Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Fake flavor packets fuel legal fury. Tropicana -- No pulp, but plenty of litigation. In my 2012 Geekview New Year's edition, I wrote about a federal class action lawsuit recently filed…
In & Out Infringement
How on Earth did we manage before God invented Google alerts? Google alerts are an awesome thing. They provide me daily links to relevant news about intellectual property and…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Something about this stinks! Sean Combs is a man of many hats. And just as many names: Puff Daddy, Puff, Puffy, P.Diddy, Diddy & Sean John. Who can keep track of…
Sears Wacks 13 Year Old WEEDWACKER Infringers
I often find myself writing about lawyers getting in the way. This case is a great example of just that! According to an article on CBS Sacramento, "[t]here is…
Skee-Ball accuses Brewskee-Ball of cheating (ala trademark infringement)
Did you know SKEE-BALL's a trademark? And an infringed trademark at that? Well, maybe. You remember Skee-Ball, don't you? The game in which you roll a ball up a table…
Honda headed to court tomorrow for false advertising of hyped up Hybrid Civic claims
Honda is defending five separate class action lawsuits in various California state courts. The false advertising suits allege that Honda misrepresented the fuel economy of its Honda Civic Hybrid model…
Sgt. Sarver in a world of hurt after losing battle (and war) in Hurt Locker lawsuit
Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver probably feels a lot like the guy in this movie poster now that a federal court judge has stricken his complaint and ordered him to pay his…
Geekview IP Week(ish) in Review
The Marleys -- as musically talented as they are litigious! Boy, was this album title prophetic. I doubt there's a person on the planet who would challenge Bob Marley's legendary…
No Yoga for You! Yoga to the People in the hot seat for copyright and trademark infringement
Was yoga historically "open source?" Even if it was, does that matter under U.S. Jurisprudence? My guess is that it does not. What do you think? Read on and see…
Hey, Chick-fil-A: Eat (More) Crow! This is not Trademark Infringement.
Do you imagine crow tastes good with chicken? Maybe we should ask the legal eagles representing Chick-fil-A, whom I suspect now have first-hand knowledge of the answer to that question.…