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You’ve gotta be shipping me!!

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

Ethically Challenged?

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

Kardashians Caught Without Makeup, But Not The Way You’d Expect

For those of you that came looking for pictures of Kim without face paste, this isn’t your post. (Try this one. Yikes.) But if you’re interested in trademarks and the cult of personality, read on....more

3/15/2013 - Brand Celebrities Cosmetics Injunctions Kim Kardashian Marketing Trademarks

No Escape

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

Baby I Got Your Money…

The mainstream media (not us here at Duetsblog) has recently been reporting that, based on a ruling by United States District Court Judge Claudia Wilken from the Northern District of California, ”NCAA athletes can pursue TV...more

1/31/2013 - Amatuerism Athletes Class Action Class Certification Exploitation NCAA

Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Those of you with an interest in cosmetics or trainwrecks have perhaps noticed the trademark dispute that has boiled over regarding Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian’s use of “Khroma” in their cosmetic line. Apparently, the...more

1/18/2013 - Infringement Kardashian KHROMA Kim Kardashian Phonetic Similarity Trademarks

I Didn’t Realize William Faulkner Used To Live Under A Bridge

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

I Like My Waffles With Syrup And A Little Splash of Pretentiousness

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

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