#trademark application to register
"a circular hole, whose edges are defined by a three-dimensional rigid circular ring"
for baseball caps, hoodies, sweaters, sweatshirts, turtlenecks, pants, socks, tops, and bottoms
The latest The Intellectual Property Daily! https://paper.li/ballard_ip/intellectual-property?edition_id=5599e700-60c7-11eb-a038-0cc47a0d164b #copyright #iplaw
Quick Browse and Download PDFs of all the issued Design Patents for Week 4 of 2021 via Impeccable IP #designpatents http://bit.ly/3prGBbG
#Attorney Ron Frey was recently quoted within the #Tampa Bay Business Journal. The article pertains to a former Tampa Bay college dean’s lawsuit against the school and a “Twitter mob”:
https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2021/01/26/a-tampa-bay-college-is-being-sued-over.html
The book is now in the public domain, but not the cover art https://apple.news/ATOiUYykBQ5u2pCTXz5zTYA
anthropomorphized (and wonderful) #trademark of the day
MR. WONDERFUL
for replications of human and animal skeletons, or parts of skeletons, and fossils for educational purposes
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=90481045&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch
the 90s are back #trademark app of the day
EPIC HACKY SAKS
for footbags
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=90481174&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch
The latest The Intellectual Property Daily! https://paper.li/ballard_ip/intellectual-property?edition_id=2b90e4a0-5ffe-11eb-a038-0cc47a0d164b #covid19 #misinformation
My latest column: New Small-Claims Copyright Court Tucked in Latest COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
http://www.leadingedgelaw.com/new-small-claims-copyright-court-tucked-in-latest-covid-19-stimulus-bill/
This #trademark lawsuit is anything but boring.
Among the relief requested is for TBC - The Boring Company to abandon its 4 applications to register THE BORING COMPANY.
The (original) Boring Company sues Elon Musk’s company for trademark infringement https://domainnamewire.com/2021/01/20/the-original-boring-company-sues-elon-musks-company-for-trademark-infringement/
The latest The Intellectual Property Daily! https://paper.li/ballard_ip/intellectual-property?edition_id=ffbdd0a0-5f34-11eb-8a8c-0cc47a0d164b #writers #writerslife
Quick Browse and Download PDFs of all the issued Design Patents for Week 3 of 2021 via Impeccable IP #designpatents http://bit.ly/2XY1SxK
“sometimes we have to start with the script to build enough trust to throw it away” https://apple.news/ADW1TYLikQzeBZmukR3CZnA
Quick Browse and Download PDFs of all the issued Design Patents for Week 3 of 2021 via Impeccable IP #designpatents http://bit.ly/2XY1SxK
Word of the day: farrago - a confused mixture.
#trademark app of the day
IMPLICATION
for pet beds/cushions, wind chimes, works of art, Christmas ornaments
'The wording "Implication" has no meaning in a foreign language.' The implication being...
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=90471626&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch
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What happens to Community #designrights after #Brexit?
Another informative article from Joel Briscoe and Kevin Hanson of #HGLondon on the post-Brexit #IP landscape! This week's dispatch discusses #design rights...
https://www.hglaw.com/news-insights/the-post-brexit-ip-landscape-designs/
I hadn’t heard about this before and this definitely could be the reason that it’s taking so long to get a decision in the case.
@F13thFranchise @Zernerlaw One of the three judges that heard the case died last year. Not sure if that is part of the hold-up.
Joe Biden signing an executive order prohibiting artists’ belief that changing the design by 15% means no copyright infringement.
ME Office of Marijuana Policy rejects SeaWeed's mermaid logo. Rules prohibit packages/labels depicting humans, animals, fruit, AND packages/labels that “reasonably” appear to target/appeal to anyone under 21. An important consideration (constraint) for cannabis brands in ME.
The state says SeaWeed's mermaid logo is all wet, so up it goes in a puff of smoke.
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/01/18/state-says-south-portland-cannabis-sellers-mermaid-logo-is-against-the-rules/
If anyone needs help removing content that infringes #copyrights or #trademarks, please contact me.

