celebrity trademarks, entertainment, search, cease & desist
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Tyra Banks, the next Oprah and Martha Stewart
Just read Vanity Fair's piece on Tyra Banks (sorry, no online story).
It's a nice story, which of course got me wondering whether she's applied to register her name as a trademark. She has. Tyra, or more properly Ty Loke, LLC, has 23 pending applications. I haven't looked through them all, but all of the ones I've seen are intent to use applications. Her applications range from frozen confections to kitchen wares to furniture to bags.
So next time you walk down your store isles and see Tyra Banks branded goods, remember you read it here first.
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A MODEL MOGULWith two TV hits—America's Next Top Model and her eponymous talk show—Tyra Banks has proved she's not just a pretty face. Nancy Jo Sales gets the former supermodel talking about guys, Oprah, and her ridiculous paycheck. Photographs by Michael Roberts.
It's a nice story, which of course got me wondering whether she's applied to register her name as a trademark. She has. Tyra, or more properly Ty Loke, LLC, has 23 pending applications. I haven't looked through them all, but all of the ones I've seen are intent to use applications. Her applications range from frozen confections to kitchen wares to furniture to bags.
So next time you walk down your store isles and see Tyra Banks branded goods, remember you read it here first.
Technorati Tags: celebrity trademarks, branding, trademark, intent to use
Monday, January 22, 2007
Welcome to the PTO Website You Must be 18 or Over to Enter
Isn't it ironic that the PTO will refuse to register a trademark based on Section 2(a) because the mark consists of or comprises immoral or scandalous matter, yet will display specimens of arguably immoral or scandalous matter? Not that I'm complaining, but applicants for marks of the "adult entertainment" variety frequently submit specimens consisting of screen shots of the applicant's adult entertainment websites. The more discrete applicants will put black bars over the private areas. However, some applicants (and their attorneys) don't even make the effort. And the PTO will publish the uncensored specimen.
I'm not saying that the PTO should remove the specimens. I think it's great that the PTO is putting up complete trademark files. It's a great help for the trademark practitioners and helps us counsel our clients more effectively and efficiently. I just wanted the reader to be aware that there may be some offensive photos on the PTO website.
For example, run this search ("adult entertainment")[gs] in TESS, then check out the specimens in TDR to find uncensored specimens. {update: video explanation on how to run search}
I can envision the following scene:
Jeez. Sounds like I could write dialog for some of the aforementioned applicants. Anyways, you get the picture. Obviously, the names in the above dramatization have been generisized to protect the innocent.
By the way, my posting of this story follows the tried and true method of the mainstream news method of "sex sells." We'll see if the TMBC get a spike in readership. ; )
Also, I've always wanted to start a new meme. Maybe surfing for porn on the PTO website will be a new meme, and we can call it PronTO for Pron Trademark Office. The term "pron" is sometimes used for "porn," which I believe was an early attempt to circumvent spam detection programs.
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I'm not saying that the PTO should remove the specimens. I think it's great that the PTO is putting up complete trademark files. It's a great help for the trademark practitioners and helps us counsel our clients more effectively and efficiently. I just wanted the reader to be aware that there may be some offensive photos on the PTO website.
For example, run this search ("adult entertainment")[gs] in TESS, then check out the specimens in TDR to find uncensored specimens. {update: video explanation on how to run search}
I can envision the following scene:
HR: Mr. Smith, we've noticed that you've been visiting some, um shall we say, inappropriate websites lately.
Mr. Smith: Oh, you mean porno sites?
HR: Yes. And we just wanted to let you know that your behavior will not be tolerated here at Big Firm. We're placing a filter on your internet account, and any further attempts to visit porno sites will result in your termination.
Smith: [switching into Dick Vitale voice] Come on baby. Don't you know I'm the TATTPS?
HR: The what?
Smith: The Trademark Attorney to the Porn Stars! You better get a TO on the termination talk. The big guy approved my porn surfing. I need to visit these sites to gather specimens of actual use.
HR: Specimens? That sounds disgusting.
Jeez. Sounds like I could write dialog for some of the aforementioned applicants. Anyways, you get the picture. Obviously, the names in the above dramatization have been generisized to protect the innocent.
By the way, my posting of this story follows the tried and true method of the mainstream news method of "sex sells." We'll see if the TMBC get a spike in readership. ; )
Also, I've always wanted to start a new meme. Maybe surfing for porn on the PTO website will be a new meme, and we can call it PronTO for Pron Trademark Office. The term "pron" is sometimes used for "porn," which I believe was an early attempt to circumvent spam detection programs.
Technorati Tags: trademark, specimen, PronTO, immoral or scandalous, censorship
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Happy 1 year anniversary to Howard Stern
Today marks Howard Stern's one year anniversary on Sirius Satellite Radio. And to commemorate here at the tmbc is a list of Stern related brands:
Technorati Tags: celebrities, celebrity trademarks, howard stern, sirius, sybian, bubba the love sponge
| Serial Number | Reg. Number | Word Mark | Check Status | Live/Dead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75292312 | HOWARD STERN | TARR | DEAD | |
| 2 | 75292311 | 2142868 | HOWARD STERN | TARR | LIVE |
| 3 | 75292310 | 2142867 | HOWARD STERN | TARR | LIVE |
| Serial Number | Reg. Number | Word Mark | Check Status | Live/Dead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 78068508 | 2588609 | BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE | TARR | LIVE |
| 2 | 73807145 | 1684694 | BUBBA "THE LOVE SPONGE" | TARR | DEAD |
| Serial Number | Reg. Number | Word Mark | Check Status | Live/Dead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 76471577 | SYBIAN WORLD | TARR | DEAD | |
| 2 | 76443206 | SYBIANLOUNGE | TARR | DEAD | |
| 3 | 76444958 | 2876144 | SYBIAN WORLD | TARR | LIVE |
| 4 | 76444956 | SYBIAN LOUNGE | TARR | DEAD | |
| 5 | 73715406 | SYBIAN | TARR | DEAD | |
| 6 | 73715405 | SYBIAN | TARR | DEAD |
Technorati Tags: celebrities, celebrity trademarks, howard stern, sirius, sybian, bubba the love sponge
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Law review article on dead celebrities and IP law
What a way to debut a new "feature" or "label" on celebrity trademarks with an link to a 1993 law review article in the Berkely Technology Law Journal. I had intented to debut the label with a post on celebrities that have filed and registered their names as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but what they hey, a post with the phrase "dead celebrities" was too hard to pass up.
The law review article is "Casting Call at Forest Lawn: The Digital Resurrection of Deceased Entertainers - a 21st Century Challenge for Intellectual Property Law" (PDF, text) by Joseph J. Beard.
By the way, in 1993, I was a 1L in law school.
Technorati Tags: trademark, celebrities, dead celebrities, celebrity trademarks, law review, berkley, berkley technology law journal, 1993, capital university law school, 1L
The law review article is "Casting Call at Forest Lawn: The Digital Resurrection of Deceased Entertainers - a 21st Century Challenge for Intellectual Property Law" (PDF, text) by Joseph J. Beard.
By the way, in 1993, I was a 1L in law school.
Technorati Tags: trademark, celebrities, dead celebrities, celebrity trademarks, law review, berkley, berkley technology law journal, 1993, capital university law school, 1L
