Category Archives: celebrity trademarks

Jr. fans to get new stickers next year – time to buy stock in adhesive remover companies

By tmbc | Published: June 6, 2007

Next year NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be with a new race team. While he may now own the trademark in his name, he doesn’t own the trademark in his number. His team owns the number 8. Therefore, when he switches teams next year, he’ll have a new number. And what is to become of all [...]

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The Sanjaya Brand Association Map

By alvin | Published: April 13, 2007

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. Technorati Tags: branding, trademark, Sanjaya, fun

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No Sanjaya trademarks … yet

By alvin | Published: April 12, 2007

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. After all, William Hung applied for registration (since abandoned).

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Birkhead trademark application

By alvin | Published: March 26, 2007

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 [...]

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Band Brand Protection

By alvin | Published: March 12, 2007

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).

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For those about to rock, part II

By alvin | Published: February 21, 2007

From the Seattle Trademark Lawyer. Technorati Tags: trademark, celebrity trademarks, entertainment, search, cease & desist

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New bands take heed, think about trademarks when coming up with your band name

By alvin | Published: February 12, 2007

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): Up-and-coming bands seem to re-live this story again and again. Blink 182 was Blink before another group [...]