@StetinaEP @KarabakhRecords Hi you can file a trademark / copy right issue through YouTube to have the video taken down. You’d have to personally do it on your end since you own the photos.
UPDATE: @HaleyGuiliano Operations Continue Uninterrupted During the #COVID19 Pandemic.
HG lawyers and staff hope that you and your families are well in these chaotic times.
https://www.hglaw.com/news-insights/covid-19/
HG is also looking to hire a #molecularbiology Patent Agent for our Life Sciences #Patent Prosecution group. If you’re a Ph.D. molecular #biologist (or soon will be), let’s connect! #molecularbiology #biojobs #phdjobs #patentagent #ipjobs #patentjobs
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2389452076/?refId=527878931611245763133&trackingId=vlINffstyy1w35isl3BDcg%3D%3D
We are looking to hire more #chemists! HG is looking for a #Patent Agent for our Life Sciences Patent Prosecution group. If you’re a Ph.D. organic #chemist (or soon to be one), let’s connect! #chemistry #chemjobs #phdjobs #patentagent #ipjobs #patentjobs
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2389447949/?refId=527878931611245763133&trackingId=DYxMJHWPmABymnrlvWSkSg%3D%3D
Quick Browse and Download PDFs of all the issued Design Patents for Week 3 of 2021 via Impeccable IP #designpatents http://bit.ly/2XY1SxK
Federal Court of Appeal upholds summary judgment decision in Canmar Foods v. TA Foods, but expresses view that the motions judge should have refrained from taking into consideration the prosecution history of the corresponding US application - https://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/491586/index.do
#trademark app of the day
STAYAWAY
for t-shirts, hoodies, knit face masks
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=90078994&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch
From the EPO: EPO and CIPO make their PPH fast-track programme permanent: The EPO and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) have announced that the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme between the two offices became permanent on 6… http://dlvr.it/Rqzjs7
How Should I Ask My Partner for a Prenuptial Agreement? http://bit.ly/3sH0JZn #PrenuptialAgreement #Prenup #California #FamilyLaw
“people deliberately inhabit an alternate universe because it makes them feel powerful, because it frustrates their enemies, and, in the end, because they can.” https://apple.news/AXPKl1H9RTI2mJH-M864VeA
In granting an application for passing off, Federal Court finds that damages were established by loss of control of the trademark, and harm to the applicant's reputation as a professional and reputable engineering and construction firm https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/491475/index.do
.@AmazonVideo seems to be confused about who is the star of Promising Young Woman.
Hint: It's not any of these guys
! In the UK, 434 court staff, 69 judges and magistrates, 23 jurors and 73 other court users tested positive for Covid-19 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/court-closures-covid-hearings-safety-b1788036.html
Interesting nugget in the Trademark Revision Act of 2020, which was lumped in the pandemic-relief bill enacted in late December.
Quick Browse and Download PDFs of all the issued Design Patents for Week 2 of 2021 via Impeccable IP #designpatents http://bit.ly/35Ds7xP
“What makes a good litigator and lawyer is being a pessimist and risk averse because you need to be looking at problems around the next corner,” https://apple.news/AhQNAgqa6R86s_reJh5bgmg
Quick Browse and Download PDFs of all the issued Design Patents for Week 2 of 2021 via Impeccable IP #designpatents http://bit.ly/35Ds7xP
Picking this up again only confirms that, when all this is over, there’s going to be an afternoon with the Cubs, a leisurely stroll in Wrigleyville, and a coin toss whether to see the band at Buddy Guy’s or the Kingston Mines.
Quick Browse and Download PDFs of all the issued Design Patents for Week 2 of 2021 via Impeccable IP #designpatents http://bit.ly/35Ds7xP
aspirational #trademark of the day
ROBINS
for
"automobile with flying capability"
on the fourth extension. i wonder if they're ever going to launch. <cue rimshot>
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87830173&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch
After 20 years of debate, it’s time for Congress to finally pass a baseline privacy law

After 20 years of debate, it’s time for Congress to finally pass a baseline privacy law
Jessica Rich revisits an FTC privacy legislation proposal from 2000 to see which considerations have and have not changed over two decades.
www.brookings.edu
Congratulations to Maxim Rapoport of the New York office and Kevin Hanson of the London office on their promotions to Counsel at Haley Guiliano!
#HGLaw congratulates Brian Gummow on his promotion to Partner in the #LifeSciences practice!

Haley Guiliano Announces 2021 Partner and Counsel Promotions
/PRNewswire/ -- International intellectual property boutique Haley Guiliano has announced the promotion of three attorneys...
www.prnewswire.com