Last week we saw that the FIFA World Cup has registered the World Cup as three-dimensional mark. The other trademarks of the FIFA are also well protected. This protection is no unnecessary luxury as a recent communication from FIFA states that the abuse and infringements of its trademarks for the upcoming World Championship in Brazil [...]
If you have got a great name for your product: trademark it! If you invented an amazing technical solution to a common problem: patent it. Well, not all patented inventions are that amazing. Otherwise, how do you explain this one: the “Thong Diaper”. Yes, it is a diaper, for when you where your g-string underwear [...]
As you are meanwhile used to, we normally post a great counterfeit trademark picture here every Saturday, After 100 “Saturday: Counterfeit Days”, it is time for something new. Each Saturday we will be posting the “Trademark of the day”. This can be an iconic trademark, a funny trademark, a gorgeous logo or just a trademark [...]
The fact that something infringes your trademark or copyright, doesn’t always mean you also have to act against it. Sometimes such ‘infringements’ are considered parodies. Copyright law has a parody exception; you cannot act against a copyright infringement when it is clearly meant as a parody. Trademark law does not have such an exception. However, [...]
A lifetime honour, appreciation etc, that is what you get when you win a price. Especially a price in one of the worlds popular sports: football. Winning is symbolized by a cup, a fysical price. Everybody who knows a bit of football directly recognizes the World cup and the Champions league cup. Both are registered [...]
We said it once before, we’ll say it again: we do not like the Comic Sans font. Never ever use it again in your life, please. Unless you are doing an invitation for your son’s/daughter’s first birthday. And even then, there are more appropriate type faces. And don’t even think about using it in you [...]
Chanel has tried to register its new fragrance called Jersey as a trademark in the UK, but after a complaint of the government of the Channel Island the UK Property Office rejected the trademark. While geographical names are often nice and appealing trademarks (think of Mont Blanc pens and Columbia sportswear) protecting these names as [...]
Frito-Lay (you know, the chips-guys) makes Scoops Corn Chips. As they call it: “a unique combination of great taste and good fun rolled into one great snack”. But is it indeed so unique? Competittors, Medallion Foods and Ralcorp Holdings, sell their “Bowlz and Cupz” chips in Walmarts and Krogers convenience stores. Frito-Lay didn’t like that [...]
Walt Disney Studios are facing a copyright law suit over the popular film series Pirates of the Carribean. You know, the one with the incredibly funny Johnny Depp. Royce Mathew claims he thought up many of story lines and details that acn be found in the movies. He also states he was “duped” into a [...]