by Michael Lee | Mar 31, 2014 | Film / Television, Music, Pirated Thoughts, Trademarks |
Everyone knows not to mess with Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse trademark. It may be only three circles, but it is immediately identifiable with Disney. Well, the holding company behind Deadmau5 (Dead Mouse) is attempting to register the trademark for the famous helmet...
by Michael Lee | Mar 28, 2014 | Comics, Pirated Thoughts, Trademarks |
It’s Friday and to kick the weekend off the right way, welcome to this week’s edition of “Wacky Trademark of the Week (Weak)”. After our exhaustive search of the archives of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, we give you the, we can’t believe it’s a...
by Michael Lee | Mar 27, 2014 | Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts, Technology |
An adult video company was dealt a tough blow when its copyright infringement lawsuit against a “John Doe” BitTorrent user was dismissed by a Federal judge in Florida. The Judge held that an IP address was not sufficient to sustain a lawsuit because it does not...
by Michael Lee | Mar 26, 2014 | Brand Protection, Gaming, Pirated Thoughts, Technology, Trademarks |
King.com, LTD, the makers of the addictive Candy Crush game, are about to go public today but there is one thing you should consider before buying the stock. Will they own the registration for the mark, CANDY? One of King’s biggest competitors, Cut the Rope, is...
by Michael Lee | Mar 24, 2014 | Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts, Trademarks |
There has been a mystery about the ownership to the copyrights for the Sherlock Holmes series lately but one thing not in question is the trademark SHERLOCK HOLMES which is owned by the estate for the author Sir Authur Conan Doyle. Last week, Doyle’s estate opposed...
