by Angela Langlotz | Apr 30, 2019 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
WTF, LOL as a trademark??? Yes, you heard it here first: Personal and household care products behemoth Proctor & Gamble has applied for the exclusive right to use LOL on laundry detergents and fabric softeners, and on liquid soap, dishwashing detergent, hard...
by Angela Langlotz | Apr 23, 2019 | Logo marks, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Last weekend I was at a bar, and as so often happens, I looked around at the various brands around the room. I’m not a beer drinker, but I noticed something interesting that I thought would illustrate a point of trademark law. Check out the photo below. To you, that...
by Angela Langlotz | Apr 9, 2019 | Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
I was guitar shopping with a friend of mine last weekend at Emerald City Guitars, and found the inspiration for today’s trademark video. The guitars were much more interesting, for sure, and I have another inspiration for content from my visit, but today an amplifier...
by Angela Langlotz | Mar 26, 2019 | Design Marks, Logo marks, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Recently Nike Inc. came under fire for trademark infringement for adopting as a clothing logo an emblem that is almost identical to that of the United States Naval Academy, owner of a trademark for that design. The United States Naval Academy owns trademark...
by Angela Langlotz | Mar 19, 2019 | Design Marks, Logo marks, Trademark Registration, Trademark Renewals, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
I get a lot of questions about logos and other design trademarks, and find that the best way to teach about this subject — or any subject — is the case study. So today, let’s have a look at Taco Bell and its ever-evolving logo. Anything can serve as a...
