From the Seattle Trademark Lawyer.
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For those about to rock, part II
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 [...]
First video post - Running a TMBC Search
Well now I’m just having fun. Enjoy (or not) this first video post on how to run a tmbrandingcap search.
I did this because no matter how much you explain things in writing on how to do something, sometimes it’s just easier seeing the process. Especially when you’re trying to say what link to press [...]
Is Stoney River Confusingly Similar to Rocky River?
That’s what O’Charley’s Inc. claims in it’s lawsuit against Darden Resaurants Inc. O’Charley’s claims that Darden’s Rocky River Grillhouse (below) infringes upon its trademark Stoney River Legendary Steaks (top). This all reported in The Tennessean.
Personally I wouldn’t be confused, but I am not the standard. ; )
Despite the outcome, this case shows the importance of [...]
Microsoft claims Vista light rays as its trademark
With the new look and feel of Microsoft’s Vista, it’s not surprising that it is claiming the background for the operating system as it’s Trademark.
The following search pulls up other operating system marks claimed by Microsoft: 2006????[fd] and (microsoft)[on] and (2)[md] and (”operating system”)[gs]
Serial No. 77068882
Serial No. 7706880
Serial No. 78890187
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Mark Drawing Codes
As far as I can tell, there are six Mark Drawing Codes that the PTO classifies submitted drawings:
(1) TYPED DRAWING(2) DESIGN ONLY(3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS(4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK(5) WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS IN STYLIZED FORM(6) FOR SITUATIONS FOR WHICH NO DRAWING IS POSSIBLE, SUCH AS SOUND
Number 6 is an interesting code. The [...]
Mall Marks II
Always looking for different angles to stories, my Mall Marks post got me to think about malls and trademarks. I wanted to see what other marks General Growth Properties have submitted to the PTO. The search (”general growth properties”)[on] pulls up 36 records. However, companies such as GGP typically create separate [...]
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- T-Mobile sends Engadget a C&D over the color Magenta
- Is Twitter Squatting the next big TM battle?
- Branding versus lead generation
- Pervasive Branding
- Trademark and Branding Updates for 2008-03-05
- Video of Dean Crutchfield giving branding speech at Google
- Sample trademark license agreements
- Take your trademark out for a walk …
- How to build brand buzz: Get yourself on Entourage
- Here’s a domain name naming services that sounds pretty cool - Picky Domains
Where to run the TMBC search strategy
- Goto the PTO website, then click "Search." From there, click "Free Form Search (Advanced Search)." Copy and paste TMBC search strategy into the "Search Term" field. Click "Submit Query." And voila. [video explanation]





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