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...
by Angela Langlotz | Mar 19, 2019 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Licensing, Copyrights |
As the creator of any creative work, you own the copyright. However, when you upload your work to an online platform, you give up certain rights to the material that you are uploading. Recall earlier that I analogized your rights under copyright law to a bundle of...
