In what appears to be the neverending saga of the Winklevoss twins vs. Facebook, Fox News is reporting that the twins will be asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against the popular social networking website.  Since the twins lost their latest appeal, the Supreme Court is their last legal option and last hope in succeeding [...]

With gasoline well north of $4 per gallon and summer right around the corner, now would be a good time to start mass producing the jet cars.  When I was a kid, we were promised jet cars.  Popular Science magazine (back when the cover price was $1) said there would be jet cars.  With one [...]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has just announced that it will host the 2011 National Trademark Expo on October 14-15 at its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. This year’s theme is “Unusual Trademarks” and the “Evolution of Marks.” If you own a federally-registered trademark and wish to participate at the expo you must submit [...]

On Tuesday, May 3, 2001 Miami Heat player Chris Bosh sued Allison Mathis, the mother of his child, for infringing his trademark and publicity rights. Mathis is starring in the third season of the VH1 reality show Basketball Wives. The lawsuit claims Mathis is commercially exploiting Bosh’s likeness and trademark, and Mathis’ appearance on the [...]

As we reported on February 9th of this year, Godzilla creator Toho Co. Ltd.,  sued American Honda Motor Co. (“Honda”) for trademark infringement after Honda allegedly used an image of Godzilla in a minivan commercial without permission. Toho claimed the sales of Honda’s minivan, the Odyssey, increased over 40% since the commercial aired and appears [...]

As you may recall a number of years ago Mattel sued MGA Entertainment claiming MGA stole its trade secrets when it entered into an agreement with Carter Bryant, the designer of the Bratz doll.  If you are not familiar with the Bratz, they are dolls who are portrayed as teenagers and are distinguished by large [...]

The Director of the USPTO announced last week that the budget for fiscal year 2011 will result in the postponement of several newly announced USPTO initiatives.  The first initiative to be postponsed, effective immediately, is the opening of the satellite office in Detroit.  The second initiative to be postponed is Track One of the Three-Track program.  Track [...]

Easter goes hand-in-hand with candy and bunny rabbits but of course it is also connected to intellectual property.   Did you know that in 1923 Cadbury introduced the “CADBURY CRÈME EGG®” which, according to the Hershey Company’s website, is the most famous Cadbury product?  While these crème eggs have been around for a long time [...]

Samuel L. Clemens is best known as Mark Twain, the famous American author of books such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  However, did you know that Clemens was also an inventor? Clemens was a listed inventor on three U.S. patents.  The first patent he received was foran adjustable strap that could be [...]

As reported in our blog of April 12th the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss’s claim that Mark Zuckerburg stole their idea for Facebook® and then misrepresented the value of the Facebook stock during negotiations for a settlement agreement between the parties.  In the case the Appeals Court ruled [...]