Anyone that watches TV or reads magazine or listens to the radio or otherwise participates in the day-to-day interactions with society know that “green” marketing is a hot item right now. Normally, I suffer silently through...more
6/14/2013
- Greenwashing Marketing
For some time now, Electronic Arts–purveyor of sports video games–has been embroiled in disputes relating to using the likenesses of former college athletes without providing them appropriate remuneration. There has been the...more
5/28/2013
Kmart recently unveiled a brand new advertisement that’s about as subtle as a shovel to the face. While some have described it as juvenile or immature, I can’t help but chuckle everytime I see or hear it. Maybe that says...more
4/19/2013
- Advertising Kmart Trademarks USPTO
As some of you might have noticed last week, a billboard advertisement in North Carolina appeared to show a scorned woman calling out her spouse for infidelity...more
4/1/2013
- Advertising Ethics Marketing
This post is probably a bit dated for the readers that are on the cutting edge of developments in the film industry. But since that may only be a small subset of our readers, I thought this information was worth...more
2/22/2013
- Copyright Disney World Fair Use Independent Films
Those of us that work in the field of intellectual property law have gotten really familiar with a species known as trolls. I’m not talking about mythical Norse creatures. I’m talking about patent trolls, trademark trolls,...more
12/21/2012
- Celebrities Copyright Copyright Trolls Patent Trolls
If you were a Louis Vuitton waffle, would you eat yourself? (Admittedly, this opening line was shamelessly intended to provide an opportunity for including that hyperlink.) Apparently, this is now a possibility thanks to the...more
12/7/2012
- Infringement Trademarks
