Category Archives: celebrity trademarks
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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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.
After all, William Hung applied for registration (since abandoned).
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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 [...]
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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).
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For those about to rock, part II
From the Seattle Trademark Lawyer.
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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):
Up-and-coming bands seem to re-live this story again and again. Blink 182 was Blink before another group [...]
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Jr. fans to get new stickers next year – time to buy stock in adhesive remover companies