Ozzy Osbourne filed suit this week against guitarist Tony Iommi for claiming ownership of the band’s name. Iommi claims that Ozzy and the other band founders relinquished their rights to the name in the 1980s. Iommi’s federal registration for “Black Sabbath” issued back in 2000.Here’s Tony, Ozzy and the boys in happier days: Black Sabbath
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The Dumbest Trademark Demand Letter?
Marc Randazza points to one of the dumbest trademark demand letters he’s ever read: dumb not because it has “the misplaced certitude, the overblown rhetoric, the baseless imputation of evil to the recipient, and over-all lack of self-awareness” that Marty Schwimmer would consider denoting a truly dumb demand letter (BTW: great wording, Marty!);…
Meet The Bloggers V at INTA
Michael Atkins (a/k/a the Seattle Trademark Lawyer) has graciously offered to host “Meet the Bloggers V” at this year’s INTA Annual Meeting in Seattle.Date: Monday, May 18 Time: 6-9 p.m. Place: Graham & Dunn, Pier 70, 2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 300, Seattle
Meet The Bloggers V at INTA
Michael Atkins (a/k/a the Seattle Trademark Lawyer) has graciously offered to host “Meet the Bloggers V” at this year’s INTA Annual Meeting in Seattle.Date: Monday, May 18 Time: 6-9 p.m. Place: Graham & Dunn, Pier 70, 2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 300, Seattle
iFart lawsuit making some noise
Lots of recent postings and press on the iFart v. Pull My Finger lawsuit (best headline so far: Odor In The Court)
Who says Trademark Lawyers are just Hot Air?
InfoMedia Inc., creator of the iFart Mobile application, filed a federal lawsuit against Air-O-Matic, Inc. seeking a declaratory judgment that its use of “pull my finger” was fair use.Anyone else surpised that the case wasn’t filed in Chicago (the “Windy City“)?
Now here's one way to respond to a demand letter…
TTABlog's Top TTAB Decisions for 2008
John Welch over at the TTABlog has posted his annual listing of the Top Ten TTAB Decisions (part one is here, and part two is here).If you don’t subscribe to the TTABlog, you should!Technorati Tags: TTAB
Oh this is rich….
Martin Schwimmer at The Trademark Blog reports that CitiGroup, fresh on the heels of their $45 Billion federal bailout last year, has sued a Brooklyn pawn shop which had been using the name ALL CITI PAWN. (Martin has posted a copy of the Complaint on his blog and here.)Lawsuits,